Greener Pastures Farm participates in the importation of British (aka English) Soay sheep from Canada!  Click on the photos to see an enlarged version for easier readability.

October 23, 2000 - English Soays arrive at Greener Pastures Farm.  Our 5 ewes and 2 rams were chosen before they left Canada, and the week long trip was nearly as stressful on us as it was on our sheep!  Southern Oregon Soay Farms received their portion of the English flock the day before, then the truck came to Greener Pastures Farm to deliver ours.  The ancestors of these sheep, 2 rams and 4 ewes, had been imported from England into Canada in 1990 by Phoenix, and the remaining ewes, rams and lambs were being dispersed in the autumn of 2000, with the flock being sold to 5 different people in the US and Canada.  One lone ewe was already held by a 6th farm as of this date. 

The first British (also known as English) Soays in the state of Washington were finally at our farm!

Six months later...  one of our British  ewes with her first lamb.     April 2001

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