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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Goodsaddle on January 22, 2014, 04:18:30 pm

Title: A big hello.
Post by: Goodsaddle on January 22, 2014, 04:18:30 pm

Hello, i have just joined this brill website and want to introduce ourselves.

Im Ciaran and my partner is Rhiannon.

We have been keeping animals for about 15 years now, starting off with chickens then ducks, of course a border collie called Dyfry, and expanding the numbers we now also have Ty and Mist, we compete them at agility and have lots of fun.

Well the animals just keep on growing, we rehomed a horse, put lots of work into her, Non (short for Rhiannon) came off her and badly broke her ancle and heal, so until we can train her to pull a plough, a big soft field ornament she is. So another horse was rehomed, she can be ridden and also pulls a cart, but six weeks later she dropped a lovely filly, wasn't expecting a bogof!!!

Since then we have expanded further. Quail next which are fantastic, and pigs.

Have to go out and feed now so more later.

Cheers Ciaran.

Title: Re: A big hello.
Post by: Bodger on January 22, 2014, 04:21:27 pm

Hi :wave: and welcome, where abouts in Gods country are you? :farmer:

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Post by: Bionic on January 22, 2014, 04:23:21 pm

Hello and welcome from Carmarthenshire  :wave:

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Post by: Mammyshaz on January 22, 2014, 04:26:05 pm

 :wave: hello and welcome from Durham

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Post by: bloomer on January 22, 2014, 04:27:59 pm

greetings from central scotland...

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Post by: mojocafa on January 22, 2014, 04:44:30 pm

Hello from arbroath  :wave:

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Post by: Rosemary on January 22, 2014, 06:01:28 pm

Hello and welcome from  :gloomy: Carnoustie  :wave:

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Post by: kelly58 on January 22, 2014, 07:06:07 pm

Hi from Caithness  :wave:

Title: Re: A big hello.
Post by: Goodsaddle on January 22, 2014, 07:27:35 pm

Back from the big feed!!!

I'm in Northamptonshire.

Now back to our animals before Dyfry starts barking to get taken out for the evening slip in the mud!!!

THE PIGGIES. We have 3 amazing Sows, Bella, a Large black, Wurly, a Mangaliza and Tammy (nickname tanny the tangerine) a Oxford sandy and black. 3 brilliant rare breeds, i can watch them all day, they magic time away, especially when the little ones come along!!  All 3 have piglets at the mo ranging from 12 week old mangas, 8 week old OSB's and 2week old L B's.    :excited:

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Post by: Lesley Silvester on January 22, 2014, 11:41:26 pm

 :wave: and welcome from Shropshire.

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Post by: KellySam on January 23, 2014, 01:35:37 pm

 :wave:  Hi from the Western Isles   :)