The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Goat-Lady on May 07, 2012, 10:34:07 pm
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Hi All, I am new to this site, I have heard alot about it so thought I would join you all. A little about me Ha Ha!!
My name is Rose Hayden Nee the Goat Lady. My Husband and I moved to Wales 12 years ago from Portsmouth. We/I have a 4 arce smallholding with all the usual ducks, geese, chickens and 3 Jacob sheep. We also keep pigs during the spring and summer months. But my main animals is Toggenburg Goats of which at the moment is a herd of 12, (3, kids, 2, males 1, castrated male 1,12 yrs old lady, a goatling, and 4, milkers).
I am looking forward to reading your mail and joining in the topics.
:goat: Lady
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Welcome Rose. ( Goat lady)
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Hi Rose, see , I told you it was a good site to get on, lots of goat people on here, anyway a big welcome to you , don't be shy, fill your boots. have a good look round and give us the benefit of your aquired knowledge.
Good to have you on board. :goat: :bouquet:
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Hi from the Isle of Mull :wave:
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Hi Rose the Goat-Lady from another goat nutter - looking forward to your stories
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Hi Rose :wave:
Its me - Lisa - 4 naughty children lady from WGS haha!!
welcome to TAS, so glad you are here ;D
xxx
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Welcome Goat-Lady. :wave:
We moved to wales in Feb of this year. We were living near Ringwood before that.
Sally
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Hello and welcome from Powys :thumbsup:
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Hello and welcome from sunny Carnoustie :wave:
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:wave: Hi and welcome from suny Shropshire. You can probably guess from my forum name where my interests lie. ;D I have a pure Sanaan and her half BA son, Curry (who will soon be living up to his name), together with an eleven week old SanaanxBoer. As I 'farm' in my back garden, I am rather restricted for space so not as many as I would like.
When I first became a goat keeper, nine years ago, I had shared a Sanaan (mother to my current one) and a Toggenburg with a friend but she decided after a couple of months that she didn't like the Sanaan and wouldn't have her living in her garden any more.
My OH isn't really into goats or country living in general, but said I could have her in our garden so it was amad rush to build her a shed and make a run and she came and lived with us. By this time the (by now ex-) friend had sold the Tog as she didn't like keeping goats.
Whereabouts in Wales are you?
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Many thanks for your warm welcomes. I had a quick tour round the site and like what I've seen.
:goat:Lady xxx
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Hello, goat-lady. Welcome from Durham :thumbsup:
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Goat lady welcome from an old gote ;)
Where are you situated in Wales . N or S etc etc. lot's of new people have arrived on site fairly recently in these areas.
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Hi and welcome to the forum from falkirk/bathgate :wave: :wave:
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hi fromthe wye valley Powys :wave:
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Goat lady welcome from an old gote ;)
Where are you situated in Wales . N or S etc etc. lot's of new people have arrived on site fairly recently in these areas.
Just catching up with all the posts after a weekend at the Smallholders show.
I am situated by Lake Vyrnwy. If you look on a map and find Bala lake we are the next one down.
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Hi GoatLady,
Think I might be a bit late in saying hello, but I'll do it anyway!
I live in central Scotland with my fiancée, and my mother, and a herd of 16 goats, all dairy but varying breeds as according to who they belong. On top of those 16 we have another 5 goats which belong to my sister and nieces, and the goats live with us as they don't live anyplace suitable to keep them themselves- yet anyway!
I go to most of the BGS recognised shows in Scotland and am chairperson of the Scottish Goatkeepers federation.
Beth
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Hi and welcome from Gamrie in Scotland :wave:
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Hellllloooooooo from soggy Melton Mowbray, we're newbies too and have found this forum to be nothing other than friendly, helpful and nothing short of a life saver, particularly with the recent bumblefoot saga!! Look forward to hearing / seeing your antics :wave:
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Hi, Rose. It's me -Karen - from WGS. I thought..'I know that name!' Duh!
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Hi, Rose. It's me -Karen - from WGS. I thought..'I know that name!' Duh!
It's amazing I found this site through a friend of a friend, only to found some WGS people there as well.
GREAT ISN'T IT
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.....and hi from the scottish borders, we have pygmies now but have kept Togg x before, goats are great fun, look forward to hearing all your experiences... :wave:
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Hi Rose :wave: from north Cumbria. No goats - we're commercial beef & sheep with Jersey house cow, pigs, native ponies and a few primitive-type sheep on the side; I make dairy products for the home and have recently taken up spinning - but we all pop in and out of most of the forums so no doubt we'll meet up from time to time! :)