Soay Sheep!

We have sheep - Soay Sheep! I love KSL Classifieds. I check them once in a while (ok, maybe I am completely addicted to checking them daily, multiple times a day...) and found that a local rancher had listed these little beauties for sale! Soay sheep are a very rare, heritage breed sheep from a small, uninhabited island in the northern UK, St. Kirta. It is thought that these sheep are relicts of the primitive, barely-improved sheep the ancient Europeans brought into the British Isles thousands of years ago. In fact, Soay sheep were already present and thriving when the Vikings began visiting the British Isles. The name Soay is actually derived from the name the Vikings gave their little island, Sauda-ey, which literally means Sheep Island. It's after these sheep that we named our farm. Sauda - Sheep, Fell - Mountain. Since we live in the mountains I figured it was a pretty cool name...it has a certain ring to it. But, back to the sheep - they're tiny little sheep, only about 50 lbs when mature that have naturally docked tails. They run like freekin' gazelles, are very thrifty with their eating habits/requirements and very hardy & parasite resistant. AND they produce a very fine, short stapled mahogany colored wool similar in fineness to cashmere or merino that naturally sheds! No shearing! I won't get much wool from them, but it'll be enough for me! Basically, they are the perfect sheep for us to have. Hard to get sick/kill, no shearing or docking, and easy to maintain. Oh boy, this will be interesting!