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Title: hi fronm another newbie
Post by: manian on September 18, 2010, 06:11:35 am

dear all
a short note to say hi
I live in derbyshire and am new to caring for my animals...
I have  my 15 chickens :chook: now for about 2 months and my 4 pigs :pig: for only 2 weeks.
At the moment my chickens are laying well and i have managed to deal with one of our pigs (poppy) being constipated!!! ( i know people say that i shouldn't name them as they are for the freezer but got to call them something!!)
Am hoping to get some bees in the spring. I look forward to helping and being helped!!
 :dunce:

Title: Re: hi fronm another newbie
Post by: tazbabe on September 18, 2010, 07:11:29 am

(http://bestsmileys.com/hello/7.gif) welcome in!

i'm a fowl girl too, 17 of them here, just waiting to see how many of the new arrivals are cocks for the pot.

now, bees....theres a thought, i wonder if i could do bees? hmm....off to investigate, thank for the idea!

Title: Re: hi fronm another newbie
Post by: Sharondp on September 18, 2010, 07:46:25 am

Welcome from Herefordshire  :wave:

I have chickens, sheep bees and one day we will get pigs..... ::)

Title: Re: hi fronm another newbie
Post by: faith0504 on September 18, 2010, 08:11:31 am

hi and welcome from sunny lovely moray  :wave:

Title: Re: hi fronm another newbie
Post by: knightquest on September 18, 2010, 08:27:47 am

Hello and welcome from Birmingham. Six chooks only for me but it's a start  :)

Ian

Title: Re: hi fronm another newbie
Post by: Hilarysmum on September 18, 2010, 08:35:53 am

Hi welcome from Brittany. I have chickens and ducks and the love of my life pigs.  Be warned pigs are extremely addictive.

Title: Re: hi fronm another newbie
Post by: piggy on September 18, 2010, 08:37:09 am

Hi and welcome from Suffolk. :wave:

Title: Re: hi fronm another newbie
Post by: Fleecewife on September 18, 2010, 10:01:51 am

Hi from the south of Scotland  :wave:  We have sheep, poultry and vegetables. 
I don't agree with the advice not to name animals which are headed for the pot.  One of the reasons I raise my own is because I hate to eat nameless slabs of meat from a supermarket shelf, but I do like to give the animals I eat some respect and the best life I can.  Being pragmatic, if your stock is all named, then when you eat them you can relate taste, tenderness or lack of it,  etc to the life that animal had.

Title: Re: hi fronm another newbie
Post by: Daveravey on September 18, 2010, 10:44:57 am

Hi from Fife   :wave:

Title: Re: hi fronm another newbie
Post by: BAKEWELL11 on September 18, 2010, 11:35:00 am

Hi from Isle of Wight!! Newbie here too. Chooks, horses and soon pigs!! :wave:  Off to read up on constipation in swine, and what to look for!! :-\  poo I guess??

Title: Re: hi fronm another newbie
Post by: morri2 on September 18, 2010, 03:10:27 pm

Hello from North Wales!!

Carry on naming your pigs, at least you have something to call them by - my friends keep pigs to eat and have (rather tastelessly and certainly not originally) named theirs Bacon and Sausage ! Welcome to the site.

Title: Re: hi fronm another newbie
Post by: Sylvia on September 18, 2010, 04:29:10 pm

Hello, you will find this the friendliest of forums.  I called my pigs Pig, Pig and Pig and they all came running to their names!

Title: Re: hi fronm another newbie
Post by: little blue on September 18, 2010, 05:51:21 pm

hello and welcome, from the Derbyshire Dales
:wave:

Title: Re: hi fronm another newbie
Post by: teresap989 on September 20, 2010, 01:56:17 am

Hi !
I've just visited this forum. Happy to get acquainted with you. Thanks.




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Title: Re: hi fronm another newbie
Post by: woodlandproductsfife on September 29, 2010, 05:39:23 am

welcome from the Kingdom of Fife

Title: Re: hi fronm another newbie
Post by: Mickyork on September 29, 2010, 12:42:37 pm

Hello and welcome from North Yorkshire   8) 8) 8) 8)

Title: Re: hi fronm another newbie
Post by: darkbrowneggs on September 29, 2010, 12:59:45 pm

Hi and welcome to the forum.   :wave:

My first two pigs were bought many years ago, when there were no restrictions on transporting animals, and the person I bought them from offered to deliver them.  They each arrived in a box (todally unsuitable)  One was a Cornflake outer wrapper, and the other Rice Crispies, they were a Tamworth and GOS - you can guess what they were called :D

After that I didnt name them, as it does make it extra hard when they have to go :(

all the best
Sue
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