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Title: hellloooo from staffordshire
Post by: angiebow on August 09, 2015, 10:07:59 pm

hi.. im Ange from staffordshire.. i live on a smallholding with the hubby Dave.. we've been here 2 yrs now and LOVE IT !!.
we have three  registered  welsh mountain stallions... ( hope to start a small stud ).. 2 sheep 1 ewe, texel cross called girly hand reared by me from a week old.. 1 ram.. jacob x also raised by me from a day old.. lived with the jack russells as he was smaller than them when he came to me..he now thinks he is a dog ...even runs after the balls with them and follows me everywhere ! will eat the dog buscuits if he can get them ! hes called lamby.. they are both yearlings.. sheared this yr and ive kept the fleeces... no idea what im going to do with them lol ...any ideas ?? we also have geese,hens various ducks including trout runner and miniture appleyards. three jack russells... one german shepred  and a rotty x german sheperd. i grow my own veg and wild flowers and have apple trees from which this yr i aim to make our own cider... next mission.. pigs !! well i'll shut up now lol... nice to meet you all  :wave:

Title: Re: hellloooo from staffordshire
Post by: Kimbo on August 10, 2015, 09:38:19 am

hello from Lancashire

Title: Re: hellloooo from staffordshire
Post by: Bionic on August 10, 2015, 09:49:17 am

Hello and welcome to the forum  :wave:
Well, you seem like busy people.
Depending on the quality of the fleece there are lots of things you can do with them. Spinning, felting (wet and dry), peg loom or if they aren't much good then its the compost heap  :)

Title: Re: hellloooo from staffordshire
Post by: Rosemary on August 10, 2015, 11:00:27 am

Hello and welcome  :wave:

Title: Re: hellloooo from staffordshire
Post by: SallyintNorth on August 10, 2015, 11:12:48 am

Hi there.  I've family in Staffs, sis is a handspinner and weaver... 

Title: Re: hellloooo from staffordshire
Post by: Quirkygirl on August 10, 2015, 12:53:51 pm

Hi from Cwmbran  :wave:

Title: Re: hellloooo from staffordshire
Post by: devonlady on August 10, 2015, 06:53:12 pm

And from Devon!

Title: Re: hellloooo from staffordshire
Post by: Sbom on August 10, 2015, 07:32:11 pm

 :wave: from Staffordshire as well  :wave:

Title: Re: hellloooo from staffordshire
Post by: ladyK on August 10, 2015, 10:25:50 pm

hello and welcome from the Conwy Valley  :wave:

Title: Re: hellloooo from staffordshire
Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 10, 2015, 11:57:24 pm

 :wave: and welcome from Shropshire.

Title: Re: hellloooo from staffordshire
Post by: angiebow on August 13, 2015, 03:56:23 pm

 thanks for the wecome  :thumbsup: i may try the felting with the fleeces.. thanks for that :sheep: