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Title: what do we all have?!
Post by: holz306 on April 24, 2012, 10:16:37 pm
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.
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: Mel Rice on April 24, 2012, 11:31:44 pm
...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!!!!!!
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: plumseverywhere on April 25, 2012, 07:28:10 am
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
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: tizaala on April 25, 2012, 07:36:20 am
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
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: lill on April 25, 2012, 07:42:48 am
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:
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: plumseverywhere on April 25, 2012, 07:46:47 am
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!
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: lill on April 25, 2012, 07:52:35 am
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
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: tazbabe on April 25, 2012, 07:52:47 am
lightweight here.......6 dogs, :dog:  2 ponies  :horse:, 10 hens and a cock  :chook: 4 ducks  :&> and 3 but about to be 5 geese

Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: TheCaptain on April 25, 2012, 07:56:33 am
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...
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: lachlanandmarcus on April 25, 2012, 08:35:27 am
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.
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: FiB on April 25, 2012, 08:41:57 am
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).
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: chairmanphil on April 25, 2012, 09:06:40 am
so far i have a 1, furry black cat.  :cat:
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: Rosemary on April 25, 2012, 09:37:32 am
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.
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: deepinthewoods on April 25, 2012, 09:41:20 am
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!! :'(
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: chickenfeed on April 25, 2012, 09:41:42 am
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.
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: robert waddell on April 25, 2012, 09:58:59 am
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:
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: in the hills on April 25, 2012, 10:26:52 am
7 Soay ewes, 9 lambies, 1 dog, 1 cat, 1 budgie, 1 house rabbit, about 30 hens and cockerels and a dozen quail.
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: Derby_menagerie on April 25, 2012, 10:52:57 am
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.
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: HelenVF on April 25, 2012, 11:11:21 am
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
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: lill on April 25, 2012, 11:44:38 am
oh forgot to mention the 8 hampshire sheep but Robert got there first. :sheep: :sheep:
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: TheCaptain on April 25, 2012, 01:05:55 pm
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.
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: Sylvia on April 25, 2012, 01:07:48 pm
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 :)
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: sabrina on April 25, 2012, 02:15:51 pm
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:
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: Mammyshaz on April 25, 2012, 04:09:52 pm
We have 2 dogs  :dog:  :dog: 3 hens  :chook:  :chook:  :chook: and a chinchilla ( no little picky for this dan)
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: arl on April 25, 2012, 05:03:02 pm
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
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: Mel on April 25, 2012, 06:16:11 pm
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:
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: RaisinHall Tamworths on April 25, 2012, 08:27:49 pm
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  :)
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: FiB on April 25, 2012, 08:33:05 pm
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!!
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: Lesley Silvester on April 25, 2012, 10:32:14 pm
3 goats, three dogs, one budgie and a wormery.  Oh and another of those husbands who is always right.
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: lill on April 26, 2012, 08:16:25 am
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:
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: Bert on April 26, 2012, 09:22:11 am
Now feeling very inadequate  :( I have 1dog, 10 quail, 7 chickens ( will be increasing to 15 chickens soon)
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: FiB on April 26, 2012, 09:35:53 am
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!!!
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: NormandyMary on April 26, 2012, 10:54:05 am
 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"!!
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: Old Shep on April 26, 2012, 11:00:40 am
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
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: Sudanpan on April 26, 2012, 12:55:55 pm
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
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: Pootle on April 26, 2012, 01:03:38 pm
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.
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: smithycraft on April 26, 2012, 01:19:08 pm
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.
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: funkyfish on April 26, 2012, 01:57:01 pm
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!
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: fbb on April 26, 2012, 03:06:37 pm
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!
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: HappyHippy on April 26, 2012, 04:22:49 pm
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
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: Mays on April 26, 2012, 06:14:02 pm
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!
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: LouiseG on April 26, 2012, 09:03:27 pm
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.
Title: Re: what do we all have?!
Post by: NormandyMary on April 27, 2012, 07:26:48 pm
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.