Soay Sheep
Ideal for Small Properties
Soay are easy keepers and easy lambers. These lightfooted, excellent foragers improve Small sheep for small acreage ► pastures while grazing. Adult ewes weigh 50 lbs, rams 75 lbs. They are thrifty, shy, curious, and kid-friendly.
Origins
Soay sheep come from the remote islands of Soay and Hirta, sixty miles off the northwest coast of Scotland, where they have survived as a stranded, isolated population for thousands of years, completely unmanaged by man. They are thought to have descended from the flocks of primitive Bronze Age shepherds. Rare in their home territory and even rarer in North America, this ancient breed is truly worthy of conservation.
Conserving British Soay
We raise British Soay Sheep with full pedigrees traceable to Soay
Sheep registered with the Rare Breeds Survival Trust in Great Britain. We maintain a large
collection of
British conservation flocks ►
breeding stock which allows us to offer starter flocks with broad genetic diversity.
