[Factotum]

Hi to everyone.

We have a small farm in the hills of Moray - on a clear day we can see the Moray Firth.

We keep a small herd of Shetland cattle, having 16 animals at present. We have 6 cows, 3 bulling heifers, 2 steers and 5 calves that were born this year. We've kept cattle since 2008, starting with 4 bulling heifers and the herd has grown slowly since then, courtesy of a couple of visiting bulls.

We also keep a few chickens and a couple of ducks, and we have 2 'guard' geese.
Sometimes we feel the urge to get some sheep, but so far we've managed to curb those thoughts and stick with the coos.
 
I've been lurking for a short while, and enjoyed reading the fora; I thought it was about time I joined in.

Just for info, in case anyone wonders, Blackmyre is my OH.

Sue

[Mammyshaz]

Hello and welcome from Durham 

[Rosemary]

Hello, Factotum - ignore the question I asked under the "George" thread 

Welcome - hopefully we'll get to meet up sometime soon! Will you be coming to the Scottish Smallholder and Grower Festival on 30th September? (Not that I'll have time for socialising  )

Oh, and welcome!

[Factotum]

Hi Rosemary,
Not sure, depends if OH fancies an away day - though we have to be back to shut away the chooks.

You're always welcome to come & see the herd and have a blether if you're up this way - just let us know if you are passing by.

[Rosemary]

We're hoping to have Shetlands there along with the SCBA stand. Dexters are coming, so we'll be up against it in the cattle popularity stakes 

[Lesley Silvester]

   Hi and welcome from Shropshire.

[Dans]

Hi from Midlothian!

Dans

[Fowlman]

Hi from wiltshire. 

[Bangbang]

Hi 
A big Welcome from Aberdeenshire..

[sabrina]

Hi from Gamrie 

[Factotum]

Thanks for all the welcome messages.

Avoiding the midges at the moment, though dare I say it, perhaps it's too cold for them and they'll stay away - might upset the swallows & martins...

Just been down to the village to put up the bunting - we have a week long festival starting the last week of June and ending with our Gala on July 1st. Tomorrow our school is running a pretend Olympic torch through the village & we thought it would be nice for them to have the bunting up.

Really love living in our village - we've got to know lots of folk since we moved here 6 years ago - joining in the events at the village hall helped, as did volunteering to be on the hall committee. It's a great community here.