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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Rupert the bear on June 14, 2015, 10:36:38 am
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Hello frown the sunny and always warm county of Aberdeenshire ! :wave:
My wife an I have a 25acre croft on the east coast, mainly grass a bit of woodland and peat mos swhich is a SSSI . We are blessed with such a diversity of wild life here that getting work done can be difficult just watching and listening.
On the domestic front we keep goats and up to now pigs ( but they have to go >:( ) and a horse , dogs , chickens , geese and we are kindly kept by the 2 rescue cats ,so they like to think......
I make our own haylage nowadays after 3 decades of waiting on unreliable weather, cut our own firewood, make cheese ,butter , sausages ( dunno what we will do when they run out )
I'm not a great one for forums, the internet is useful but to me can be a waste of daylight , so after my neighbour suggested this site I thought I'd better take a look and was amazed at he amount of help and advice there is available,just wish this had been about years ago !
Better go as the sun is shining ( really ) the birds are singing and the goats want to go out , now wheres me goat herders hat :farmer:
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Hi from arbroath, :wave:
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Hello and welcome from :sunshine: ish Carnoustie :wave:
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Hi from a not very sunny Shropshire. What sort of goats do you keep? I have Saanens.
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Hello MG of Madeley
We too have Saanens and a couple of Anglo Nubians and a BA, Loads of milk to night now making ice cream to use it
Rupert
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Hello :wave: from Devon. Yours sounds a lovely place!
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Hi RTB sunny Banff here and we also keep sannans and Boers !
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Hi from Moray - sunny today. :wave:
We keep Shetland cattle on our holding - great animals, used by many for conservation grazing - we keep them for their beef.
Always nice to see fellow NEaster on the forum.
Know what you mean about wildlife - we've just spent 20 minutes watching a roe doe nibbling the leaves from one of the fruit trees in our garden.
Sue
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Hi from Huntly - we have British Toggs and an AN who is such a character she has been rechristened "the princess" ;D I'd love to pick your brain on cheese making
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I'd love to pick your brain on cheese making
Have to be the wifes brains makes a nice soft cheese and the hard cheeses have a nice strong taste
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Hello MG of Madeley
We too have Saanens and a couple of Anglo Nubians and a BA, been out side in the paddock in the sun lying down looking up at the skylark singing his heart out and the swallows making low passes, as for the goats , they just larked about as usual udders flapping in the breeze !! Loads of milk to night now making ice cream to use it
Rupert
Sounds wonderful.
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Hello also from the North East of Scotland - Methlick
We keep goats and mainly breed for meat but great to hear someone close bye makes cheese and ice cream from goats milk.....
Where about in the North East are you? Hope you don't mind me asking!
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Hello MG of Madeley
We too have Saanens and a couple of Anglo Nubians and a BA, been out side in the paddock in the sun lying down looking up at the skylark singing his heart out and the swallows making low passes, as for the goats , they just larked about as usual udders flapping in the breeze !! Loads of milk to night now making ice cream to use it
Rupert
Ice cream by its very nature didn't last long , flavored with some of last years raspberry jelly,
Today I have been driving a truck in body, in mind at home withe the beasties
Rupert
Sounds wonderful.
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Hello also from the North East of Scotland - Methlick
We keep goats and mainly breed for meat but great to hear someone close bye makes cheese and ice cream from goats milk.....
Where about in the North East are you? Hope you don't mind me asking!
We're near mintlaw, almost next door :wave: !!
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Yes not far away at all.....
Do you ever have any cheese of ice cream for sale?
Or even do a swop for meat!
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No cheese at the moment, Ice cream made as it is needed
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Hello
We are nr Fraserburgh, so just down the road.
We also have goats as well as sheep.
I too make cheese, ice cream and butter from their milk, so it would be nice to compare recipes.
Do you have a separator?
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Maybe we should have an Aberdeenshire meet up and compare recipes, techniques etc
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Hi from W Yorkshire.
Sounds a great spot you have, I'm envious of all you who live fairly near each other, and in one of my favourite areas, you should certainly have a meet up, like minds would make a great evening out (green with envy emoty?).
I lived near Mintlaw for a short time, up to the North near a moss, then lived near New Deer, so I know all these places mentioned, great times. (Great place, shame about the husband LOL).
I have goats (Toggenburgs and Boers), couple of sheep, geese and hens.
Been watching our birdlife this morning, wonderful, all the trees I've planted over the years are now full of life :thumbsup:
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Hi, I am from Dunecht, Aberdeenshire, Toggenburg goats, cattle sheep poultry you will enjoy this forum Rupert the bear