The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: holz306 on April 24, 2012, 10:16:37 pm
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What livestock do we own between us all on here then?
I have a lot of poultry - as of thursday i will have over a hundred chickens, i have 3 piglets, 13 horses, i have jacob sheep but they're currently living with a friend.
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...so far, 1 ex-racehorse, 2 ewes with 2 lambs a piece, 8 quail, 10 chooks,2 ducklings, 2 cats, 9 bunnies with one set of 7 babies and probably another lot by the time I go do em in the morning (based on dates and nest building).....and an OH!!!!!!
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2 Nanny goats, 1 kid and 1 wether, 2 ewes, 3 ram lambs, 14 chickens, 1 Lionlop rabbit, 2 cats and a Senegal parrot ;D
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2x arabian stallions, 1 x gelding, 4x mares, 2x billy goats 7x nannies, 1 ram , 7 ewes ,9 lambs .approx 30 chickens , 3 toulouse geese, 1 guinea fowl, 3 dogs 3 cats. + empty pockets
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28 pigs from weaners to adults :pig:, 11 chooks :chook:, 3 collies 1 puppy :dog:, 2 cats :cat:, 5 kids (not goats) and a hubby who is "always right" ;D :wave:
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and a hubby who is "always right" ;D :wave:
;D hahaha!! love it!! I've got one of them too - wish he'd come on here, reckon yours and mine would get on like a house on fire!
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even when Robert is wrong he is right, it really does piss me off, we could see some good different opinions from our ohs and just sit back and see what one would back down. ;D
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lightweight here.......6 dogs, :dog: 2 ponies :horse:, 10 hens and a cock :chook: 4 ducks :&> and 3 but about to be 5 geese
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1 x shetland mare, 1 x NF mare, 1 x Dartmoor gelding, 1 x NF/dartmoor foal, 1 x Jersey X cow, 1 x British Blue X calf, 8 x Portland ewes, 4 x Portland rams, 9 x Portland lambs, 2 x mule X ewes, 1 x mule X castrate, 4 x mule X portland lambs, 2 GOS pigs, 8 GOS piglets, 30 chickens, 1 duckling, 2 dogs, 3 cats, 2 rats, 1 hamster, 1 bearded dragon, 3 rabbits, 2 guinea pigs, 1 tarantula, 1 wife, 3 kids and a partridge in a pear tree...
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2 horses (IDxTB and Haflinger), 20 ewes wethers and last years lambs (Shetland), lost our old ram so am ram shopping this summer!, 6 geese, 3 chickens, 2 dogs (Doberman rescue and a Border Terrier) and 3 feral stable cats.
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another lightweight... 14 shearlings, 8 Beulah, 5Lleyn, 1 mixed up pet lamb, 3 chickens, I cat, 1 9 yr old boy, a weekend husband and 2 ex saddleback pigs (now residing peacefully in the freezer. What a great First year!! I have a rule - nothing bigger than me (OH and son aside).
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so far i have a 1, furry black cat. :cat:
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Two in-calf Shetland heifers, one Shetland bullock, 28 Coloured Ryeland sheep (including one white tup :o, a wether, nine ewes, four ewe hoggs and thirteen lambs), three Hampshire weaners, 10 Hubbard chicks, about 80 hens and one knackered cockerel, two collies, three cats, a Highland pony and a Shetland pony.
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im down to 2 cats as my chickens had to go to stay with a friend whilst the phytoptera clear up happens, then ill get them back, i do miss them!! :'(
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between us (its a family operation) 5 breeding pigs, 16 goats, 7 lambs, 7 cattle, 3 dogs 100ish chickens,? fish and 1 parrot. the freezers are full of beef,pork,lamb,sausage,bacon & goat too.
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i just got to come in on the right bit once again i am right ;) Lillian forgot the the 8 Hampshire sheep 2 ewe lambs 2 tup lambs 2 shearlings and 2 ewes it is an awful burden to carry i just wish i could be wrong just once ;) :D :farmer:
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7 Soay ewes, 9 lambies, 1 dog, 1 cat, 1 budgie, 1 house rabbit, about 30 hens and cockerels and a dozen quail.
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3 Lambs, 4 large black weaners, 4 GOS baconers( they go tomorrow, YUM) , about 40 laying hens, assorted bantams, 5 ducks, 2 angry geese a trio of peafowl and a Billy goat.
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We have 11 dogs, 1 welsh mountain pony, cat, 4 turkeys, 12 runner ducks, chickens of various breeds but my pet project are the old english pheasant fowl and speckled sussex, 2 ferrets and hoping to have a couple of lambs.
Helen
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oh forgot to mention the 8 hampshire sheep but Robert got there first. :sheep: :sheep:
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We have 11 dogs, 1 welsh mountain pony, cat, 4 turkeys, 12 runner ducks, chickens of various breeds but my pet project are the old english pheasant fowl and speckled sussex, 2 ferrets and hoping to have a couple of lambs.
Helen
Hello, and welcome, Helen.
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so far i have a 1, furry black cat. :cat:
I sometimes wish that were all I had ::) I have six Whippets, two Greyhounds, one Ibizan hound, two pugs, two tiny Yorkies and an elderly Border terrier. Forty nine chickens, five Shetland sheep, four Kunekune pigs and six ducks. Oh, and four children, eleven grandchildren and, last but not least, Jim, my Best Beloved :)
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We have 2 Shetland Stallions 2 Shetland colts 2 shetland geldings 2 cats 2 dogs 2 lambs 14 chickens and now and again 2 pigs. :thumbsup:
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We have 2 dogs :dog: :dog: 3 hens :chook: :chook: :chook: and a chinchilla ( no little picky for this dan)
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We have-85 osb pigs of various age -size,2 ex racehorses,2 snakes,2cats,7 dogs(1 collie,4 pups,1j russel,1 alsatian) and 100 or so flat fish(discus) plus anything else that tuns up on the doorstep to be fed
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One wet chic~ken,one wet chick~en,"went'to'bed" "in the mud", now'is stinkin. One feather stuck to anu-ther~it canny lay eggs on the farm now.
