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British Registered Soay sheep
Southern Oregon Soay Sheep Farms
Viewpoint
a monthly newsletter
We are pleased to present our new
monthly farm newsletter, Viewpoint. Born out of our love of
British Soay Sheep and the people we have encountered in our 10 year journey
as breeders, Viewpoint is designed as an educational,
entertaining and useful tool to enhance the reader’s knowledge and enjoyment of this
breed and its care. Each month we will present a featured article that will detail an
aspect of sheep farming based on our own experience, a Monthly Calendar of farm management
reminders, a Tip of the Month, personal reminiscences, as well as related lists, recipes
or schedules that complement the articles.
Viewpoint is available in PDF format and has been formatted for
printing and saving. Each new edition will be added to this page as it comes out so that
you can access both current and older issues. Please email us at kathiem@soayfarms.com to be added to our mailing
list. You will receive an email with a link to the latest copy each month. We hope you
enjoy Viewpoint, and we look forward to hearing from you.
May 2008
Articles
Feature "Bottle
Feeding Soay Lambs" raising an orphan or supplementing a
mother's milk without taking her lamb
away, how much to feed, how often, what to
watch for: scours, signs of too little
milk, coccideosis
"Maya's
story, My first Bottle Baby" A lamb rejected by her mother
Regular Features
Monthly Calendar- caring for a lactating mother, baby shots, hazards
- water
troughs
Tip of the Month -when to trim feet
Our lamb formula
recipe
lambing resources: book on lambing techniques, Web page with bottle
feeding time table geared to Soay lambs, lambing suppliers.
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April 2008
Premiere Issue
Articles
Feature "Breeding the Older Ewe" - My firsthand experience at breeding an
older Soay ewe,
special care and feeding.
"A Mother's
Need" - Can a Soay Sheep grieve? Never underestimate the
bond between a Soay ewe and her lamb.
Regular Features
Monthly
Calendar- preparing for lambing season- to do list
Tip of the Month-bungee cords and things that dangle
Our "OAP" Old
Age Pensioner's ration recipe
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