Beau Chemin Preservation Farm

Beau Chemin Preservation Farm in Waldoboro, Maine raises Soay sheep alongside several other critically endangered livestock breeds, guided by a clear conservation mission. Wayne and Jo Ann Myers established the farm after retiring from careers in rural health care, purchasing the property in 1998 about four miles south of Route 1 in the Midcoast Maine region, roughly an hour northeast of Portland.

The farm's approach centers on working with the most critically endangered breeds, reasoning that a small operation contributes most by adding animals to very small populations rather than spreading effort across common breeds. The British soay flock is registered with the Rare Breeds Survival Trust in Great Britain, and the farm itself is MOFGA-certified organic for pasture, hay, and several other products. Breeding decisions are made with the whole population in mind, avoiding genetic bottlenecks by treating the farm as one piece of a larger conservation network.

Those looking for soay sheep for sale in Maine will find that Beau Chemin also maintains Leicester longwool, California variegated mutant, and Shetland sheep, all breeds classified in conservation categories by The Livestock Conservancy. The farm operates on 145 acres and sells breeding stock, raw fleece, roving, and yarn from a wool room housed in one of its two historic barns. Haying is deliberately delayed past mid-July each year to protect ground-nesting bobolinks, reflecting a land-management ethic that extends well beyond the sheep program.

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Species	Sheep Soay
Website	www.beaucheminpreservationfarm.com
Email	yupik@midcoast.com
Phone	+1 207-596-1161
Owners	Wayne Myers, Jo Ann Myers
Location	Waldoboro, Maine, 4572, USA