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yankieGirl

  • Joined Jan 2011
    • Pennsylvania, USA
hello from America
« on: January 15, 2011, 03:57:32 pm »
Hi from central Pennsylvania!  I love this site.  We have 2.5 acres.

I have 13 chickens (Only 4-5 eggs a day since we are in the middle of winter) and 4 goats.

In the spring we will get pigs and a few steer to fatten up for fall.
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JulieS

  • Joined Mar 2009
    • Devon - EX39 5RF
    • Ford Mill Farm
Re: hello from America
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2011, 04:20:42 pm »
Hello and welcome from Devon  :)
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Pedigree GOS Pigs and Butchery for Smallholders.

yankieGirl

  • Joined Jan 2011
    • Pennsylvania, USA
Re: hello from America
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2011, 04:28:37 pm »
do you get many from the USA on this site?  I don't even remember how I stumbled upon it.
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Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
    • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: hello from America
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2011, 05:48:00 pm »
Hi and welcome! Yes, we get a few folk from abroad - mostly Europe but some from the States.

I'd love to visit Pennsylvania (that's not a hint by the way  ;D) - I have a sneaking admiration for the Amish and would love to see them work with horses. There are so few communities that still use the horse, in places I'd want to visit.
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ballingall

  • Joined Sep 2008
    • Avonbridge, Falkirk
Re: hello from America
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2011, 05:51:46 pm »
Hello and welcome  ;D


We have 16 goats, and have reared pigs for meat this autumn, partly on goat's milk, for the first time.


Beth
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Sudanpan

  • Joined Jan 2009
    • West Cornwall
    • Movement is Life
Re: hello from America
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2011, 06:41:24 pm »
Hi and welcome from West Cornwall.

Another forum member from the US joined fairly recently - from Texas  :) So you're possibly closer to us in the UK than him in the US ;D

How old will the steers be that you get for fattening?

Tish
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yankieGirl

  • Joined Jan 2011
    • Pennsylvania, USA
Re: hello from America
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2011, 10:56:10 pm »



The Amish are an interesting group.  I too admire the self reliance.  However, since they drive their buggies on the main roads, it is very frustrating to follow one with no chance of passing them in the car.

This summer was dry and not good for grass fed steer.  We did not slaughter the steer this year as last.  Instead we sent them to market.  Age...not sure.  Weight... less than 1000 lbs.  Too small to bother.  Last fall we had much better luck.  They were not that huge but very tasty!

We are hoping to find a source of free food for the pigs this year....cafeteria waste...old produce.  We started with 5 50lb pigs in March 2010.  Used 3 for pig roasts through the summer and had 2 butchered for fall.  We split one with my brother and sold the other.

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Hilarysmum

  • Joined Oct 2007
Re: hello from America
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2011, 09:27:15 am »
Welcome from Brittany, France. 
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cluckingnuts

  • Joined Oct 2010
    • llyn peninsula
Re: hello from America
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2011, 10:05:34 am »
Hello from a wet + windy Wales.
I'm always interested as to how people from different countries or cultures do things. Do you grow veg + fruit as well?
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yankieGirl

  • Joined Jan 2011
    • Pennsylvania, USA
Re: hello from America
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2011, 02:11:45 pm »
Funny you ask...I just received my seed order in the mail yesterday!  I can't wait to get started. I plant the usual (beets, peas, beans, cabbage, cucumbers, carrots, potatoes, onions, etc...  This year I ordered a few tobacco seeds just for kicks.  I will get my tomato and green pepper plants from the local greenhouse. 

We put in a few apple trees a few years ago but have

I also plan to put in rows of mangles (sugar beets).   I understand they make good winter food for goats, cows....

I have a few hop vines as well.  My friend and I brew our own beer.  We have yet to use my hops.



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little blue

  • Joined Jun 2009
    • Derbyshire
Re: hello from America
« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2011, 02:57:11 pm »
hello and welcome
what breed are your goats?  for milking?
:)   :wave:
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Little Blue

The Woodsiders

  • Joined Aug 2011
    • Near Horley in Surrey
Re: hello from America
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2011, 08:54:08 pm »
Hi from West Sussex, welcome to the Forum
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knightquest

  • Joined May 2010
    • Birmingham
    • Knight Pet Supplies
Re: hello from America
« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2011, 09:04:23 pm »
Hello and welcome from Birmingham  :wave:

Ian
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Ian (me), Diane (my wife) and 4 dogs. Ollie (Lab mix) , Quest (Malamute), Gazer and Boris (Leonbergers)

ambriel

  • Joined Jan 2011
    • Kinlochbervie, NW Sutherland, Scotland
  • Mad, bad, and dangerous to know!
    • Harbour Cottage
Re: hello from America
« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2011, 01:29:41 am »
Quote from: yank on January 15, 2011, 10:56:10 pm
We are hoping to find a source of free food for the pigs this year....cafeteria waste...old produce.
Are you allowed to do that in the States? It's a big no-no in the UK to feed kitchen waste to pigs.
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robert waddell

  • Guest
Re: hello from America
« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2011, 12:34:17 pm »
hello from central Scotland
are you anywhere near the gas fields that produce the combustible water supplies
do they still produce the penzoil the purrest oil there is
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