Hi there!
I'm Clairie and I'm from Perthshire.
We've been farmers for a long time, but have recently started to diversify and are developing a farm shop.
In March we bought two sows, a pure Tamworth and a Berkshire x Saddleback who gave us 10 healthy little TamworthX piglets. They'll be pork by September!
Pigs are brilliant! I could watch them all day.
We've had chickens for our own use, but have been badgered by the local shops to give them eggs so have rehomed 20 exbattery hens (I've not fully explained their lower productivity to my husband!). We'll probably have to supplement the old hens with some newer POLs. We do like to rescue things...
I've just bought some Marsh Daisy and Scots Dumpy fertilised eggs on Ebay. I'm quite keen on helping to keep up the numbers of some rare breeds, hence the Tamworth's too!
We've also just planted some carrots, neeps and leeks to sell with our local farm produce alongside the beef, lamb and tatties.
I've also got 6 horses -
mostly Appaloosas, and there are several other old limpy's retired on the farm.
We're loving all our new projects! We've got a lot to learn are really enjoying ourselves.
I hope to learn a lot from you and hopefully chat to some like-minded people.
Anyway! Hi to you all!
Clairie x
Topic: Hey there! New girl from Perthshire (Read 7047 times)
