[manian]

dear all
a short note to say hi
I live in derbyshire and am new to caring for my animals...
I have  my 15 chickens now for about 2 months and my 4 pigs for only 2 weeks.
At the moment my chickens are laying well and i have managed to deal with one of our pigs (poppy) being constipated!!! ( i know people say that i shouldn't name them as they are for the freezer but got to call them something!!)
Am hoping to get some bees in the spring. I look forward to helping and being helped!!
 

[tazbabe]

welcome in!

i'm a fowl girl too, 17 of them here, just waiting to see how many of the new arrivals are cocks for the pot.

now, bees....theres a thought, i wonder if i could do bees? hmm....off to investigate, thank for the idea!

[Sharondp]

Welcome from Herefordshire 

I have chickens, sheep bees and one day we will get pigs.....

[faith0504]

hi and welcome from sunny lovely moray 

[knightquest]

Hello and welcome from Birmingham. Six chooks only for me but it's a start 

Ian

[Hilarysmum]

Hi welcome from Brittany. I have chickens and ducks and the love of my life pigs.  Be warned pigs are extremely addictive.

[piggy]

Hi and welcome from Suffolk.

[Fleecewife]

Hi from the south of Scotland    We have sheep, poultry and vegetables. 
I don't agree with the advice not to name animals which are headed for the pot.  One of the reasons I raise my own is because I hate to eat nameless slabs of meat from a supermarket shelf, but I do like to give the animals I eat some respect and the best life I can.  Being pragmatic, if your stock is all named, then when you eat them you can relate taste, tenderness or lack of it,  etc to the life that animal had.

[Daveravey]

Hi from Fife   

[BAKEWELL11]

Hi from Isle of Wight!! Newbie here too. Chooks, horses and soon pigs!!   Off to read up on constipation in swine, and what to look for!!   poo I guess??

[morri2]

Hello from North Wales!!

Carry on naming your pigs, at least you have something to call them by - my friends keep pigs to eat and have (rather tastelessly and certainly not originally) named theirs Bacon and Sausage ! Welcome to the site.

[Sylvia]

Hello, you will find this the friendliest of forums.  I called my pigs Pig, Pig and Pig and they all came running to their names!

[little blue]

hello and welcome, from the Derbyshire Dales

[teresap989]

Hi !
I've just visited this forum. Happy to get acquainted with you. Thanks.




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[woodlandproductsfife]

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