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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Victorian Farmer on April 28, 2013, 10:39:21 am

Title: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: Victorian Farmer on April 28, 2013, 10:39:21 am

well its the biggest show and sale Saturday at thainstone the only one that was good for sellers was dingwall and in that there were empty pens carlile not good hexam and the first at thainstone iv attended pebbles and preston hex am thainstone and it do sent look good for  sellers .The £5 pen and vat not good when a pen makes £20 transport another £40 i did loose all at thainstone the stock was good and average £25 and then spent £300 incubator etc .So if this goes dawn i will not attend thainstone hexam its a hard day up 4.30 check lamb feed and out for 6 am .The egg section has its own ring its that big .But money is scers  at the moment .

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: lachlanandmarcus on April 28, 2013, 10:48:29 am

Link to info about the Thainstone sale, catalogue will be available from this link later in the week too.
http://www.anmgroup.co.uk/marts/sales-information.php#040513 (http://www.anmgroup.co.uk/marts/sales-information.php#040513)

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: Rosemary on April 28, 2013, 01:42:36 pm

I'm going  :wave:

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Post by: sabrina on April 28, 2013, 02:34:56 pm

Going to go as well,

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Post by: oor wullie on April 28, 2013, 02:46:41 pm

I'm planning to go to.

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Post by: Rosemary on April 28, 2013, 07:43:48 pm

Wear your TAS T shirts  ;D

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: allyb on April 28, 2013, 08:15:26 pm

I ll be there and selling,Hopefully good sale going by catalogue  :)

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: Victorian Farmer on April 29, 2013, 12:19:27 am

WE should meet at a serten time and place coffe shop out side by the incubaters drinkers etc

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: oor wullie on April 29, 2013, 10:56:37 am

There is now a link on the site to the catalogue

http://www.anmgroup.co.uk/marts/sales-information.php#040513 (http://www.anmgroup.co.uk/marts/sales-information.php#040513)

...but I can't get it to work.  Either their dodgy link of my dodgy computer....

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: lachlanandmarcus on April 29, 2013, 11:40:37 am

Link is working for me on my PC. :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: Victorian Farmer on April 29, 2013, 02:22:14 pm

cookies

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: Mays on April 30, 2013, 01:55:04 pm

I am selling & maybe buying  :wave:
hope to meet VF & others
 

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: allyb on May 04, 2013, 08:50:36 pm

Delighted with the trade today and good to see so many people there.The sheep were making silly money 100 guineas for a bloody orphan lamb a couldnt believe it. :) 

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: sabrina on May 04, 2013, 09:13:03 pm

Did you see the big grin on the sellers face, must have thought all his luck had come on one day. thought some of the prices were poor, others good.

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: allyb on May 04, 2013, 09:34:01 pm

i was standing behind him in shock  :o as was he .didnt see all the sheep go through as left ring after selling mine which i was happy with  :) . I personally dont like selling per life as its misleading to general public.I think they should be sold all as one.

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: Victorian Farmer on May 04, 2013, 10:29:06 pm

snow geese 170 sheep lambs very nere 100 mad 2 weeks a go 2 lambs and ewe 85 good for buyers

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: Big Light on May 05, 2013, 06:11:55 am

What price did you get for your chickens VF -
any one else know what prices were the other poultry? and goose eggs?

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: allyb on May 05, 2013, 09:05:22 am

Hi B/L  We got £70.00 for 3 L/S pullets £45 for 2 Cream Legbar Pullets x 2.Guinea fowl sold to £55 was delighted with that. The goose eggs i came out the bidding at £4 an egg for Brecon Buff ones

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: Rosemary on May 05, 2013, 09:45:10 am

When I spoke to Alice in the office, they had registered 600 buyer numbers  :)

Be interesting to see the report.

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: sabrina on May 05, 2013, 11:03:48 am

I did not get to see everything as OH got lost then dog through up in the car so we left which was a pity but these things happen.  :innocent:

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: Big Light on May 05, 2013, 12:03:41 pm

Seems decent prices thanks

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: Victorian Farmer on May 05, 2013, 01:28:28 pm

THE pilgrim eggs fetched £35 and £45 for 5 young roads £62 the 4 heritage highbreds made £35 and 4 black rocks were £20 all young stock . The silver lace wyndotts 3 in a pen £70 .Geese and eggs are the hard to get eggs £5 each the eggs were up and dawn 12 silver lace £18 to 22 pound the ram the small holders put in i dont no the price for a  orphaned lamb £100 each .

Title: Re: Rare And Minority Breeds Of Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry and Waterfowl.
Post by: Big Light on May 05, 2013, 03:57:00 pm

Cheers VF