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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: skyeman on September 28, 2011, 11:53:35 am

Title: hi there
Post by: skyeman on September 28, 2011, 11:53:35 am

hi you guys, im skyeman. or mick which ever you prefer, i live on the isle of skye in a croft house with plenty of land to use so im hoping for help from you guys at tas . i split with my wife and im raising my two sons.we have some chickens and a couple of sheep and are planing more sheep more chickens and some pigs. its all new to me. we have been through a lot so would love some help and advice when we need it. its great to be part of tas. hello to all from mick connor and aaron on the isle of skye

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Post by: Brucklay on September 28, 2011, 12:00:24 pm

Hi Skyeman and family - nice to meet you - good luck with your new venture and animals

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Post by: Roxy on September 28, 2011, 01:21:22 pm

Hello, and welcome to this very nice forum, full of friendly folk :)

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Post by: SallyintNorth on September 28, 2011, 02:44:58 pm

Hi there Mick  :wave: and welcome from north Cumbria

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Post by: Dan on September 28, 2011, 05:36:11 pm

Hello Mick, and welcome from sunny Carnoustie.  :wave:

Good luck with the land and livestock, and ask if you're stuck, someone on here will be able to help.  :)

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Post by: dyedinthewool on September 28, 2011, 07:49:21 pm

Hi mick,

good luck with your venture I'm sure you and the boys will have a wonderful life,  smallholding is awonderful way to bring up kids.

 :wave: :wave: :wave:

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Post by: Cinderhills on September 28, 2011, 09:13:05 pm

Hi from North Yorkshire.  :wave:

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Post by: Hermit on September 28, 2011, 09:42:13 pm

Hi, from another crofter in Shetland  :wave:

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Post by: Miss Piggy on September 28, 2011, 10:30:26 pm

Hi Skyeman and family, It sounds like your sons are lucky to have a dad like you, I think you are all going to have a lot of  fun together in the coming years. I wish you well and you will certainly find many experienced people on here willing to help you out. :thumbsup:

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Post by: Lesley Silvester on September 28, 2011, 10:32:50 pm

Hi Skyeman  Welcome to TAS.  I'm now on here and loving it.   :wave: :goat:

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Post by: Rosemary on September 29, 2011, 08:04:20 am

Hello and welcome from Carnoustie  :wave:

Good luck with the livestock and the boys! At least you can put the livestock in a pen  ;D

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Post by: HappyHippy on September 29, 2011, 10:56:08 am

Hello from me in South Lanarkshire  :wave:
Welcome to the forum, look forward to hearing more from you
Karen x

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Post by: skyeman on September 29, 2011, 11:30:24 am

to everyone who left welcome messages for me and my boys,thanks so much it means a lot, we got our first two lambs some months ago and they had to be bottle fed,needless to say they are very friendly, we came home yesterday to find them both lying in the kitchen,no one locks their doors here,they must have jumped up and caught the handle,kitchen floor needed a good clean.

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Post by: Floyd on September 29, 2011, 04:02:26 pm

Hello from another crofter (Wester-Ross).

Pretty sure you can find any answer you want on here, just dont be shy about asking the question

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Post by: SallyintNorth on September 29, 2011, 05:36:17 pm

Quote from: skyeman on September 29, 2011, 11:30:24 am

to everyone who left welcome messages for me and my boys,thanks so much it means a lot, we got our first two lambs some months ago and they had to be bottle fed,needless to say they are very friendly, we came home yesterday to find them both lying in the kitchen,no one locks their doors here,they must have jumped up and caught the handle,kitchen floor needed a good clean.

 ;D ;D

Things like that happen here too.  But there is an explanation.... :

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Post by: Hazelwood Flock on September 29, 2011, 10:54:02 pm

Hi from Darzet!  :wave:

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Post by: bigchicken on October 02, 2011, 08:32:26 pm

Hi from the bigchicken, best of luck. Skye is wonderful, have holidayed there a couple of times and loved the island and the people.

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Post by: confused on October 03, 2011, 06:28:47 pm

Sounds as if your going to have a lot of fun !all the best.

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Post by: Blueeyes on October 04, 2011, 10:56:11 am

Hi to the 3 of you, were new to all this too and are in Yorkshire, so far we have a dog, a rabbit, 2 minature Shetland ponies, 6 Shetland sheep and 4 Swedish blue ducks! It's totally mad but fabulous, and our daughter is loving the new lifestyle we now have (a year ago we had no animals, lived in a brand new build in the middle of a village  :o ) hope you guys have as much fun as we are figuring out what we should be doing  :D !

TAS is fantastic and so far we have had every query answered no matter how silly they probably are  ;D and not only that but had plenty of laughs at some of the bizarre and silly posts  :D

Blueeyes xx

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Post by: faith0504 on October 04, 2011, 09:06:37 pm

Hi and welcome from moray, we have hens, ducks and ponies in our kitchen on a regular basis, its part and parcel of our fantastic lifestyle  ;) :wave: