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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: Dave Taylor on October 04, 2015, 10:30:19 pm

Title: Uni student saying hello!
Post by: Dave Taylor on October 04, 2015, 10:30:19 pm

Hi all,

I'm originally from Doncaster, South Yorkshire and studying in Bangor North Wales at the moment. I'm not from a farming background however I am wanting to go towards farming after uni.

I kept and bred rare and traditional chicken breeds for a good ten years before uni, which first got me interested.

Hoping to meet people on here who could maybe help out with gaining some experience on farms, i'd love to go into sheep farming but at the moment any livestock experience is what I am looking for!

Title: Re: Uni student saying hello!
Post by: Rosemary on October 05, 2015, 09:06:25 am

Hello and welcome from glomy Carnoustie :wave:

Title: Re: Uni student saying hello!
Post by: Bionic on October 05, 2015, 09:14:41 am

Hello and welcome to the forum  :wave:


I am in the wrong part of Wales for you but there are lots of others on here who might be able to give you some local experience.


Good luck

Title: Re: Uni student saying hello!
Post by: Ghdp on October 05, 2015, 09:24:26 am

Hello from North Wales. Only got 'borrowed' sheep grazing here so cant help but can send warm welcome to the Forum.  I am  new to this but learning so much reading so many helpful posts:wave:

Title: Re: Uni student saying hello!
Post by: devonlady on October 05, 2015, 04:48:49 pm

Hello from a wet and windy Devon. If no luck in your search on here (though I'm sure anyone would help out if they could) you may try putting a card up in your local agricultural merchants.

Title: Re: Uni student saying hello!
Post by: JackandJill on October 06, 2015, 09:29:33 pm

Hello, welcome :)

We haven't yet got started, but hope you find ppl that can help

Title: Re: Uni student saying hello!
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on October 06, 2015, 09:39:26 pm

Hello and welcome to the forum, I suppose  I am unusual as I keep Mediterranean water buffalo, you can ask me anything about them if you want and I will try to answer as best as I can. Sadly I am not in a position to help atm. I think the best thing to do would be to help people lamb their sheep, there are always people who will be willing to take people on for work experience to do with lambing. I lamb on an outdoor system myself April-May, although that will change to March-April this year, hopefully. If you have any questions we will all be happy to answer them at any time. Feel free to PM if you want to ask any questions about farming.
Hope this helps

Title: Re: Uni student saying hello!
Post by: Lesley Silvester on October 06, 2015, 11:17:19 pm

Hi and welcome from Shropshire.