Soay wool varies from light to dark brown, and is naturally shed in the late spring and summer after lambing. Ewes that don’t lamb often don’t shed. The remarkably fine fleece can be variable in quality.

The Soay sheep is an old breed of sheep that descended from feral sheep on the small island of Soay in the St. Kilda Achipelago. They are a small short tailed breed of sheep that naturally shed their wool coat in the spring months.

Feb 18, 2020 · Soays are very small sheep, originally from the Island of Soay in the St. Kilda island group off the west coast of Scotland. They have never been improved for wool or meat, so they are slow growing, healthy beasts with wool that naturally comes off in the spring.

Feb 7, 2020 · Soay sheep is a domestic sheep breed found in Scotland. This breed is considered the descendants of Feral sheep. Soay sheep originated from a 250-acre island of Soay located in the St. Kilda Archipelago.

The British Soay is an ancient, short-tailed breed of sheep that descend from a feral population on the 250-acre island of Soay (Seyðoy – Norse for “Sheep Island” – indicating a connection to the Vikings), in the St. Kilda archipelago of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, about 40 miles from the Western Isles of Scotland. The uninhabited ...

The Soay sheep is a breed of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) descended from a population of feral sheep on the 100-hectare (250-acre) island of Soay in the St Kilda Archipelago, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) from the Western Isles of Scotland. It is one of the Northern European short-tailed sheep breeds.

The Soay fleece is the most varied of all sheep, ranging from soft, fine, silky wool to coarse, hairy fibres ranging from 9 to 48 microns. Some fleeces are distinctly double coated and some far less so.

Jul 7, 2022 · Soay shed their wool naturally in summer after lambing. Shepherds can simply roo their flock, which means gently plucking excess wool by hand. As sheep can remain standing for rooing, there is no need tip them.

Soay shed their wool in the spring generally after lambing, and you can roo (hand pluck) or collect the wool. The double coated Soay produces fine, soft, short wool that makes it ideal for felting but it can be hand spun or commercially processed into yarn for use by hand-weavers.

Feb 18, 2009 · Soay colors range from fawn through brown mouflon (mouflon coloration includes white markings on the rump, underbelly, over the eyes and under the jaw) to solid-colored fawns, browns and blacks. Black-faced, white-faced and spotted sheep sometimes occur. The Soay has no wool on its face or legs.