[Kinburn 1919]

just dropping by to say hello, we own a farm at greenloaning near dunblane, have currently 200+ sheep... consisting of Texel,Beltex,Cross,Shetland Cross and Pedigree Shetlands and also suckler herd of about 25 cows , mixtures of breeds, latest new comers to the herd was a Longhorn Heifer with female calf :-)

[DavidandCollette]

Sounds great. Hope you enjoy the forum

[devonlady]

Hello and welcome from Devon. You've certainly enough to keep you busy!

[Womble]

Hi Kinburn, Welcome to the forum!

If you want to meet some local smallholders, Central Scotland Smallholders Association are having an informal get together on July 23rd at Braco show.  We're going to meet at the main show entrance at 11am and take it from there, but PM me if you want any more details.

[Kinburn 1919]

Hi, well that's my local show :-) I will be there as long as I have finished hay and silage making ..cheers

[Rosemary]

Hello and welcome to the TAS forum from  Carnoustie 

[waterbuffalofarmer]

Hi and welcome from Ceredigion!  always great to have new members and all the best with everything it all sounds very exciting!
WBF

[Big Light]

Hello from the east side of the ochils just outside Kinross we have  Poultry and Hebridean sheep

[Kinburn 1919]

Hello from the east side of the ochils just outside Kinross we have  Poultry and Hebridean sheep

I see you have Ardoch in your sheep address... Ardoch is the name of my Church Parish :-)

[Lesley Silvester]

  and welcome from Shropshire.

[Big Light]

Ardoch is very corrupt Gaelic for high field ard being high

[Kinburn 1919]

ahhh I see...we also have a Roman Fort at Ardoch

[Carse Goodlifers]

Welcome and  from the Carse of Gowrie.
We have 4 ducks and 2 dogs and the boss has a horse. I'd like Ryelands and I am Very envious of the Longhorns - my favourites. But the  sadly are much further down the list.

[Kinburn 1919]

Hiya

...Ryelands are lovely sheep, I bought a gimmer at Stirling one day a couple of years ago, we nicknamed her Woolly for obvious reasons..lol  she had a cracking female lamb which I let run with a tup lamb, but she didn,t take...so she is about the same size as her mother now, and will go back to the tup in November, I fed a herd of Longhorns for 2 winters down at dunblane, when I first started it was scary as the Bulls were very big as were their horns, but after a while they just get used to you, that's how I came to get one myself, but I decided not to put her to the bull this year, but she has 2 heifers and a cow that I chose not to put in calf..to keep her company and she has settled well, and her female calf is thriving on the good grass :-)

[Carse Goodlifers]

......I fed a herd of Longhorns for 2 winters down at dunblane, when I first started......

I didn't realise there was a herd down there. Who has them and how big is the herd?
I know of some near Perth but I've never seen them.
You a member of the Society?