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Title: Hello from South Ayrshire
Post by: NicandChic on October 29, 2013, 02:52:01 pm

Hi  :wave:
Me, my husband & two young sons have recently (7 weeks ago) moved to a 9ish acre farm in south ayrshire scotland, we currently have a couple of dogs, 1 cat, some rabbits and our new farm additions 2 white Campbell ducks  :&> Daisy & Jemima.
Im looking to research some different animals we could raise on the farm, we have plenty of barns and areas for grazing, I'm a house wife and love animals so looking for ideas to keep me busy/ out of trouble  :-J

Title: Re: Hello from South Ayrshire
Post by: bigchicken on October 29, 2013, 07:18:29 pm

Hi and welcome to the forum from the bigchicken up in Fife. Plenty of info about loads of different breed from folks on this forum. I do envy your barns that's the one thing I wish I had on my place.

Title: Re: Hello from South Ayrshire
Post by: Rosemary on October 29, 2013, 07:25:07 pm

How about a house cow? She would provide milk and meat for the family - you would only have to milk once a day if you leave the calf on. She'd need a companion, ideally, of another bovine but nine acres is more than plenty, especially if you have housing.

Come and see our Shetlands :-)

Title: Re: Hello from South Ayrshire
Post by: Lesley Silvester on October 29, 2013, 09:14:33 pm

 :wave: and welcome from  :sunshine: Shropshire. Goats are good. Very intelligent, affectionate and lots of fun. Only need to have kids every other year or so to keep producing milk.  :goat: :goat:

Title: Re: Hello from South Ayrshire
Post by: NicandChic on October 29, 2013, 09:25:28 pm

Hi, Hi & Hi, all being well our main field come spring will be getting planted with trees (via a forestry grant) leaving myself a grassed square for dog agility :fc:
I will still have a few acres to play with around the farm, not to sure about cows....I don't think I can breed to slaughter which limits a lot of what I could practically do, I can see myself surrounded by drakes, cockerels and bulls :thinking:

Title: Re: Hello from South Ayrshire
Post by: Dundonald hens on November 10, 2013, 08:04:36 am

Hi there good luck on your farming adventure !
We keep chickens and ducks for eggs and rear some for meat the odd turkey as well this year even guine fowl.
We also rear 2 pigs and 2 lambs every year for the freezer the lambs are realativly easy and so are the pigs if there securly fenced in and well feed they just make a bit of a mess lol
We are at Dundonald in south ayrshire

Title: Re: Hello from South Ayrshire
Post by: kelly58 on November 10, 2013, 08:32:18 am

A big hello from Caithness  :wave: Exciting times ahead  :excited: How about some rare breed sheep ?
Low maintenance and a real feel good factor saving the breed.

Title: Re: Hello from South Ayrshire
Post by: SheepCrazy! on December 08, 2013, 10:26:36 pm

Hi Welcome from Dumfries!  :wave: