[HappyHippy]

Hiya folks,

Lesmahagow show are holding a native cattle class this year, alongside their other classes more info can be found here http://www.lesmahagowfarmerssociety.co.uk/index.asp
I'm putting out a shout for anyone who wants to enter (Rosemary & Dan ? ) with their coo's. It promises to be a great day and of course you'll be able to see all the pigs and meet all us nutters lovely sane people down here 
This is the first year they've staged a native class and having a good turnout would ensure it continued to feature on their schedule.
Please lend your support if you can.
Karen x

[Rosemary]

Bit too far for us. And, to be honest, I worry about disease.

[Beewyched]

Bit too far for us. And, to be honest, I worry about disease.

Something you're trying to tell us Rosemary?

[Rosemary]

Bit too far for us. And, to be honest, I worry about disease.

Something you're trying to tell us Rosemary?

  Not personally, but there seem to be so many awful cattle diseases that are spread easily, that i'd have to put my girls in white overalls with face masks. And they wouldn't like that.

[Beewyched]

Scary - you'd think they'd be vaccinations for this sort of thing nowadays - but I can understand where you're coming from, especially if you have a rare bloodline - shame 

[Rosemary]

Problem is that some of them take a long time to show, so folk don't know the cattle are infected. My girls are from Shetland which is TB and BVD free so I'd quite like to keep them that way, hence AI not a visiting bull 

[Beewyched]

Just googled BVD - awful infection, can see why you'd be concerned. 

[robert waddell]

hope you dont mind me saying this rosemary but you are trying to organise a smallholders show but you wont be participating due to your high health status 

[ukag0972]

I've booked the 28th off work so I can come and see the piggies on parade

[Rosemary]

hope you dont mind me saying this rosemary but you are trying to organise a smallholders show but you wont be participating due to your high health status 

Yup, it's a tough one :-) Might enter sheep, poultry or fleece; might even bring a pony but not my beloved cows 

[robert waddell]

but that is still an avenue for disease to enter your closed herd

[Rosemary]

Good point. Forget the sheep and the poultry and I'll burn the fleeces on the way home.

And hang on - I'm not trying to organise the show. It ain't a one woman band so don't even think it. If you think it's inappropriate that I should get involved in organising the show because I won't show, say so and I'll butt out.

[Beewyched]

No butting here please Robert?

[robert waddell]

rosemary you have got the wrong end of the stick on this 
if we all were to worry about disease there would be no movements of any animals  and don't think i am complacent about diseases the opposite is true
you are forgetting on a previous post we have encountered BVD at first hand

[Glentarki]

Ive marked the date in the diary