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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Chris H on August 22, 2012, 10:44:29 am

Title: So Excited!
Post by: Chris H on August 22, 2012, 10:44:29 am
Many thanks to Julia, I am now the very pleased owner of 5 sheep and 2 goats, love them all :excited:
I feel like a real crofter now :thumbsup:
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Post by: Greenmoor on August 22, 2012, 10:51:31 am
Congratulations on your new arrivals!
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Post by: sabrina on August 22, 2012, 10:59:43 am
good for you,  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Bionic on August 22, 2012, 11:00:29 am
Great news  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Chris H on August 22, 2012, 11:12:59 am
I have waited 25 years for my own stock, and I have to keep pinching myself. I should be working but I keep slipping out to chat to them all ::)  Bob the ram is a real sweetheart, the bit of toast we shared this morning was lovely. :sheep:
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Post by: NormandyMary on August 22, 2012, 11:33:28 am
So Bob "ramraided" your breakfast eh? :roflanim:
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Post by: in the hills on August 22, 2012, 12:09:08 pm
 :thumbsup:  Arrrr ....... congratulations on your new additions. Have fun  ;D
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Post by: lill on August 22, 2012, 03:52:26 pm
have fun with your  animals good luck
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Post by: bangbang on August 22, 2012, 04:34:32 pm
 :thumbsup: Have fun !!!!
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Post by: Rosemary on August 22, 2012, 04:37:41 pm
Are you  :excited: ? Best of luck with your new livestock :thumbsup:
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Post by: Sudanpan on August 22, 2012, 05:37:27 pm
Enjoy  :excited: :excited: :excited:
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Post by: ppd on August 22, 2012, 05:56:10 pm
 :wave: Chris, we felt exactly the same earlier this year when we got weaners and sheep, it's so  :excited: Enjoy :thumbsup:
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Post by: jaykay on August 22, 2012, 06:37:49 pm
Excellent  :thumbsup: Have fun and enjoy them  ;D
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Post by: Chris H on August 22, 2012, 06:39:16 pm
You are a lovely bunch :hug:
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Post by: goosepimple on August 22, 2012, 07:53:22 pm
Pics please!
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Post by: Chris H on August 22, 2012, 07:55:37 pm
Will take the camera out tomorrow, just shut the goats up for the night, and fed the sheep, lovely feeling even with the wet and the midges :thumbsup:
Title: Re: So Excited!
Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 23, 2012, 10:47:50 pm
 :excited: :excited: :excited:   Well done, you proper smallholder, you.
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Post by: heidih on August 29, 2012, 12:46:57 pm
Aww enjoy your new friends..baa baa..and goats..!.. :goat:
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Post by: Carl f k on August 29, 2012, 12:51:52 pm
 :goat: I would like some but havn't got the room
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Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 29, 2012, 09:37:26 pm
You don't need much space.  Mine have a shed and a yard in my back garden.  Just have to bring greenstuff into them.  Cue local greengrocer for spoiled fruit and veg.
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Post by: Carl f k on August 29, 2012, 11:31:06 pm
You don't need much space.  Mine have a shed and a yard in my back garden.  Just have to bring greenstuff into them.  Cue local greengrocer for spoiled fruit and veg.
How would they help me be self sufficient ?? Milk??
Title: Re: So Excited!
Post by: heidih on August 30, 2012, 10:52:42 am
Carl fk..hunny we cant have goats...the garden full of animals already!..haha..we have to start charging people to see them xx  :goat: :chook: :&> :bunny:
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Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 30, 2012, 08:49:07 pm
You don't need much space.  Mine have a shed and a yard in my back garden.  Just have to bring greenstuff into them.  Cue local greengrocer for spoiled fruit and veg.
How would they help me be self sufficient ?? Milk??

Milk, cheese, yoghurt, butter (if you have a separater).
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Post by: heidih on August 30, 2012, 10:01:15 pm
Mad goatwoman of madeley: carl doesnt need much persuasion.!..haha..i had two goats years ago and billy the boy used to ram my legs..he was so nssty..!..sally the girl was lovely..they went to a farm in the end as i was scared having young children around..  :goat:
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Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 30, 2012, 10:22:20 pm
I have a male but his name is Curry and that's what he would have been by now but for the abbatoir closing down.  He was castrated so isn't agressive.  My girls are lovely.
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Post by: Carl f k on August 30, 2012, 11:45:37 pm
Have a word with Heidi, goat woman she knows she wants them ha ha