Author Topic: Hi from Worcestershire (Read 2754 times)

Pikeman · « **on:** March 23, 2013, 08:42:25 am »

Hi, we have 1.5 acres and on that we have 2 kune kune pigs as pets, 5 soay sheep and this year some Jacobs to start meat production.
Probably in need of lots of advice re meat rearing the sheep.

plumseverywhere · « **Reply #1 on:** March 23, 2013, 08:44:31 am »

Hi Pikeman

In Worcestershire too

Good luck with the new jacobs - we started with 30 borrowed Jacobs before buying in our own mixed breed lawnmowers, love them!
Lisa

Bionic · « **Reply #2 on:** March 23, 2013, 09:46:14 am »

Hi Pikeman and welcome to the forum.

1.5 acres isn't much when you have animals, we only have 2 and a bit so I am speaking from experience.
I have 5 Ryelands (well 6 if you include my lamb born this week) and doubt my land would take many more sheep, especially with the weather situation.
We do have a pen waiting for meat pigs and pick up our next 2 weaners in a couple of weeks time.

Rosemary · « **Reply #3 on:** March 23, 2013, 09:52:53 am »

Hello and welcome

We keep Coloured Ryeland sheep and Shetland cattle, plus poultry. And we're getting a couple of KK pigs for meat this year.

Lesley Silvester · « **Reply #4 on:** March 23, 2013, 04:02:41 pm »

and welcome from snowy Shropshire. I love kune kunes. Would like sheep as well but the garden isn't big enough and OH says the goats are more than enough.

darkbrowneggs · « **Reply #5 on:** March 23, 2013, 04:55:28 pm »

Hi and welcome from my part of White Worcestershire

MrsJ · « **Reply #6 on:** March 30, 2013, 10:34:55 am »

Hi
There seems to be a few of us in Worcestershire. We keep North Country Mules (6) and Wiltshire Horns(9 including our ram Elvis), Dexter (3) and Hereford Cattle (2 soon to be 3!) and usually Glos Old Spot pigs but none at the moment.
There's loads of advice available on this site. Someone usually has an answer to your questions.
Heather

MAK · « **Reply #7 on:** March 30, 2013, 10:50:15 am »

Hi from La Creuse in the Limousin. We have a relativeley small patch of land but enough to keep 3 pigs, ducks, chickens and meat rabbits. I hope, weather permitting, that you get the veg patch going. BW