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Title: Hi everyone
Post by: dizzy1pig on January 31, 2010, 05:58:13 pm
Hi guys. I am off to a great start it has taken me about half an hour to work out how to post here.. ???

Have read quite a few of your posts and some great ideas..

Here goes I have a few laying hens about 40 i think , 8 white silkies with 9 3week old chicks, 3 black and 2 red silkies, 5 frizzles, and 9 pekins

think that,s just about all for now.. some in incubator all started with trio of pekin which stoat and fox finished off.... last may so meant lot of work to make beastie proof.

I am a gardener and look after 3 half acres inc. fruit n veg

I am in north east fife and always on the look out for new source of bantam eggs if possible
thought might try pygmy goats but have feelers out for a few lambs as well

Any one that can help  please do always open to suggestions n new ideas

dizzy1pig
Title: Re: Hi everyone
Post by: ballingall on January 31, 2010, 06:01:41 pm
Hiya and welcome from chilly Falkirk area!


Beth
Title: Re: Hi everyone
Post by: dizzy1pig on January 31, 2010, 06:07:02 pm
Hi 2 u 2 it's rather chilly here as well......... obviously chickens are on strike today. But at least is dry.

What do you keep...
Title: Re: Hi everyone
Post by: jameslindsay on January 31, 2010, 06:44:48 pm
Hello, I think you may be quite close to me. I have 7 Pygmy goats, started with 2 but they became addictive, now have 13 goats in total.
Title: Re: Hi everyone
Post by: ballingall on January 31, 2010, 06:51:23 pm
We have goats- 16 to be precise, plus 4 dogs, 2 cats, 3 guinea pigs, 1 rabbit, 10 ducks and 19 chickens.

Beth
Title: Re: Hi everyone
Post by: dizzy1pig on January 31, 2010, 07:46:03 pm
to james lindsay... very close to you next village along.....dundee side
Title: Re: Hi everyone
Post by: jameslindsay on January 31, 2010, 08:09:02 pm
A small world isn't it?
Title: Re: Hi everyone
Post by: little blue on January 31, 2010, 08:10:59 pm
hello and welcome from Derbyshire
Title: Re: Hi everyone
Post by: CameronS on January 31, 2010, 08:29:03 pm
hi dizzy1pig,
I to am from the same area, i stay approximatley 10 miles away from james, on a farm just outside off PeatInn,
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very close to you next village along.....dundee side

out of interest are you out by St.Mikes.  :chook:
Title: Re: Hi everyone
Post by: dizzy1pig on January 31, 2010, 08:35:57 pm
Not St Mikes,  Leuchars.. take it from your picture that you may have some chooks to.. I only started with 4 but got carried away

Easily done. Any one else around about that s daft  and gets carried away.

Have seen all the pygmy goats no sure about your 2 new gold ones
Title: Re: Hi everyone
Post by: dizzy1pig on January 31, 2010, 08:38:29 pm
hello and welcome from Derbyshire

Nice to be able to talk to folks with the same interests as yourself... loads interseting bits on here
Title: Re: Hi everyone
Post by: jameslindsay on February 01, 2010, 08:09:31 am
Have seen all the pygmy goats no sure about your 2 new gold ones



That's Lottie and Lulu - they are Golden Guernsey's and very beautiful and gentle. They are mother and daughter.
Title: Re: Hi everyone
Post by: JulieS on February 01, 2010, 08:24:08 am
Hello and welcome  :)
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Post by: Roxy on February 01, 2010, 11:26:54 pm
Hello and welcome!!

I have an assortment of animals, just going into double figures with my goats (pygmy and large ones) and  have a large free range hen flock, sell eggs at the farm gate.  Have lots of bantams, silkies, and pekins too.  All laying at the moment, but by Easter, I can guarantee they will all stop laying and go broody for the summer!!
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Post by: Rosemary on February 02, 2010, 09:20:28 am
Hi and welcome from a snowy  :( Alloa.
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Post by: Lavinia on February 02, 2010, 09:23:34 am
Hi

We are at Midlothian so really not that far away, we have just started out on our small holding in october.. had just chickens in the back yard before. We now have 12 ducks/ducklings, 34 chickens (bantams,hybrids,silkies) 4 cats, 2 rabbits (pets) and 1 puppy.  Thinking about getting pigs in the spring if it every arrives and judging by the amount of snow we have this morning it is still a long way off...

Lavinia
Title: Re: Hi everyone
Post by: rmorris on February 02, 2010, 10:03:48 am
Hello and Welcome from sunny (and still snow covered) Perthshire!

Richard.
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Post by: daniellestocks on February 02, 2010, 10:17:54 am
Hello from the icy North Yorkshire Moors! We have 11 pigs 6 piglets, 2 horses  + 2 ponies, 5 terrors (oops i ment terriers  ;D ) , 2 pekins + 10 or so random hens and 1 guinea pig  :love:
Danielle x