Actually we have 60 wet,miserable,half drowned chickens,some extremely happy ducks and geese,1000 English Partridges-or there abouts-at least they are dry,our own personal mud bath,oh,if the pigs were here,they would adore it! :farmer:
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We have 10 Tamworth sows, 2 boars and various sizes of meat pigs, 2 Hampshire sows and a Hampshire boar. 20 Highland ponies, 2 Dartmoors, a Shetland and 2 Suffolks. About 50 Texel sheep, 2 Jersey cows, 3 chickens, 4 cats, 2 dogs :)
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so far i have a 1, furry black cat. :cat:
I sometimes wish that were all I had ::) I have six Whippets, two Greyhounds, one Ibizan hound, two pugs, two tiny Yorkies and an elderly Border terrier. Forty nine chickens, five Shetland sheep, four Kunekune pigs and six ducks. Oh, and four children, eleven grandchildren and, last but not least, Jim, my Best Beloved :)
Blimey Sylvia - hats off!!! Quantities of beast in fields I can imagine - Its the 14 dogs I cant quite comprehend - Mad house!!
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3 goats, three dogs, one budgie and a wormery. Oh and another of those husbands who is always right.
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I thought it was just my oh that was always right, ah but it is nice to know that Iam not the only one on this forum that have them. ;D :wave:
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Now feeling very inadequate :( I have 1dog, 10 quail, 7 chickens ( will be increasing to 15 chickens soon)
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Now feeling very inadequate :( I have 1dog, 10 quail, 7 chickens ( will be increasing to 15 chickens soon)
Bert, from your posts - you've got something I havnt - a wealth of knowledge!!!
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2 Pygmy goats, 6 chooks (lost 3 last week to Mr Fox :'( 1 happy cock, 2 cats plus 2 we just feed (abandoned by our neighbours when they left) and a big baby...oh no, that should read "husband"!!
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Well then, I feel inadequate compared to some but well endowed compared to others! (reminds me of the sketch with 2 Ronnies and John Cleese ;D - showing my age there)
Any way I have 3 setters, 1 ancient border collie (16), and 1/2 a young border collie (shared with son!). I very ancient cat (17), 3 Angora goats and whatever sheep son puts in our fields - currently 7 tups. oh yes and a hubby who is NEVER right (come on girls, don't be letting them think they know everything :o :o), but is very useful for holding sheep in a lambing emergency and hanging new gates if you are prepared to wait 2 years ;D ;D
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3 pigs :pig: :pig: :pig:
2 dogs :dog: :dog:
and 2 baby owls :wave: :wave: - well, we don't technically have them but we made their nest box and the box is in our tree! ;D ;D
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Feel very silly even posting in this thread ;D Currently only have chickens (quite a few though!), a dog and two cats...I don't even have a horse any more. Seriously, seriously can't wait till I can realise this smallholder dream malarkey though.
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We have 2 Dexters, 13 sheep (Cheviot/Suffolk/Lleyn), 8 lambs, 4 goats (more soon when they kid), 8 Aylesburys, 5 hens, 5 geese (too many eggs) and 3 GSD's.
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We have 3 dogs, three hens, cockerel,2 ducks, 6 guniea pigs (babies need a home!-any takers?), 5 lambs, 6 chicks and some tropical fish. Want more poultry but need to save up for fencing, batteries etc!
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2 donkeys, 2 shetland ponies, 3 alpacas, 2 kune- kune, 4 shetland weathers, 4 pygmy goats,3 geese, various ducks ,turkeys and chickens,4 giant rabbits 12 guineapigs, ornamental pheasants and ducks,budgies, canaries, cocketeils, finches, quail, parakeets, fantail doves, 2 spaniels, snakes, tree frogs , geckos and a barn cat.
I go to work for a rest!
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I have 4 kids (of the human variety ;)) Boris our GSD, 3 cats, 1 kitten, 4 Large Black pigs, a Berkshire, a Tamworth, an Oxford and Sandy Black and 8, ooops, nope I bought another ::) :D 9 Kunekune pigs :thumbsup:
And we've LOTS of piglets due in the summer :o ;D
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mm let me think... ;D
6 horses
2 collies
1 JRT
3 farm cats... one with fat belly - oopsie - kittens available soon :o)
5 show goats (one in milk)
7 white face commercial gimmers
23 white face commercial ewes
29 Beltex x above lambs... 4 left to lamb so still counting
1 long suffering OH! LOL!
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We've got
3 ponies (2 miniature shetlands and 11.2 shetland x),
2 nanny goats and 1 kid
2 southdown yearling ewes
2 black labradors
3 cats
5 hens and 1 cockerel
a corn snake,
a 20 year old daughter, nearly 18 year old son
and very long suffering OH. (normally a couple of weaners but not this year) but work at a vets so often bring home foster animals, rehomes and whatever else comes in :thumbsup:
Love it all and think this forum is brilliant.
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2 Pygmy goats, 6 chooks (lost 3 last week to Mr Fox :'( 1 happy cock, 2 cats plus 2 we just feed (abandoned by our neighbours when they left) and a big baby...oh no, that should read "husband"!!
Make that 5 chooks. Cilla got carried off by Mr Fox yesterday evening. Its her own fault for breaking out of the run every day. RIP Cilla.