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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: houndsfield on April 18, 2011, 11:08:52 pm

Title: hi from beoley
Post by: houndsfield on April 18, 2011, 11:08:52 pm

hi l am new on here have a little smallholding with horses :horse: sheep :sheep: pigs :pig: chickens :chook: and ducks oh and the family wolfhound :dog:, and 2 cains and 2 jack russells,
l have usally about 40 cad lambs off local farmers all bottle feed, but idealy would like some greyfaced dartmoors,. here's hoping l get them this year. :wave: :wave: :wave:

Title: Re: hi from beoley
Post by: Hilarysmum on April 19, 2011, 07:58:13 am

Welcome, hope you get your dartmoors.  I just keep pigs, and a few fowl.  I like sheep but find them too demanding  ;D

Title: Re: hi from beoley
Post by: JulieS on April 19, 2011, 07:59:50 am

Hello and welcome from Devon. 

I'm a pig and chicken lady....and of course Phoebe the basset hound.

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Post by: Rosemary on April 19, 2011, 08:27:34 am

Hi and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

Title: Re: hi from beoley
Post by: CameronS on April 20, 2011, 12:51:07 pm

hello and welcome from fife  :wave:

Title: Re: hi from beoley
Post by: SallyintNorth on April 20, 2011, 01:03:37 pm

Hi from North Cumbria.  We're commercial sheep and beef farmers with Fell & Dales ponies, pigs, chickens & a house cow on the side.  Three working collies, usually walk a hound pup but the local pack didn't line any bitches last year.  One working cat. 

Good luck getting the Dartmoors.  I am plotting a few Exmoor Horns but not sure how it is feasible to get them all the way up here...

Title: Re: hi from beoley
Post by: Brahma girl on April 20, 2011, 08:00:40 pm

Welcome from Norfolk, sounds like quite a clan you have there, loads of helpful and really nice people here, enjoy.

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Post by: poppajohn on April 23, 2011, 04:26:46 pm

Hello, nice to know you and enjoy the site. Its a grand place for learning!

Title: Re: hi from beoley
Post by: houndsfield on April 24, 2011, 11:24:05 pm

Quote from: SallyintNorth on April 20, 2011, 01:03:37 pm

Hi from North Cumbria.  We're commercial sheep and beef farmers with Fell & Dales ponies, pigs, chickens & a house cow on the side.  Three working collies, usually walk a hound pup but the local pack didn't line any bitches last year.  One working cat. 

Good luck getting the Dartmoors.  I am plotting a few Exmoor Horns but not sure how it is feasible to get them all the way up here...

hi l wonder do you know of any one with a dales stallion l have a dales mare, and would like to get her covered this year but cannot find a dales stallion,.

Title: Re: hi from beoley
Post by: SallyintNorth on April 25, 2011, 11:52:26 am

Well, yes I do know people with Dales stallions, there are quite a few breeders in these parts.  But I think you are quite a way away from me? 

I expect you have already looked at the Stallions at Stud, Breeder Contacts and Dales Sales List on the Dales Pony Society website, but just in case, you can find them here:

http://www.dalespony.org/Stallions.html (http://www.dalespony.org/Stallions.html)
http://www.dalespony.org/Sales-List.html (http://www.dalespony.org/Sales-List.html)

If that doesn't help, maybe you should post a question here on the Horse Forum?  There are bound to be other Dales people nearer to you than I am.