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toaster

  • Joined Apr 2012
Hello from Towcester
« on: April 23, 2012, 01:51:25 pm »
Hi there

I strumbled across this forum by chance and am pleased to see that it is a lively one!

I have a smallholding of 3 acres, we have Shetland sheep (lambing now) a few commercial cade lambs, two pygmy goats, two weaner pigs, ducks, quail and a couple of hundred chickens plus two cats and a wonderful little Welsh terrier

My main interest is the poultry which I show over the winter  :chook:

after 3 years I am getting more used to dealing with the livestock but its been a heck of a learning curve - especially the lambing!

I'm looking forward to contributing to the forum  ;D
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tizaala

  • Joined Mar 2011
    • Dolau, Llandrindod Wells,Powys
Re: Hello from Towcester
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2012, 02:17:35 pm »
4 SLICE or 2 ? welcome to the mad house , sounds like another money pit with that collection.
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chairmanphil

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Oxfordshire
Re: Hello from Towcester
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2012, 02:20:30 pm »
welcome to the house of fun!  :wave:
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1 acre of land where i am clearing trees and a swimming pool so we can make the land productive. MK3 hilux single cab pickup which has been completely rebuilt over the last 2 years matt black and cool as! no animals yet except a very furry black cat called Hansel (he is so hot right now)

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
    • Telford
Re: Hello from Towcester
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2012, 11:14:34 pm »
 :wave:  Hi and welcome from sunny Shropshire.
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Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
    • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Hello from Towcester
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2012, 09:06:45 am »
Sounds like fun! Welcome to TAS  :wave:

I take it you keep and bred pure breed hens, rather than commercial layers?
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in the hills

  • Joined Feb 2012
Re: Hello from Towcester
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2012, 07:18:12 pm »
Hi and welcome from Powys.

We love our poultry too and keep quail.

 :wave:
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Mammyshaz

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Durham
Re: Hello from Towcester
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2012, 08:20:39 pm »
Hello and welcome from Durham  :thumbsup:

We have hens too but just a few hybrids for eggs.
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lill

  • Joined May 2011
Re: Hello from Towcester
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2012, 08:12:25 am »
Hi and welcome to the forum, you will learn a lot on this forum, from good advice to  bad advice, you take your pick and learn from it, if you make mistakes  :wave: :wave:
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Fowlman

  • Joined Apr 2012
    • Wiltshire
Re: Hello from Towcester
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2012, 09:52:18 am »
Welcome Toaster good to see you here. Would love to see your shetlands.
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Tucked away on the downs in wiltshire.

toaster

  • Joined Apr 2012
Re: Hello from Towcester
« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2012, 01:49:23 pm »
Quote from: tizaala on April 23, 2012, 02:17:35 pm
4 SLICE or 2 ? welcome to the mad house , sounds like another money pit with that collection.

4 slice  ;D

Its certainly a money pit!

Thank you for your welcomes everyone.

The chickens are nearly all pure breed bantams, lots of different breeds but I really only show the Wyandottes.

I will get some pics up of the rabble including the shetlands Fowlman. Two lambs born (singles) in the last day  :)
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Bert

  • Joined Jan 2012
    • Isle of Mull
Re: Hello from Towcester
« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2012, 05:19:59 pm »
Hi from the isle of Mull  :wave:
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chickenfeed

  • Guest
Re: Hello from Towcester
« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2012, 07:45:03 pm »
 :wave: welcome from cambridgshire
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Pedwardine

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • South Lincolnshire
Re: Hello from Towcester
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2012, 10:34:43 pm »
Hello from South Lincolnshire. When we were visiting Lincolnshire to view houses we picked up a lovely Jack Russell wandering by the side of the A road near Towcester. We named him Toaster for the duration. Wish we could have kept him....his owner came and bagged him the next day. We got a nice bottle of port by way of a thankyou though. Mmm port. Love it but it hates my head the next morning. Sorry am I going off on one. Lambing and overtired!
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squinkymcg

  • Joined May 2012
Re: Hello from Towcester
« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2012, 08:54:14 pm »
Hello Towcester Toaster! I'm a Blisworther! Nice to meet you (waving over Easton Neston!)  :wave: :wave: :wave:
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Small Farmer

  • Joined Jan 2012
    • Bedfordshire
Re: Hello from Towcester
« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2012, 08:55:56 pm »
Hi.  What made you think of the name?
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