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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Pikeman on March 23, 2013, 08:42:25 am

Title: Hi from Worcestershire
Post by: Pikeman on March 23, 2013, 08:42:25 am

Hi, we have 1.5 acres and on that we have 2 kune kune pigs as pets, 5 soay sheep and this year some Jacobs to start meat production.
Probably in need of lots of advice re meat rearing the sheep.

Title: Re: Hi from Worcestershire
Post by: plumseverywhere on March 23, 2013, 08:44:31 am

Hi Pikeman

In Worcestershire too  :)   Good luck with the new jacobs - we started with 30 borrowed Jacobs before buying in our own mixed breed lawnmowers, love them!
Lisa

Title: Re: Hi from Worcestershire
Post by: Bionic on March 23, 2013, 09:46:14 am

Hi Pikeman and welcome to the forum. :wave:
1.5 acres isn't much when you have animals, we only have 2 and a bit so I am speaking from experience.
I have 5 Ryelands (well 6 if you include my lamb born this week) and doubt my land would take many more sheep, especially with the weather situation. 
We do have a pen waiting for meat pigs and pick up our next 2 weaners in a couple of weeks time.
 

Title: Re: Hi from Worcestershire
Post by: Rosemary on March 23, 2013, 09:52:53 am

Hello and welcome  :wave: We keep Coloured Ryeland sheep and Shetland cattle, plus poultry. And we're getting a couple of KK pigs for meat this year.

Title: Re: Hi from Worcestershire
Post by: Lesley Silvester on March 23, 2013, 04:02:41 pm

 :wave: and welcome from snowy Shropshire.  I love kune kunes.  Would like sheep as well but the garden isn't big enough and OH says the goats are more than enough.

Title: Re: Hi from Worcestershire
Post by: darkbrowneggs on March 23, 2013, 04:55:28 pm

Hi and welcome from my part of White Worcestershire

Title: Re: Hi from Worcestershire
Post by: MrsJ on March 30, 2013, 10:34:55 am

Hi
There seems to be a few of us in Worcestershire.  We keep North Country Mules (6) and Wiltshire Horns(9 including our ram Elvis), Dexter (3) and Hereford Cattle (2 soon to be 3!) and usually Glos Old Spot pigs but none at the moment. 
There's loads of advice available on this site.  Someone usually has an answer to your questions.
Heather

Title: Re: Hi from Worcestershire
Post by: MAK on March 30, 2013, 10:50:15 am

Hi from La Creuse in the Limousin. We have a relativeley small patch of land but enough to keep 3 pigs, ducks, chickens and meat rabbits. I hope, weather permitting, that you get the veg patch going. BW

Title: Re: Hi from Worcestershire
Post by: Mammyshaz on April 03, 2013, 08:15:15 am

Hello and welcome from Durham  :wave:

Title: Re: Hi from Worcestershire
Post by: katie on April 03, 2013, 02:32:36 pm

Another 'Hello' from Worcestershire!
We've got Wiltshire Horn and commercial breeds, Toggenburg goats and many chickens.