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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Rosemary on May 01, 2011, 09:31:08 am

Title: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: Rosemary on May 01, 2011, 09:31:08 am

Anyone going?

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: gillsta on May 01, 2011, 09:51:26 am

I would like to go but I have a school fayre that day( Soap selling). Is it on all day? Not much info on the Thanistone site at the moment.

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: Brucklay on May 01, 2011, 09:54:03 am

I'm going - my day out for the year - not really going to get anything, just for a look - would love to say hi to any other TAS folk who are there too - coffee anyone?

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: gillsta on May 01, 2011, 10:37:45 am

Right thats it my dummy is out, I dont want to do the spring fayre I wanna go to the sale. I wont be able to get over until 1 ish. I will need more than a coffee by then ;D

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: Rosemary on May 01, 2011, 12:07:30 pm

It will be all over by 1pm, I would think. The catalogue will be up Tuesday am I woudl think. Horse entries close 5pm on Monday.

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: princesspiggy on May 01, 2011, 06:34:56 pm

wer going for the poultry, just looking.....

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: Dizzycow on May 01, 2011, 07:01:47 pm

Just googled it (wouldn't mind going!) but can't see anything about poultry, only machinery. Not sure I'm on the right site, can you post a link to it if there is one?

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: gillsta on May 01, 2011, 07:36:49 pm

http://www.goanm.co.uk/anmarts/livestockauctions/salesinfo/#070511 (http://www.goanm.co.uk/anmarts/livestockauctions/salesinfo/#070511)

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: thestephens on May 01, 2011, 08:34:10 pm

hoping to go too, but have to attend brownie daffodil tea first, want to see what kind of pigs they are selling/is it a good idea to sell my kune kunes there (too young just now) but im sure there is another sale in August. starts at 10am with horses and ponies.

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: sabrina on May 02, 2011, 12:15:47 am

Hope to be there if OH is not working  :)

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: Dizzycow on May 02, 2011, 08:08:17 am

Looks great, sadly can't make it after all, hubby probably quite relieved! Thanks for posting link.

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: princesspiggy on May 02, 2011, 09:40:13 am

their website is sooo hard to master, always takes me ages to find the rare breed part. id def look at pig prices before u send your kunes.

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: clydesdaleclopper on May 03, 2011, 10:42:04 pm

I'm going and trying not to spend money on more hens and ducks  ::)

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: BlueDaisy on May 03, 2011, 10:48:40 pm

I'll be there!! ;D :P ;D

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: egglady on May 03, 2011, 10:58:57 pm

anyone going from Fife area?

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: Rosemary on May 04, 2011, 09:05:36 am

Not going. Nothing I'm interested in so will spend the day tidying up for the farm walk here next week.

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: bamford6 on May 04, 2011, 09:19:49 am

will be there big sale just finished lambing the best ever 4 lots off 4 lots off triplets i think we have 185 out off 200 and 15 left to this morning

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: princesspiggy on May 06, 2011, 11:05:34 am

change of plan, we'l be timewasting with our new foal instead, sooo cute.
have fun!

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: BlueDaisy on May 07, 2011, 04:39:54 pm

Spurred on by one of my hens going broody on Thursday, I went to the hatching egg sale determined to get a dozen eggs.

Oooops, a dozen Vorwerk eggs were going for £2 so I got them for £3, then I got a half dozen Andalusian and then thought I was bidding on 6 Barbu d'uccles but actually it was 12. Came away with 30 eggs :o for less than £15 quid!

Add to that the 6 chicks Gary owed me after giving me cockerels and the 2 gold laced wyandotte youngsters he sold me for a fiver (I'm still convinced they are cockerels aswell though, Gary!)

So overall I came away with 30 eggs and 8 young uns for less than £20 I think that's a good day shopping! ;D 

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: Cleo12 on May 07, 2011, 05:28:55 pm

Well Done ! You got bargins. I didn't come away with anything, bid on 2 white pekin pullets but went too high. My mate did well got £80 for trio of mille fleur pekins !

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: clydesdaleclopper on May 07, 2011, 05:52:43 pm

Well I didn't get anything. Everything I went to look at either hadn't turned up or wasn't what it was supposed to be  ::)

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: thestephens on May 07, 2011, 06:02:08 pm

and i have a deposit on 2 kune piglets and i wasnt even there!! (husband did a bit of networking, hee hee)

Title: Re: Rare breed sale, Thainstone 7th May
Post by: sabrina on May 10, 2011, 12:11:16 pm

We did not get as OH was crow watching so I got on with work needed in the pollytunnel. I think he was worried I would come home with more animals but as we are getting 2 Kune-Kune weaner's at the end of June I am saving my money for a change. Still would have been nice to have some time out  :)