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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Mrs Snoodles on August 31, 2012, 05:44:13 pm

Title: Big hello :)
Post by: Mrs Snoodles on August 31, 2012, 05:44:13 pm

Sorry a bit back to front. I googled for pig forums and got the pig section, then found the chook section and today found the main forum page.  Bit on the slow side, me. Anyway, just wanted to say hi to all. It has been a long time since I joined a forum as my last experience got me into all sorts of trouble. Not only did I end up getting truly hooked on chickens (much encouraged  :excited:) and then onto pigs, but I always wasted loads and loads of time  :innocent:
Met loads of fab people though.  Had some great meet ups. Slightly out there but always  :thumbsup:
I am in mid Suffolk, keeping pigs, chickens and quail. Pig wise..  I'm fairly good on the meat side of things and have done a fair number of batches each Spring, but am breeding for the first time this year.  Chicken wise, I have kept all sorts but have really fallen for Croads. Just such beautiful graceful birds.  I also tend to do a big batch of table birds each year.   I have also delved into quail and are still a bit undecided.  I'm going to see how they over winter outdoors this year and go from there.
Hiya :wave:

I am trying to stick to the 'it has got to be useful/eaten/profitable' type of rule. Do love donkeys though....

Title: Re: Big hello :)
Post by: deepinthewoods on August 31, 2012, 05:56:00 pm

hello!!
youll fit right in.... :thumbsup:
deepinthe :tree:  in cornwall.

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Post by: Dan on August 31, 2012, 06:20:17 pm

Hello Mrs Snoodles, an welcome, that's a great name. :wave:

There's also a whole website to discover if you click 'HOME' at the top of the page. :thumbsup:

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Post by: Sbom on August 31, 2012, 06:23:23 pm

Hello  :wave: from Staffordshire  :wave:
You could justify donkeys the same way I do my horses as 'essential therapy'  :thumbsup: they keep me sane when everything else is going to pot!

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Post by: Mammyshaz on August 31, 2012, 07:25:08 pm

Hello and welcome from Durham  :wave:

Just a few chooks here and fruit n veg on allotments

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Post by: bangbang on August 31, 2012, 07:27:35 pm

Hello Snoodles  :wave:

Warm welcome from sunny  :sunshine: Aberdeenshire !

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Post by: luckylady on August 31, 2012, 08:32:15 pm

 :wave: Hello Mrs S.  This is the only forum I have ever joined and its addictive.  Loads and loads of lovely people with exceptional advice and support so don't need or want to join any other forums.  Was down in Suffolk a few weeks ago to visit my 91 year old auntie.

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Post by: ambriel on August 31, 2012, 08:56:24 pm

Welcome, from the other end of the country!


Are you anywhere near Clare? Used to have friends lived there and visited a few times.

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Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 31, 2012, 09:24:12 pm

Quote from: luckylady on August 31, 2012, 08:32:15 pm

This is the only forum I have ever joined and its addictive.  Loads and loads of lovely people with exceptional advice and support so don't need or want to join any other forums.   

Same for me.
 
 :wave:  and welcome from  :sunshine:  (until this evening) Shropshire.
 

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Post by: lill on September 05, 2012, 01:46:36 pm

hi and welcome to the forum  :wave:  from sunny bathgate

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Post by: lachlanandmarcus on September 05, 2012, 03:39:09 pm

Welcome from not so sunny western side of Aberdeenshire (just before you hit the Cairngorms :-))) Hope you have lots of fun on here!
 :fc: :sheep: :pig: :chook: :cow: :goat: :horse: :&>

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Post by: heidih on September 06, 2012, 08:43:09 am

Hi snoodles! Welcome from sunny walsall .. :sunshine: xxx

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Post by: fairhaven on September 06, 2012, 07:44:11 pm

 :wave: Hi from East Norfolk - Not too far from you  :excited:  We've got LB pigs, a few sheep, ducks, chickens & turkeys and are learning loads just from being here on TAS (Some really great people here  :thumbsup:)  We are hoping to go into quail next year, so will no doubt be asking your advice there!!  :D

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Post by: robate55 on September 06, 2012, 07:47:26 pm

Hi from Suffolk coastal. We seem to have gone mad with sheep but also have chickens, dogs & cats
Rose

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Post by: The Mobile Butcher on September 08, 2012, 10:05:48 am

Hi, From Whitby - North Yorkshire......................and its  :sunshine: today  :thumbsup:

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Post by: in the hills on September 11, 2012, 05:18:16 pm

 :wave:  Hello and welcome from Powys.


We have a small flock of Soay sheep, too many chickens and quail ... as well as the house pets.
The quail are quite hardy and survived the hard winters we had up here so sure yours will be fine over winter.