Advert Description
After doing his job and providing us with many good strong lambs we are looking to move to a new home so we can keep his lambs. ??He has been a fantastic ram and fine to leave in the field with the ewes and lambs once they are born. This year he provided 18 lambs from 14 ewes with some good strong twins.
Soay sheep are a primitive breed, native to the islands of St. Kilda. These sheep have a wool that sheds naturally without the need for shearing, the tails do not need docking and they lamb on their own with ease. This makes them a great easy care sheep. They are much smaller than average sheep, rams reaching average 35kgs, ewes around 25kgs, making them very easy to handle. They have fantastic characters and are great to have around, much nicer to keep you fields down than a lawnmower! Whilst they are a little more wary, we have always found the more time you put in to building trust and bonds with them the better they get. We have girls that love a cuddle and they are all food motivated so come straight to a bucket. Soay are brighter than your average white sheep and this means good fencing is a must, they will look for a way out of your field but as long as you have stock fencing or good electric fence you won’t have any problems.
Having had soays we would never go back to any other breed of sheep, they are so easy to look after and so rewarding, we recommend them to everyone! With the ease of lambing, the babies are skipping around with the girls within minutes of being born, it really is remarkable. Being a rare breed as well it’s great to keep the species going and be a part of the rare breed survival program. They truly are a great all round breed and great for first time sheep keepers.
Collection from Wareham, Dorset. Feel free to ask me any questions.
Anyone interested in keeping sheep will need a holding number (CPH number) for their property or land.
