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Title: Hello from Towcester
Post by: toaster on April 23, 2012, 01:51:25 pm: Hi there

I strumbled across this forum by chance and am pleased to see that it is a lively one!

I have a smallholding of 3 acres, we have Shetland sheep (lambing now) a few commercial cade lambs, two pygmy goats, two weaner pigs, ducks, quail and a couple of hundred chickens plus two cats and a wonderful little Welsh terrier

My main interest is the poultry which I show over the winter :chook:

after 3 years I am getting more used to dealing with the livestock but its been a heck of a learning curve - especially the lambing!

I'm looking forward to contributing to the forum ;D
Title: Re: Hello from Towcester
Post by: tizaala on April 23, 2012, 02:17:35 pm: 4 SLICE or 2 ? welcome to the mad house , sounds like another money pit with that collection.
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Post by: chairmanphil on April 23, 2012, 02:20:30 pm: welcome to the house of fun! :wave:
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Post by: Lesley Silvester on April 23, 2012, 11:14:34 pm: :wave: Hi and welcome from sunny Shropshire.
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Post by: Rosemary on April 24, 2012, 09:06:45 am: Sounds like fun! Welcome to TAS :wave:

I take it you keep and bred pure breed hens, rather than commercial layers?
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Post by: in the hills on April 24, 2012, 07:18:12 pm: Hi and welcome from Powys.

We love our poultry too and keep quail.

:wave:
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Post by: Mammyshaz on April 24, 2012, 08:20:39 pm: Hello and welcome from Durham :thumbsup:

We have hens too but just a few hybrids for eggs.
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Post by: lill on April 26, 2012, 08:12:25 am: Hi and welcome to the forum, you will learn a lot on this forum, from good advice to bad advice, you take your pick and learn from it, if you make mistakes :wave: :wave:
Title: Re: Hello from Towcester
Post by: Fowlman on April 26, 2012, 09:52:18 am: Welcome Toaster good to see you here. Would love to see your shetlands.
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Post by: toaster on April 26, 2012, 01:49:23 pm: Quote from: tizaala on April 23, 2012, 02:17:35 pm
4 SLICE or 2 ? welcome to the mad house , sounds like another money pit with that collection.

4 slice ;D

Its certainly a money pit!

Thank you for your welcomes everyone.

The chickens are nearly all pure breed bantams, lots of different breeds but I really only show the Wyandottes.

I will get some pics up of the rabble including the shetlands Fowlman. Two lambs born (singles) in the last day :)
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Post by: Bert on April 26, 2012, 05:19:59 pm: Hi from the isle of Mull :wave:
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Post by: chickenfeed on April 26, 2012, 07:45:03 pm: :wave: welcome from cambridgshire
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Post by: Pedwardine on April 26, 2012, 10:34:43 pm: Hello from South Lincolnshire. When we were visiting Lincolnshire to view houses we picked up a lovely Jack Russell wandering by the side of the A road near Towcester. We named him Toaster for the duration. Wish we could have kept him....his owner came and bagged him the next day. We got a nice bottle of port by way of a thankyou though. Mmm port. Love it but it hates my head the next morning. Sorry am I going off on one. Lambing and overtired!
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Post by: squinkymcg on May 03, 2012, 08:54:14 pm: Hello Towcester Toaster! I'm a Blisworther! Nice to meet you (waving over Easton Neston!) :wave: :wave: :wave:
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Post by: Small Farmer on May 03, 2012, 08:55:56 pm: Hi. What made you think of the name?
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Post by: The Mobile Butcher on May 05, 2012, 01:17:29 pm: Hi from Whitby - North Yorkshire :wave:
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Post by: Cym on July 01, 2012, 08:44:26 pm: :chook:
Hi from a fellow local smallholder.
We have 2.5 acres between Rugby & Daventry, we have Zwartble sheep, weaners and breed Light Sussex Chickens & bantams. Are you a member of the Northampton poultry club?
Cym
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Post by: Mel on July 05, 2012, 06:08:07 am: Hi,sounds fabulous,welcome from East~ Northants! :wave:
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Post by: tizaala on July 05, 2012, 01:14:00 pm: Hi from a dull but dry Mid-Wales :wave:
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Post by: the great composto on July 12, 2012, 02:58:14 pm: hello toaster - or tow(rhymes with cow)-cester which the newsreaders think is the way to say it ;D

I have an allotment down the road just a few miles from you - I have Buff orpington / light sussex / warrens and russian orloffs. I am just on the verge of getting some piggies - land nearly sorted.