[durabo]

I am the breed ( Soay + Boreray) rep for the breed society for NSA

I have attached breed descriptions  for both breeds
A basic description of the society

Soay and Boreray are excellent for smallholders.
They are self shedding and small and they provide fibre and meat

The Soay & Boreray Sheep Society
The Soay Sheep Society was founded in 2000 by a group of Soay breeders realising the need for a representative body to speak and act on behalf of Soay sheep breeders.
Borerays were classed as feral by RBST at this time.
2003 Borerays were recognised and taken under  wing of  Soay Sheep Society and at AGM 2015,  it was agreed to include them in the Society name.

The Society aims to assist new Soay & Boreray enthusiasts with welfare and management regimes, educate other people about their particular characteristics, and help each other with problems if and when they arise.
We produce a regular newsletter, and act as a go between when new blood is needed in a flock, helping with ram exchanges and sales.
As Soay and Boreray sheep are registered through the RBST in partnership with Grassroots Systems, we are assured of their umbrella care when concerns about the breed, their genome and their special characteristics, are being threatened by government legislation.

There is a recent addition of Facebook regional area groups to help people get together
( details available on  The Soay and Boreray Sheep Society - Friends of the Sheep of St Kilda Facebook page)  www.facebook.com/groups/161774564408058

www.soayandboreraysheepsociety.org/

[Fleecewife]

We have 3 registered Soay ewes which are about 4 years old, but we have never bred them.  We used to have a larger number which we did breed but we found the tups very destructive compared to our other males (also high jumpers).  Our current ewes have mixed totally with our flock of Hebrideans, although sometimes they do congregate as a threesome.
Commercially we found none of the rare breeds we have kept have been great money earners, and unfortunately the Soays were the worst.  Our current trio are purely pets.
Our business was raising breeding stock, so meat was incidental with those that didn't make the grade.  Soay meat is delicious, even compared with Jacob, Hebridean and Shetland, but ours seemed to remain very small so always went as hogget.
I am very aware of Boreray sheep but have never kept them.