The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: squeasy on January 28, 2012, 07:12:13 pm
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Hello all, :wave: I am very new to all of this!! We have 7 Soay sheep :sheep:(3 inherited and unregistered ewes) and 4 registered (3 ewes, 1 tup). We also have 6 hens. :chook:
3 of my Soays are due to lamb early March- I have bought lots of books to help. But I find this website and forum great, so I hope you can help me along the way.
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Hello!
Big welcome from sunny Aberdeenshire! :wave: :wave:
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Hi Squeasy - hope all goes well with your lambing - remember lots of pics please - Soay lambs are just beautiful - where in the world are you X
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Hello thank you for the welcomes. I am in North Yorkshire :) :wave:
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Hello from another newbie to the forum.
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:wave: Hi and welcome from sunny if a tad chilly Shropshire.
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Hello and welcome from cloudy Carnoustie :thumbsup:
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Hi - From Whitby, North yorkshire
If you even need any butchering advice or help please drop me a line.
:wave:
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Hello from a cold Cumbria :wave:
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Hello Everybody,
Thank you for saying hello - the offer of a local butcher sounds great - only half an hour from Whitby.
It certainly has been a cold day today, but my OH built a hayrack for the sheep, it will save me stuffing hay into my self-made feed bag with a hole!!
Three of the Soays are starting to get a little round bump on their sides. Getting excited about my first ever lambs.
I didn't get my first real pet (a cat) until I was 24- and I was scared of that. And just over ten years later I have 9 sheep and 6 chickens!
Just need to find out if I need to heptovac now- better go on the sheep forum. Thanks for the welcome!
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Hi and welcome from Wet Cardigan Bay :wave:
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Hi and welcome from a very cold but thankfully dry north Cumbria :wave:
We have a commercial flock of sheep (texel types, charollais crosses and mules) plus my 4 'geeps' ('goaty sheep') - being Castlemilk Moorits, a bit like oversized Soays!
We also have a commercial suckler herd (angus, british blue and hereford crosses) plus my Jersey house cow.
I've an OSB sow and currently 3 Saddleback cross porkers from her first litter, and we've a couple each of Dales and Fell ponies too.
Three working collies and a hound pup. One very very very shy cat who has decided to be our farm cat, for which we are very grateful.
Assorted hens scratting about, hiding their eggs and making a mess ::)
See you in 'Livestock -> Sheep'! :D
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Hi Squeasy
Welcome i'm another local just the Northallerton side of Stokesley. Piggies and a mad labrador at our and assorted GG's nearby to keep an eye on.
All the best with your lambs
Mandy :pig:
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:wave: Squeasy,welcome from a wet and overcast Northants!
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Hello Sally,
Wow you sound like you are very busy!! So much going on! Thank you for my welcome and I look forward to speaking to you in >Sheep.
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Hi Mandy I am close to Stokesley too pleased to meet you :wave:
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:wave: Squeasy,welcome from a wet and overcast Northants!
Hello Hope the weather is not too bad in Northants! It is very cold here, cannot decide if it wants to snow
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Hello from Forfar :wave:
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Hi Mandy I am close to Stokesley too pleased to meet you :wave:
Thats great somebody who'll know where i'm on about, if you decide you need a couple of piggies to fatten let me know. We have weaners in about 4wks time and then some more end April/start May. After work today having a mass freezer sort out as the piggies i sent to the butchers have produced rather more sausages than i anticipated, i think they're multiplying in the fridge!
Be very welcome to visit
best mandy :pig:
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Hi Mandy,
We may well be interested in pigs in the future so I would love to come and visit some time! Just eagerly awaiting our first ever lambs! :) :wave:
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Hope your lambing goes ok, looks like its going to be nice and mild.
See if we can get a visit sorted once you've done lambing, Twinkle due to farrow around 9th so maybe you can visit her babies. :)
All the best Mandy :pig:
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Hello squeasy, you've came a long way since your 1st cat.
I've had animals since my first dog at 6 yes old but no livestock tho I'm longing for a smallholding.
Good luck with your lambing :thumbsup:
Piccies of your new arrivals will go down a treat just so I can oooh and aaah at them.
From near durham :wave:
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Hi and welcome from central scotland :wave: :wave:
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Hello squeasy, you've came a long way since your 1st cat.
I've had animals since my first dog at 6 yes old but no livestock tho I'm longing for a smallholding.
Good luck with your lambing :thumbsup:
Piccies of your new arrivals will go down a treat just so I can oooh and aaah at them.
From near durham :wave:
Thank you- it has been a very steep learning curve and is continuing- our first lamb to be born was a little tricky and now he is walking with a stiff back leg so may have joint ill :( - waiting from my sheep expert to have a look shortly. Here is a picture of 'boy' though when he was only a few hours old!
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Hello I hope the weather is not too bad for everyone today!! The rain has started here in North Yorkshire and it is quite glum. But let's hope it just a blip! Have a nice day today
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Than for the pix. It's lovely. Mum is nice too, love the horned breeds.
Keep them coming :thumbsup:
It's pouring here in durham, got caught out with dogs when it started ::)
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Aw bless them. They're gorgeous.