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Title: new to tas
Post by: milarepa on January 04, 2012, 07:17:35 am
hello first please excuse my computer skills     we are now the proud owners of 3acres of land this we have had for 2 years iam a builder by trade but spent 9 years working in the farming industry and fell in love with it but having3 lads all of school age could not depend on a income from it  now they have flown nest it is easier and due to alot more time to spare can do the things that i love to do ie 14 hens 2 goats 4 soay sheep ewe lambs would love to chat with like minded people :wave:
Title: Re: new to tas
Post by: manian on January 04, 2012, 07:30:31 am
hi and welcome from derbyshire..... a very windy derbyshire
we have pigs, chickens and turkeys.
lambs come in the spring, although we are contemplating ewes later......
Mx
Title: Re: new to tas
Post by: Miss Piggy on January 04, 2012, 08:42:41 am
Hi and welcome from a wet West Wales. We have cows, pigs, poultry, cats and one dog. No sheep at present but had two lambs last year but now in the freezer. Not forgetting the big veggie garden, all that lot keeps us out of mischief.  :wave:
Title: Re: new to tas
Post by: Rosemary on January 04, 2012, 09:24:20 am
Hello and welcome to TAS, from Carnoustie  :wave:

Where are you based?
Title: Re: new to tas
Post by: Goldcraig on January 04, 2012, 09:25:48 am
Hello form Ayrshire....I have issues, comments, niggling questions and confusion in abundance...I'm new to all this as well...apparently...all will be fine ha ha !!  :wave:
Title: Re: new to tas
Post by: Horse & Farm on January 04, 2012, 09:31:12 am
Hi from a wet and windy cumbria
Title: Re: new to tas
Post by: plumseverywhere on January 04, 2012, 10:53:48 am
Hello from Worcestershire!

3 goats (one in kid) 5 co-op lambs 14 chickens, various fluffy pets and 4 children aged 10 down to 4 (all girls)

Welcome to TAS looking forward to chatting with you more!

Lisa
Title: Re: new to tas
Post by: Bionic on January 04, 2012, 11:34:04 am
Lisa,
You forgot to mention that you are now famous, having been on the TV  ;D
Title: Re: new to tas
Post by: Fowgill Farm on January 04, 2012, 11:36:25 am
Hi
from cold and dreak North Yorkshire, my OH is a builder too and we're into our 8th year of smallholding, busy farrowing our pigs at the mo and making plans for the veg garden which got neglected last year because of my on goingback probs, you'll find TAS a wonderful mine of informations and soem wonderfully helpful people.
Welcome
Mandy  :pig:
Title: Re: new to tas
Post by: chrismahon on January 04, 2012, 12:27:58 pm
Hi From Staffordshire. Would love 3 acres but manage to keep ourselves busy on just half an acre. Veggy plot and chickens is all we have -our Texel ewe went to a new home before Christmas and should be a mummy in Spring. More room for the chickens now and no more damage to the runs, coops and fruit trees.
Title: Re: new to tas
Post by: plumseverywhere on January 04, 2012, 12:29:44 pm
Lisa,
You forgot to mention that you are now famous, having been on the TV  ;D
LOL  ;D 
Title: Re: new to tas
Post by: SallyintNorth on January 04, 2012, 03:25:33 pm
Hi from a wet and windy cumbria
times two  :wave:

We're commercial beef and sheep farmers, with pigs, choox (freeloaders who hide their eggs in the hay, more like  ::)), ponies and now Castlemilk Moorit sheep on the side. 

Welcome to the forum, you will never be short of advice here!   ;D
Title: Re: new to tas
Post by: Lesley Silvester on January 04, 2012, 11:57:15 pm
 :wave:  Hi from Windy Shropshire.  Lots of people to chat to, rant at and get advice from on here.
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Post by: tobytoby on January 05, 2012, 10:41:23 am
Hello and welcome from a sunny Ayrshire (first in weeks)
Title: Re: new to tas
Post by: feldar on January 05, 2012, 10:44:31 am
Hi from The New Forest we are commercial and pedigree sheep farmers with some pigs and chickens :wave:
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Post by: melodrama on January 05, 2012, 11:14:47 am
Hello from Forfar  :wave:
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Post by: little blue on January 05, 2012, 07:33:59 pm
hello and welcome