[Rosemary]

Anyone going? I thought I might slip down if any chums were going along.

[HappyHippy]

Ooooooh! It's on a Friday (I don't have college on a Friday  ) AND it's a week before my birthday, not that I need justification for purchasing anything 
If you're coming, I'll be there 

[Fleecewife]

We usually pop along and seeing as we're all vaccinated up to our ears hopefully we'll make it this year too.  It will be great to see everyone.
Perhaps TASers should wear little badges, deelyboppers or something - I never know who anyone is    except of course those I do    I do have a TAS sweatshirt but it doesn't fit
I might even be tempted by a sheep or two  ...

[Fleecewife]

There's nothing yet on the L&S website. Any idea when we can expect the catalogue for the sale? Entries have closed I believe

[Fleecewife]

Ooooooh! It's on a Friday (I don't have college on a Friday  ) AND it's a week before my birthday, not that I need justification for purchasing anything 
If you're coming, I'll be there 

What will you be looking for Karen?

[HappyHippy]

I'm not really sure.....not sheep - been there, done that and concluded they're not for me 

I've a wee field with mature broadleaf trees that needs something to eat the grass down  Jessica wants a pony (purely for cuddling) and I *really* miss my donkey but something more productive (of the bovine variety) might be better. Could go for some dairy goats maybe 

The possibilities are limitless - fortunately for Bruce my budget isn't 

[Fleecewife]

I'm not really sure.....not sheep - been there, done that and concluded they're not for me 

I've a wee field with mature broadleaf trees that needs something to eat the grass down  Jessica wants a pony (purely for cuddling) and I *really* miss my donkey but something more productive (of the bovine variety) might be better. Could go for some dairy goats maybe 

The possibilities are limitless - fortunately for Bruce my budget isn't 

I'll come and see you if you get dairy goats  (I don't know if you'll see that as a threat or a promise  )
I've wanted goats since I was 12 but the big boss says never, nor tropical fish 

[doganjo]

I've wanted goats since I was 12 but the big boss says never, nor tropical fish 

Tropical fish are cheap to keep, don't take up much space, and guppies in particular are easy to breed - and you can sell them on 

[Fleecewife]

I've wanted goats since I was 12 but the big boss says never, nor tropical fish 

Tropical fish are cheap to keep, don't take up much space, and guppies in particular are easy to breed - and you can sell them on 

Thing is, I've had tropical fish before, three tanks of them at once  However, I was working fulltime, raising a family, running two allotments, caring for two dogs and four cats, looking after the fish at work and trying to get to the hills every time I had a weekend off, so my fish tanks tended to come last.  My saviour then was my youngest son who kept the tanks clean for me, but hubby thinks I'm the same person now that I was then and that he'll be the one left to clean the tanks.  But I'm not and I would love to have the opportunity to clean tanks and grow the water plants in there    I do have a pond with koi and that's looking lovely so I shouldn't really moan except we don't see the koi for six months of the year.  I'll find a way to sneak in one of my tropical tanks again someday   

[doganjo]

Tell him it's an 'income stream'

[HappyHippy]

I'll come and see you if you get dairy goats  (I don't know if you'll see that as a threat or a promise  )
I've wanted goats since I was 12 but the big boss says never, nor tropical fish 

Definitely a promise 

When I got goats years ago I wasn't really aiming for milking goats - they were free to good home/rescue animals. I ended up with a very skittish Golden Guernsey (with 2 kids at foot) and a much calmer British Alpine (Missus Nibbles) who had recently weaned kids. I milked Missus Nibbles successfully and used the milk for soap making and keeping in with my Kunekune boar who used to drink it as I poured it straight from the jug  I fell in love with that goat and only let her go because the kids got a wee Shetland pony who was terrified of anything and everything EXCEPT the goats  It was her or the goats, and the kids won.
So goats would definitely not be ruled out  they are quite tying though and twice daily milking while I attend college and work in the evenings might not be feasible.......I just can't see Bruce as a milk maid somehow 
If there's something at the sale which the universe has decided I should have then I'll know it when I see it 

[Fleecewife]

I'll come and see you if you get dairy goats  (I don't know if you'll see that as a threat or a promise  )
I've wanted goats since I was 12 but the big boss says never, nor tropical fish 

Definitely a promise 

When I got goats years ago I wasn't really aiming for milking goats - they were free to good home/rescue animals. I ended up with a very skittish Golden Guernsey (with 2 kids at foot) and a much calmer British Alpine (Missus Nibbles) who had recently weaned kids. I milked Missus Nibbles successfully and used the milk for soap making and keeping in with my Kunekune boar who used to drink it as I poured it straight from the jug  I fell in love with that goat and only let her go because the kids got a wee Shetland pony who was terrified of anything and everything EXCEPT the goats  It was her or the goats, and the kids won.
So goats would definitely not be ruled out  they are quite tying though and twice daily milking while I attend college and work in the evenings might not be feasible.......I just can't see Bruce as a milk maid somehow 
If there's something at the sale which the universe has decided I should have then I'll know it when I see it 

Way to go 
When our children were toddlers we lived on Anglesey.  Along one favourite path by the sea we came across a very large very friendly Anglo-Nubian nanny, with lots of white spots on her beautiful face  . She would hang over the dyke so we couldn't see the rest of her. We all fell in love with her and visited as often as we could.  One day she wasn't there, or ever again     Ever since I have loved Anglo-Nubians, Golden Guernseys to look at too.  Oh and pygmies of course.........actually I have liked every goat I've ever met, as long as it's female.  I can but dream.

For the sale, I'm looking for a tup, so I'm hoping the catalogue appears soon. I think it might come through the breed society.

[Anke]

I'll come and see you if you get dairy goats  (I don't know if you'll see that as a threat or a promise  )
I've wanted goats since I was 12 but the big boss says never, nor tropical fish 

Definitely a promise 

When I got goats years ago I wasn't really aiming for milking goats - they were free to good home/rescue animals. I ended up with a very skittish Golden Guernsey (with 2 kids at foot) and a much calmer British Alpine (Missus Nibbles) who had recently weaned kids. I milked Missus Nibbles successfully and used the milk for soap making and keeping in with my Kunekune boar who used to drink it as I poured it straight from the jug  I fell in love with that goat and only let her go because the kids got a wee Shetland pony who was terrified of anything and everything EXCEPT the goats  It was her or the goats, and the kids won.
So goats would definitely not be ruled out  they are quite tying though and twice daily milking while I attend college and work in the evenings might not be feasible.......I just can't see Bruce as a milk maid somehow 
If there's something at the sale which the universe has decided I should have then I'll know it when I see it 

Karen - please don't buy goats from the market/sale. No idea about health status (CAE and more importantly Johnes), as well as worms and fluke. I know they do look a sad sight, but please buy from a farm directly or through BGS or breed societies. No responsible goatkeeper will sell their stock at market!

[HappyHippy]

Hi Anke 
The reality is that I'll probably not buy anything (unless there's a donkey small enough to go in my boot  ) but it's nice to dream 

[Anke]

I have stopped going to sales. I closed both my sheep flock and goat herd a few years back, and buy in individual males directly from the breeder/other goatkeeper. The whole market atmosphere just doesn't sit with me anymore.... usually too much testosterone in the place...