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MKay

  • Joined Jan 2013
Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
« on: January 30, 2013, 05:09:08 pm »
 :wave:

Hello everyone,

My name is Michael.

7years ago I moved to an 8acre croft in Caithness with three ponies and two great danes

Now we also have Dexter cattle, Jacob sheep and Large black pigs. Along with an assortment of rare breed chickens and some call ducks.

Last year we took on the let of an old abandoned farm next door, we are still only smallholders in every sense except acreage and intend to stay that way. the farm land is mostly rough grazing and very poorly fenced so we have our work cut out for us trying to get tups to stay where we put them!

Besides fence improvments our plans this year include the purchace of a Large Black boar and a Jersey cow.

Bye for now. :pig: :cat: :chook: :cow: :dog: :horse: :sheep: :&>
« Last Edit: January 30, 2013, 05:13:42 pm by MKay »
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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
    • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2013, 05:16:13 pm »
Hi Michael and welcome to the forum  :wave:
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Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

goosepimple

  • Joined May 2010
    • nr Lauder, Scottish Borders
Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2013, 06:54:56 pm »
Welcome Michael, you sound like you're accidentally doing it which fit's here perfectly.  Look forward to reading all your comments.  Stay warm.  :wave:
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Mammyshaz

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Durham
Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2013, 07:53:41 pm »
Hello and welcome from Durham  :wave: just a couple of allotments with hens fruitvand veg. A house cat ( until he is neutered  ;D ) a terrier and a german shepherd who's best friend is a Great Dane  :thumbsup:
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Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
    • Telford
Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2013, 09:21:47 pm »
 :wave:   Hi Michael and welcome from sunny Shropshire.  I used to keep a pair of call ducks called Sam and Ella (you have to say it fairly quickly to ge tthe joke).  They're such pretty ducks.
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sabrina

  • Joined Nov 2008
Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2013, 11:44:52 pm »
Hi and welcome from Aberdeenshire  :wave:
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fiestyredhead331

  • Joined Sep 2012
    • NW Highlands
    • Facebook
Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2013, 07:43:07 pm »
howdy neighbour, hello from Sutherland  :wave:
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keeper of goats, sheep, pigs, ducks, chickens, turkeys, dogs, cats, goldfish and children, just don't ask me which is the most work!

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
    • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2013, 08:20:48 pm »
Hi Michael and welcome to TAS  :wave:

We're in Carnoustie and have about 80+ hens, mostly hybrid layers, Coloured Ryeland sheep and Shetland cattle plus a veggie garden and an orchard. And huge puddles  :gloomy:

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ppd

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Sutherland
Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2013, 03:54:48 pm »
 :wave: Hi from another 'nieghbour' in Sutherland
We also have Jacobs sheep various pigs and a couple of lovely call ducks (they are hilarious :&> ) and ponies along with various other ducks, geese, hens, cats and dogs
Look forward to hearing what you are up to :thumbsup:
Pauline
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darkbrowneggs

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • The World is My Lobster
Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2013, 04:24:44 pm »
Hi from Worcestershire   :wave:  I currently have a Black Great Dane, and used to keep Jersey house cows.  You will have lots of fun there I am sure  :thumbsup:
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Birdie Wife

  • Joined Oct 2008
Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2013, 08:11:34 pm »
Hiya  :wave:  I'm in Golspie but I'm working in Caithness this year, organising free bird surveys for farmers and crofters with the Caithness Wetlands and Wildlife Initiative. PM me if you're interested  ;)
 
I have a working cocker and a poodle, and rather too many chooks  :innocent:
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ppd

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Sutherland
Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2013, 08:30:46 pm »
 :wave: Birdie Wife
You must be one of the nearest TASers to me, so a big hello
We have 3 'working cockers' but in the loosest sense lol
Pauline
 
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Birdie Wife

  • Joined Oct 2008
Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2013, 06:11:12 pm »
Quote from: ppd on February 14, 2013, 08:30:46 pm
:wave: Birdie Wife
You must be one of the nearest TASers to me, so a big hello
We have 3 'working cockers' but in the loosest sense lol
Pauline

Indeed, not far at all as the Hoodie crow flies  ;D  yeah, my cocker's mad as a box of frogs too :love:
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fiestyredhead331

  • Joined Sep 2012
    • NW Highlands
    • Facebook
Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2013, 09:09:27 pm »
what kind of birds?.....will be 5 less hoodies shortly if the don't leave my eggs alone and the sit long enough for me to shoot them!!!
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keeper of goats, sheep, pigs, ducks, chickens, turkeys, dogs, cats, goldfish and children, just don't ask me which is the most work!

MKay

  • Joined Jan 2013
Re: Good Afternoon, I am New here. From Caithness.
« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2013, 04:10:11 pm »
Hi again,

-PPD, do you have the Saddlebacks on the steep hillside on the right if we were heading south?

-Birdiewifey, are you doing the surveys in an "anti-turbine" theology or are they for some other purpose?
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