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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: bloomer on June 10, 2014, 12:01:56 pm
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Finally after much waiting got paperwork through today to move house, it has been a drag...
Still renting, but new place has room for chickens (with permission) a good veg garden and some bee's...
Oh and a big flat normal area of garden for the kids to enjoy...
Heading over into Fife...
Am very excited...
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Woo hoo! :excited: :excited: :excited:
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excellent news :excited:
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Fantastic :thumbsup:
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Congratulations! :thumbsup: :excited:
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yay!
you need a big bit of area for the kids as your youngest obviously would love a :horse: ;D
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its not that big thankfully mrs b wants a :goat: and there isn't even room for one of them!!!
the plan is :chook: :chook: :chook: :chook: :carrot: :tomato: :bee: :bee: :bee: :bee: :bee: :bee: :bee: :bee: :bee: :bee:
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Good news! Always good to have more room for hens!
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and due to the lie of the ground im going to risk a cockerel, so hopefully start breeding my own replacements...
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Really pleased for you!!
Chickens, veg and bees sound ideal!!
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But you know that Mrs B will continue her quest for a couple of :goat: :goat:....
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Congratulations :thumbsup: A couple of Pygmy :goat: :goat: Would take up verrrry little room! ;D
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The :goat: could go and live with the fostered : :sheep: :sheep: :sheep:: :innocent:
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no it cant :goat: would need to be milked twice a day as if its not a milker its not worth the effort, it can go on the waiting list for the next property :-)
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Ooh congratulations!!! I'm sure you will find space for a couple of :goat: and a few :sheep: and maybe even a few wee :cow: !!!!!
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Good news. :thumbsup:
PS Goats don't take up a lot of space.
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A B I G congratulations :excited: :excited: :excited:
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What's for you won't go by you....
And what's for mrs b won't go by her either :innocent:
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Excellent, congratulations. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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I disagree Mojocafa. Sheep were definitely for us, but they've gone by me several times tonight. Actually they also went around me and even over me at one point ;) .
Have fun Bloomer - it's nice to see the next chapter of your adventure unfolding!
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Goats smell and eat pretty much anything except what you want them to, from what I heard. Get Mrs B thinking about a wee Jersey house coo or else put a couple ewes in the bottom of the garden and go for sheep milk products ;) Sounds like Womble may be interested in rehoming sheep so you could even pop them in your packing cases when you're passing with the removal lorry ;)
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yeah but wombles sheep sound scary... i want docile lumps of compliant lamb to be...
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There's a big Blackface in the field next door who looks just like a giant footstool. I can see if the farmer will do a deal with you if you like Bloomer?
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Bloomer if you lived near me you would be welcome to put a couple of sheep in with mine, :fc: That you find some land close to where you are moving, just do what I did and bug the hell out of the nearest farmer so that he will do anything to get rid of you ;D
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Good luck in your new ventures, :bee: :bee: :bee: :bee: are brilliant - and :chook: :chook: and :sheep: ! (Well :sheep: :sheep: 'cos you wouldn't keep one on it's own) ;D
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I hope all goes well. Congrats! :wave:
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Goats smell and eat pretty much anything except what you want them to, from what I heard. Get Mrs B thinking about a wee Jersey house coo or else put a couple ewes in the bottom of the garden and go for sheep milk products ;) Sounds like Womble may be interested in rehoming sheep so you could even pop them in your packing cases when you're passing with the removal lorry ;)
I can't believe that on a small holding forum, there are actually still people that believe that all goats smell and that they eat anything! If they ate anything, I wouldn't have such a big feed bill! Bloomer knows which goats smell ;)
Back on topic, very glad to hear the news, and yes I agree, goats don't need a lot of room....
Beth
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Beth its all your fault Mrs B wants goats ;D ;D ;D
Your wee mixed up kid is a whole world of goaty advertising in a very cute bundle!!!
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They maybe don't need mush room, but they jump things! I'd love some goats but they'd get over my fence! :'( :'(
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Goats are lovely - very affectionate - and if you get Saanens or a similar breed (but Saanens are best) they won't try to escape.
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I am sorry to say that I kept saanens for a few years and one jumped out onto the road and got run over, I have still no idea how even to this day how she jumped out. :'(
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Ballingall, read my post carefully and look at the ;) ;) hints that I'm teasing Bloomer and not insulting goats or their devoted keepers. Once the knickers are untwisted maybe you won't need to call me ignorant and judgemental any more..
I also make no claim to know anything about goats, clearly "I have heard" is not enough to clarify that so I reiterate specifically that I have met very few. Also, some of them did smell very bad to me when I did meet them - they were males and I was told it was a normal smell for them. It wasn't a smell I found attractive but I'm sure a female goat would. I was also informed (I have not tried it or wish to) that goats are browsers rather than grazers and thus very little use for keeping grass down, which is the basis on which I don't particularly consider them as means of keeping my fields tidy where I would happily consider a few sheep - of the docile non-fence jumping or friendly bucket trained type since I also live beside a busy main road and with other sheep farmers as 3 neighbours.
I know very little about many many other topics and am as like to tease friends on that basis, online or in person. Perhaps I should put a warning on all my posts but I did expect the smilies to be a reasonable sign of intention so I would appreciate the benefit of the doubt.
PS for the sake of avoiding further misinterpretation, I also didn't literally mean to encourage Bloomer to steal Womble's sheep, in case anyone was considering calling a police crime line.
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i don't know whether to laugh or cry at you all...
i do know TAS is my favourite online hangout...
please people be calm and nice,
now i'm off to be excited about moving house again!!!
there is an ever growing pile of boxes in my living/dining room :excited: :excited: :excited:
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PS for the sake of avoiding further misinterpretation, I also didn't literally mean to encourage Bloomer to steal Womble's sheep, in case anyone was considering calling a police crime line.
That's ok Ellied. If he can get within 100m of them he's doing better than me at the moment! ;D
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PS for the sake of avoiding further misinterpretation, I also didn't literally mean to encourage Bloomer to steal Womble's sheep, in case anyone was considering calling a police crime line.
That's ok Ellied. If he can get within 100m of them he's doing better than me at the moment! ;D
anyway i prefer the sound of his neighbours footstools on legs, they might be more appropriate for my sheep rustling needs!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Bloomer, if you want docile, non jumping sheep then Ryelands would fit the bill nicely. :hugsheep:
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I am sorry to say that I kept saanens for a few years and one jumped out onto the road and got run over, I have still no idea how even to this day how she jumped out. :'(
Proberbly on a pogo stick !!! Or maybe as mountain dwellers they have an uncanny spring in there step..... :-J :-J :-J
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Congrats bloomer - where in fife are you heading for?
Also if your looking for a cock I still have dbe's cockerel s to go with your hens your welcome to have one if you want
Cheers bl
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congratulations on the move..... don't forget to de clutter as you pack. ;)
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exciting times ahead. hint: You need to de clutter as you unpack as well ;D
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we only moved 30 months ago so clutter isnt too bad, our biggest issue is just shear volume of stuff 4 kids means a lot of toys!!!
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we only moved 30 months ago so clutter isnt too bad, our biggest issue is just shear volume of stuff 4 kids means a lot of toys!!!
I think I have a roomful of toys too. :innocent: What I was impressed by was there wasn't a sign of an i-pod, i-pad, mobile phone etc when they stayed with me.