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Title: Hello again from Carmarthenshire
Post by: batman on April 16, 2015, 09:29:44 am
Returning after a 7 year absence..smallholding took over and took up too much time. 8 years smallholding now, grow lots of veg and keep Llanwenog sheep, Anglo-nubian dairy goats, kune pigs , chickens and dogs. Good to be back.
Title: Re: Hello again from Carmarthenshire
Post by: Bionic on April 16, 2015, 04:08:19 pm
Hi, there are several of us in Carmarthenshire. Roughly where are you?
Title: Re: Hello again from Carmarthenshire
Post by: batman on April 16, 2015, 04:44:04 pm
Hi Bionic, near Newcastle Emlyn. Just about to re-join Dyfed smallholders as well.
Title: Re: Hello again from Carmarthenshire
Post by: Caroline1 on April 16, 2015, 10:19:57 pm
Welcome back. I am hoping to get Anglo nubian kids soon as my entrance into goat keeping, got any tips?
Title: Re: Hello again from Carmarthenshire
Post by: batman on April 16, 2015, 10:43:38 pm

Quote from: Caroline1 on April 16, 2015, 10:19:57 pm
Welcome back. I am hoping to get Anglo nubian kids soon as my entrance into goat keeping, got any tips?
Hi Caroline 1, we got ours last August. They are delightful, produce the best milk I have ever had. The kids they have just had are an absolute joy (a for sale ad will follow soon). My main tip - learn as much as you can about goat care before you make your first visit to see potential stock, or take an experienced goat keeper with you. I fell in love with ours straight away and only discovered what awful "care" their feet had received under their previous owner when I got them home. It's been a long and expensive job to get them back into condition. However they are for me the most enchanting animals I have ever looked after! Good luck.
Title: Re: Hello again from Carmarthenshire
Post by: Lesley Silvester on April 16, 2015, 11:24:53 pm
Welcome back.  :wave:
Title: Re: Hello again from Carmarthenshire
Post by: devonlady on April 17, 2015, 06:46:31 am
 :wave: from Sylvia.