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Title: Greetings from a new small holder
Post by: Nic Flan on September 13, 2010, 04:47:54 pm

Spent 30 years in Export Sales, now it's time to get a proper job. Just moved into a 9 acre farm in west Dorset. Inherited 5 pregnant sheep which have just lambed, 2 pigs GOS x Duroc and some chickens.

The 9 acre field has had nothing done to it for over 5 years, as the rest of the place and is in a bit of a poor state.

Will no doubt be sending of questions left right & centre the more I realise I don't know.

Cheers 4 now

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Post by: faith0504 on September 13, 2010, 04:50:01 pm

hi and welcome from a cloudy warm moray  :wave: :wave: :wave:

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Post by: jameslindsay on September 13, 2010, 04:52:44 pm

Hello, I have sheep,ducks, hens, geese, goats, a rabbit, parrot and 2 Alpacas on their way and 3 dogs!  :wave:

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Post by: doganjo on September 13, 2010, 04:55:54 pm

welcome from a miserable wet Clackmannan, where I have wet chickens, wet dogs, a wet cat, wet me, and two ducks that are having the time of their lives in my burn ;D

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Post by: tazbabe on September 13, 2010, 05:01:46 pm

(http://bestsmileys.com/hello/7.gif) from a very wet ayrshire today too!

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Post by: Rosemary on September 13, 2010, 06:29:56 pm

Hi and welcome from a warm, damp Carnoustie :wave:

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Post by: CameronS on September 13, 2010, 07:56:09 pm

welcome from a blustery fife  :wave:

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Post by: plumseverywhere on September 13, 2010, 08:43:12 pm

Hello from WOrcestershire - wet and miserable here too!

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Post by: piggy on September 14, 2010, 12:50:44 am

Hi and welcome from Suffolk. :wave:

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Post by: Cobra on September 14, 2010, 01:15:34 am

Hi and welcome from a warm and sunny Somerset  ;D Yes warm and Sunny  ;D Best of luck and look forward to hearing your future adventure  :wave:

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Post by: Sylvia on September 14, 2010, 09:32:38 am

And from an equally warm and sunny Devon :wave:

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Post by: Nic Flan on September 14, 2010, 02:23:17 pm

Thanks to you all for a "warm". The weather seems to feature highly in the replies.

We are just 6 miles from the Dorset coast, yet 700' above sea level. As you can imagine, on a clear day one can see for miles, well 10 to be precise. Today we are enjoying a sea mist which blows inland reducing viability down to about 50 yds & with constant 18 mph wind which makes everything very wet.

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Post by: Sharondp on September 14, 2010, 02:37:56 pm

Hello from Herefordshire  :wave:

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Post by: Daisys Mum on September 14, 2010, 07:38:41 pm

Hi and welcome from a wet and windy Scottish Borders  :wave:

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Post by: little blue on September 14, 2010, 07:49:17 pm

hello and welcome  :wave:

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Post by: ballingall on September 14, 2010, 09:24:30 pm

Hello and welcome from me in central Scotland.

Beth

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Post by: Samantha on September 15, 2010, 01:45:36 pm

Hello from Bristol :)  :wave:

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Post by: Mickyork on September 15, 2010, 06:39:58 pm

Hello & welcome from North Yorkshire  8) 8) 8)

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Post by: pointy on September 16, 2010, 07:44:59 pm

Hello and welcome from Cheshire  ;D

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Post by: scattybiker1972 on September 16, 2010, 09:03:18 pm

hello from soggy wirral     :wave:

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Post by: valechickens on September 17, 2010, 07:45:36 pm

Welcome from The Vale of glamorgan
from Valechickens.co.uk

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Post by: woodlandproductsfife on September 29, 2010, 05:39:51 am

welcome from the Kingdom of Fife