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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: HellsBells on May 18, 2010, 07:41:16 pm

Title: Hello from Surrey....
Post by: HellsBells on May 18, 2010, 07:41:16 pm: Hi.

Just joined up as I like the look of this forum! Oh, and I have some American Buff geese to give away (sadly only spare boys before you form a queue)

Have 3 acres in Surrey with a bit of a menagerie..... Chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys, quail, seramas, rheas, llamas, horse, dogs, cat.

Pigs arriving tomorrow. Very excited.

Many people from Surrey on here? I belong to a couple of poultry forums & it seems I'm in a South Easterly minority - someone will be selling exactly what I want, in Fife...... ;D

Looking forward to chit-chatting to you all

Helen
Title: Re: Hello from Surrey....
Post by: JulieS on May 18, 2010, 07:42:44 pm: Hello Helen and welcome from Devon :)
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Post by: Teresa on May 18, 2010, 07:44:34 pm: Hi Helen :) You have the menagerie that i want lol its growing slowly. What piggies rae you getting and what do you use your llamas for?
Title: Re: Hello from Surrey....
Post by: HellsBells on May 18, 2010, 07:49:18 pm: Piggies are a couple of Kune-Kune's that were going for slaughter because they couldn't find a new home - rescued! Yeay! :pig:

I don't do anything with my llamas, I just like having them knocking about! I see you have alpacas, do you use their fleece?

Helen
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Post by: Teresa on May 18, 2010, 07:56:41 pm: Kune-kune are lovely :) i wondered if you might have taken the llamas trekking, we watched some one walking theirs with teddies sat on their backs lol Hopefully showing two of the alpacas fleeces after their sheared this month and the other two are being used by the people we agiste with and we get a bit of wool back. If youve pics of all the animals i'd love to see the pigs and llamas
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Post by: little blue on May 18, 2010, 08:29:34 pm: hello and welcome
we have kunes, amongst other things.... love 'em, they're great!
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Post by: Rosemary on May 18, 2010, 09:33:23 pm: Hi and welcome! What's a serama?
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Post by: Daisys Mum on May 18, 2010, 09:41:30 pm: Hi and welcome from the Scottish Borders, Llamas are lovely, there are 2 just up the road from me who do llama treking. One of them is now learning to pull a little cart.
Title: Re: Hello from Surrey....
Post by: HellsBells on May 18, 2010, 09:57:34 pm: Quote from: Rosemary on May 18, 2010, 09:33:23 pm
Hi and welcome! What's a serama?

A serama is the smallest chicken you can get! Size of a dove, although I had a Dutch bantam that was about the same size. Seramas can be quite fancy. The people that show them train them to stand up straight and puff their chests out - they look brilliant!
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Post by: jameslindsay on May 18, 2010, 10:25:19 pm: Hi Helen quite a farm you have there. Welcome, I am in Fife. :wave:
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Post by: CameronS on May 18, 2010, 10:37:17 pm: welcome from another Fifer, :wave:

from you last part, are you looking to move to Fife? out of interest :D
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Post by: Roxy on May 18, 2010, 11:44:54 pm: Hello from the Peak District in Derbyshire!

We have a llama among a lot of other animals. He is a guard llama for our large free range poultry flock. Unfortunately, he does not seem to like me, and does spit. My OH is treated better, because he brings Robbie his favourite treat - ginger biscuits.
Title: Re: Hello from Surrey....
Post by: HellsBells on May 19, 2010, 02:11:09 pm: Quote from: CameronS on May 18, 2010, 10:37:17 pm
welcome from another Fifer, :wave:

from you last part, are you looking to move to Fife? out of interest :D

Not planning on moving up there just yet....

Was just asking if anyone else was from the SE as I'm always seeing adverts for poultry related things I really REALLY want - then see the location is Fife! Now I've had 2 hello's from Fife - so clearly everyone in Fife keeps chickens!
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Post by: Hilarysmum on May 19, 2010, 03:51:00 pm: Welcome. I have brahmas, I need big fowl with my rumbustious pigs.
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Post by: HappyHippy on May 19, 2010, 04:30:15 pm: Hello from me in South Lanakshire :wave:
I have Kune kune's too ;D You'll love 'em !
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Post by: xnbacon on May 22, 2010, 10:14:41 pm: Welcome

were in surrey also have 3 acres, with sheep,chickens,pigs,rabbits and dogs.
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Post by: Sandy on May 23, 2010, 12:50:08 am: Hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :wave:
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Post by: piggy on May 23, 2010, 10:17:03 am: Hi
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Post by: AndyJohn on May 23, 2010, 07:06:42 pm: Hi from Cornwall.

We are wanna be small holders, we have an allotment with 11 chickens in all, but are looking for somewhere bigger at the moment. Small pieces of land seem hard to come by.

Your zoo sounds great. lol

Regards

Andy
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Post by: Greenerlife on May 27, 2010, 12:40:21 pm: Hi Helen! Also in Surrey and not in Fife! ;D I keep Berkshires at the moment and bees, and will have chickens later this year.