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Title: Hi from saskatchewan,canada
Post by: Lostlambs on February 09, 2011, 01:14:46 am

I have a small farm and starting in sheep ,few dexter cows,few pigs and numerous chickens,turkeys,ducks and geese. Just found your site and seen a few posts that really sounded interesting. It is real cold here-31 with the wind and we spend as little time outside as we can right now. It's a challenge to keep everyone surviving the cold. I have Hampshire/Charollais cross sheep and a small flock of Shetlands that I bought this fall.We moved from from a large city 5 years ago to a rural area with small towns less than 400 people. I love it and the kids have a lot more freedom than before.I was raised on a farm when I was young but I'm on a steep learning curve trying to remember as much as I can and ad libing the rest. I found this site looking for a sheep cradle source my sheep feel bigger than me when I try to sit them. My husband has never lived on a farm so sometimes it's pretty funny around here. We are not as young as we imagine we are anymore.

Title: Re: Hi from saskatchewan,canada
Post by: lazybee on February 09, 2011, 08:03:43 am

Hello there :wave: Good luck with the sheep. I think it must be quite rare in Canada. I know a lot of Canadians and they don't touch lamb. They don't know what their missing.

Title: Re: Hi from saskatchewan,canada
Post by: Hilarysmum on February 09, 2011, 08:30:31 am

Hi welcome from Brittany/France, where the average winter temperature is about 8 deg. C and we think its crisis point and global freezing if we get snow.  Do you have to keep your pigs indoors during the extreme cold?

Title: Re: Hi from saskatchewan,canada
Post by: HappyHippy on February 09, 2011, 08:35:37 am

Hello from me in South Lanarkshire, Scotland  :wave:
What kind of pigs do you keep ? (sorry, I'm pig daft ;)) & welcome to the forum
Karen x

Title: Re: Hi from saskatchewan,canada
Post by: Daisys Mum on February 09, 2011, 05:50:46 pm

Hi and welcome from the Scottish Borders  :wave: Looking forward to hearing how you do things in Canada we did think of moving there a few years ago but its too late now we are definately too old. I have a very small (12) flock of shetlands.

Title: Re: Hi from saskatchewan,canada
Post by: Eastling on February 09, 2011, 06:26:36 pm

Hello and welcome from the south East coast of England :wave:

Title: Re: Hi from saskatchewan,canada
Post by: faith0504 on February 09, 2011, 06:53:54 pm

hello and welcome from moray scotland,  :wave:

Title: Re: Hi from saskatchewan,canada
Post by: little blue on February 09, 2011, 08:18:27 pm

hello and welcome :)

Title: Re: Hi from saskatchewan,canada
Post by: Rosemary on February 09, 2011, 09:09:46 pm

Hi and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

Title: Re: Hi from saskatchewan,canada
Post by: scotelf on February 10, 2011, 09:16:56 pm

A big 'warm' welcome from Scotland  :) You have an interesting mix of animals, look forward to hearing more, you have testing temperatures though!