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Title: hello everyone
Post by: am produce on August 05, 2012, 04:43:47 pm

Hi all I'm starting up some land with pigs and sheep with my husband its our new venture our children are growing and we now looking to live our dreams were thinking of starting with berkshire pig and Shetland sheep. Well i just thought i would stop to say hello oh yes my name is Abbie lol :excited:

Title: Re: hello everyone
Post by: Bionic on August 05, 2012, 05:17:02 pm

Welcome Abbie from a wet Wales  :wave: . Where abouts are you?
Sally

Title: Re: hello everyone
Post by: am produce on August 05, 2012, 05:19:08 pm

Hi Sally im from bristol  :) what animals do you currently have? Thanks for the welcome

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Post by: Bionic on August 05, 2012, 05:23:27 pm

I have 2 OSB pigs that will be going on their one way journey next month. 3 coloured Ryeland sheep, about to get 2 white Ryelands also. I have 4 chickens, 3 ducks, 2 geese, a cat and a dog.
Its all very new to me as we have only had this place for 5 months.
Sally

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Post by: Rosemary on August 05, 2012, 05:38:20 pm

Hi Abbie and welcome from sunny Carnoustie :wave:

Like Bionic, we have Coloured Ryeland sheep plus Shetland cattle, three Hampshire pigs (going 21st August  :thumbsup: ) and hens. And three dogs, two cats and two ponies.

Title: Re: hello everyone
Post by: am produce on August 05, 2012, 06:11:23 pm

Well u 2 certainly got me thinking about ryelands do u get good money for he meat I've looked in to them that's why it took me so long to reply :-) thanks for the welcome rosemary i have also 2 dogs :-)

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Post by: Bionic on August 05, 2012, 06:26:31 pm

Abbie,
I've only had mine since June so can't help with meat prices but what I can say, so far, is that they are very well behaved. No escapees, in fact no atempts at anything like that.
I got mine because, as well as being docile, I wanted a fleece that is good for spinning.
Sally

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Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 05, 2012, 09:35:31 pm

 :wave:   Hi and welcome from soggy Shropshire.  I have three goats, three dogs and a budgie.

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Post by: luckylady on August 05, 2012, 09:52:23 pm

Welcome from a cloudy/sunny/cloudy/sunny Yorkshire.  :wave:

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Post by: Bert on August 06, 2012, 07:13:18 am

Hi from the Isle of Mull  :wave:
I have 9 Quail , 15 chickens :chook: , 1 dog and 1 other half.
 

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Post by: Mammyshaz on August 06, 2012, 12:20:03 pm

Hello and welcome from Durham  :wave:

Title: Re: hello everyone
Post by: am produce on August 06, 2012, 08:57:50 pm

Thanks everyone hope all your dreams are paying off for you all

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Post by: The Mobile Butcher on August 06, 2012, 10:58:04 pm

Hi, From Whitby - North Yorkshire :wave:

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Post by: Fowgill Farm on August 08, 2012, 08:20:00 pm

Quote from: Smifffy on August 06, 2012, 10:58:04 pm

Hi, From Whitby - North Yorkshire :wave:

smiffy are you going to Egton show? if you do i will be ther with my pigs and hi Abbie welcome to TAS from across the other side of the NY moors!
mandy :pig:

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Post by: lill on August 12, 2012, 06:00:57 pm

Hi Abbie welcome to the forum  :wave:  from Bathgate.