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Title: Hello from Clare & Sara
Post by: SmallHolderVirgins on May 06, 2009, 08:17:41 pm

Hi

My best friend Sara and I have not long taken stock of 17 Ex Bats  :chook:, 2 British White Lop Weaners  :pig: and also 7 Light Sussex Hens  :chook: and Rupert the Light Sussex Rooster

We are now 2 weeks in and are finding we are having lots of fun with them all

Noodle and Doodle the weaners are now ruling the roost with the field of tups  :sheep: and horse  :horse:they are in with

In a couple of weeks we are also getting 4 Buff Goslings (Charles, Camilla, Eugiene and Beatrice) and 4 Indian Runner Ducks (names to be confirmed)

As we are new to this (even though Saras husband has arable land of over 2500 acres and a few hundred sheep) and I may be on quite a lot for help, which brings me to my next question which I will find the right place to post LOL

Lots of Love

Clare & Sara xxxx
 :love:

How fabulous are all these little pictures

Title: Re: Hello from Clare & Sara
Post by: Rosemary on May 06, 2009, 08:46:46 pm

Wow, nothing like getting in at the deep end! At least you won't run out of grazing. Where are you based?

Title: Re: Hello from Clare & Sara
Post by: SmallHolderVirgins on May 06, 2009, 08:55:38 pm

Hi Rosemary,

We are just outside Richmond, in North Yorkshire

Where are you ??

Title: Re: Hello from Clare & Sara
Post by: Hilarysmum on May 06, 2009, 09:25:31 pm

Hi and welcome. :pig:

Title: Re: Hello from Clare & Sara
Post by: Fluffywelshsheep on May 08, 2009, 10:05:55 am

welcome to the group from FWS in rainny central scotland how has tatties pots to fill up with soil but it just to bad rain to do it.

The rain  make the soil 10x as heavy for me to lift
Linz

Title: Re: Hello from Clare & Sara
Post by: Rosemary on May 08, 2009, 08:14:50 pm

Nice. Yorkshire is lovely - you must own most of it! Sorry, just jealous.

We're in Alloa, in Central Scotland.

Title: Re: Hello from Clare & Sara
Post by: SmallHolderVirgins on May 09, 2009, 08:08:37 am

Where is Alloa ?

My geography is about as good as my knowledge on pig sex PMSL xxxxx

Sara and her family have come north this weekend and are spending sometime with her parents in Dumfries

Title: Re: Hello from Clare & Sara
Post by: jameslindsay on May 09, 2009, 08:12:12 am

Alloa is in Central Scotland between Stirling and Falkirk I think you could say, or next to the Hillfoots????

Title: Re: Hello from Clare & Sara
Post by: doganjo on May 09, 2009, 01:11:53 pm

And Dumfries is where my Dad was born - about 2 hours from here - just under 100 miles I think.  Alloa (and Calckmannan) are near Stirling which the REAL capital of Scotland  ;)

Title: Re: Hello from Clare & Sara
Post by: Fluffywelshsheep on May 09, 2009, 05:40:39 pm

lol or Perth or Dunfermline lol

Title: Re: Hello from Clare & Sara
Post by: carole on May 14, 2009, 02:37:09 pm

Welcome to you both

Ex batts are such characters when they settle into their new life, also so rewarding

Carole