[Shropshirelass]

Hi everyone I thought I'd just introduce myself I came across this forum just by an accidental web search but find it very knowledgeable about farming & smallholding which is great as its one of my passions & farmings in my blood. I am also a member of a few poultry forums but am glad I found something like this as they mention livestock but not much as opposed to the poultry 

So a little bit about me I'm a trainee veterinary nurse, who's in her mid 20s & a south Shropshire farming family - we've owned the same family farm for 60-80 years over 3 generations & in the past kept dairy & beef cattle, sheep, poultry, waterfowl & pigs & 1 goat - although we now just do the poultry, waterfowl beef cattle & sheep with about 90 head of cattle & 300-400 head of sheep, 3 geese, 5 ducks & 20-30 chickens. Like I said farmings in my blood & I knew that even though the farm we live at now has been with us for 3 generations - the farming in the family goes wayyyyyyy back for at least 4-5 generations before that as it's being traced through the family tree  & my grandfather was a butcher & slaughter man in his youth & a respected buyer at livestock markets who bought for the major supermarket chains years ago. I believe in producing quality stock & not making it travel huge miles for slaughter / food miles - hence I'd say 90% of our stock goes to a local slaughterhouse -20 mins away & we always send in small numbers - Unfortunatley I am not the farmer at present , but its my uncle instead which we let the farm out to although if & when I have the time & money I would love to take over. At the moment I am more or less limited to my rare breed waterfowl & poultry, which I had to cut back on because of a lack of time due to my studies - but am building it back up again  & would like to purchase a few rare breed sheep next year - pref Herdwicks & Clun forests - which my great uncle used to show    & would like to get into showing livestock, I'm also a keen rare breeds enfusiast wildlife photographer & live with apart from my family my Basset hound Sebastien (aka seb) & cat tigger & a new kitten (yet to be named) & 3 other cats.

so enough about me tell me about yourselves xx

[tizaala]

Hello and welcome to the circus, Sounds like you've done a bit , there are quite a lot of rare  breed enthusiasts on here , we have Castlemilk Moorits ,  7Arabians, 13Goats and approx 50 chucks , 3 Toulouse geese, English, Irish , gordon setters + a JR terror machine. 3 assorted cats. and an overworked wife

[Rosemary]

Hello and welcome from sunny Carnoustie 

All you want to know about us (and lots you probably don't) is on the website 

We have three dogs, two cats, 70 odd laying hens, a few pure breeds, Coloured Ryeland sheep and Shetland cattle plus a Highland pony, a Shetland pony and three Hampshire gilts for the freezer.

[darkbrowneggs]

Hi there from Worcestershire.  Sounds like you have a lot going on.      Well done and welcome to the forum.

[Dans]

Welcome from Midlothian!

Dans

[Welshcob]

Welcome and wow - sounds like a great place to grow up!

Hope you can take it over one day and good luck with your studies 

P.S. Herdwicks are great!
 

[Beewyched]

Hi & welcome from West Scotland 
One day you may find-out more about us when we get our website up & running 
 

[Lesley Silvester]

    Hi and welcome from Telford.  Whereabouts are you?  I am a back garden smallholder with goats, fruit and veg.

[Beeducked]

Hi,


I'm a newcomer to Shropshire having just moved here from Merseyside but my grandparents lived here so it feels like coming home.


I'm passionate about my ducks and looking forward to getting a few geese and sheep soon.

[Mammyshaz]

Hello and welcome from Durham 

I live here with 2 dogs, a chinchilla 3 hens and an eight week old kitten being nursed through cat flu but doing very well after a few intense days and nights of fluid therapy and syringe feeds