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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Greenmoor on August 17, 2012, 03:01:50 pm

Title: Hi, new here :o)
Post by: Greenmoor on August 17, 2012, 03:01:50 pm
Hello  :wave:

I'm Gemma and I live on a smallholding in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire with my husband and our three sons who are 8,7 and 5.

We have a herd of 21 Mule sheeps with a lamb each and various chickens - Warrens, Copper Marans & Salmon Faverolles, but our main love are our four pedigree British Lop pigs ~ my avi is our boar, Hugh Grunt.  In the last month we've welcomed our first piglets - a litter of twelve and a litter of eleven piglets  :love:

Looking forward to chatting with you all!

Gemma x

Title: Re: Hi, new here :o)
Post by: HappyHippy on August 17, 2012, 03:04:24 pm
Hiya Gemma  :wave:
Welcome to TAS - your Hugh looks a lovely lad  :thumbsup:
I'm up in Scotland and breed Large Blacks and Kunekunes  :innocent:
Look forward to hearing more from you.
Karen x
Title: Re: Hi, new here :o)
Post by: Greenmoor on August 17, 2012, 03:10:47 pm
Hi Karen  :)

We're used to the sheep and hens because my father-in-law always kept them before he sadly passed away in February, but the pigs...well let's say we're on a learning curve  ;D
Title: Re: Hi, new here :o)
Post by: Bionic on August 17, 2012, 03:44:30 pm
Gemma,
Welcome to the forum from a very soggy wales  :wave:
Sally
Title: Re: Hi, new here :o)
Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 17, 2012, 03:58:38 pm
 :wave:   Hi and welcome from  :gloomy:  Shropshire.
Title: Re: Hi, new here :o)
Post by: HappyHippy on August 17, 2012, 04:20:51 pm
but the pigs...well let's say we're on a learning curve  ;D
Yup, they'll keep you on your toes right enough  :D That's the problem with intelligent animals, they're always one step ahead  ::) ;) (and they have more time on their trotters to think about how to cause mayhem  :innocent:)
You'll have to post some photo's of your babies piglets  ;) ;D
Karen x
Title: Re: Hi, new here :o)
Post by: Greenmoor on August 17, 2012, 06:31:14 pm
Yup, they'll keep you on your toes right enough  :D That's the problem with intelligent animals, they're always one step ahead  ::) ;) (and they have more time on their trotters to think about how to cause mayhem  :innocent:)
You'll have to post some photo's of your babies piglets  ;) ;D
Karen x

Oh, go on then ;o)

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l51/gemmah115/British%20Lop%20Pigs/P10108701.jpg)

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l51/gemmah115/British%20Lop%20Pigs/P10108681.jpg)

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l51/gemmah115/British%20Lop%20Pigs/P10108461.jpg)

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l51/gemmah115/British%20Lop%20Pigs/P1020005.jpg)

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l51/gemmah115/British%20Lop%20Pigs/P1010959.jpg)

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l51/gemmah115/British%20Lop%20Pigs/P1020023.jpg)

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l51/gemmah115/British%20Lop%20Pigs/P1020009.jpg)

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l51/gemmah115/British%20Lop%20Pigs/P1020040-1.jpg)

Hope you like them  :)
Title: Re: Hi, new here :o)
Post by: in the hills on August 17, 2012, 07:05:19 pm
 :wave:  Hello and welcome from a rainy Powys


         No piggies here, only  :cat:   :chook:   :sheep:   :dog:   :bunny:  budgies quail and stick insects
Title: Re: Hi, new here :o)
Post by: bangbang on August 17, 2012, 07:11:21 pm
Hi  :wave:

Warm welcome from sunny Aberdeenshire  :sunshine: great pics!
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Post by: Rosemary on August 17, 2012, 07:56:00 pm
 :wave: and welcome from :raining: Carnoustie

I :love: the  :pig: :pig: :pig: :pig: and your boar's name  ;D
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Post by: Mammyshaz on August 17, 2012, 10:34:40 pm
Hello and welcome from Durham  :wave:

The piglet piccies are adorable  :love:
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Post by: SallyintNorth on August 17, 2012, 11:42:51 pm
Great pics  :thumbsup: thanks for posting

OSB sow, Saddleback cross offspring soon to fulfil a different role...  :'(, LB weaners arriving in a couple of weeks to take their place.  To be truthful it's too muddy here for pigs, but we love them, so we keep just a few.

Commercial beef and sheep, Jersey house cow en route to becoming house herd...  :innocent:, rare breed sheep for meat and fleece and the pure enjoyment of looking at them  :)
Title: Re: Hi, new here :o)
Post by: luckylady on August 19, 2012, 04:31:08 pm
 :wave: Hi from a humid Yorkshire.  Love the pics - makes me tempted but I know I shouldn't.  Have to stick with the horses, lambs, cats and dog for now.