Author Topic: Hello from dumfries  (Read 4929 times)

Sandyknox

  • Joined Aug 2013
  • Dumfries, Scotland
Hello from dumfries
« on: August 11, 2013, 12:24:27 pm »
Hello I'm sandy I have a small holding in Dumfries, Scotland , I currently have 5 Shetland ,1 Jacob , and 2 scotch mule Ewes and just had my first 7 lambs a few weeks ago :) , Hoping to get some good tips from everyone On the forum.
S.Knox

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Hello from dumfries
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2013, 12:30:21 pm »
Hello and welcome to the forum Sandy  :wave:  This has been my first year lambing too. Definitely lots of people with good sheepy knowledge on her.
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Hello from dumfries
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2013, 12:38:52 pm »
Welcome  :wave: from just over the border in north Cumbria.  We are commercial beef and sheep farmers, with rare breed / fleece sheep on the side, plus a couple of house Jerseys and a few pigs.

Lambs just 7 weeks ago!  Goodness!

Do you spin your fleece? :spin:
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Hello from dumfries
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2013, 02:43:25 pm »
Hello and welcome from  :sunshine: Carnoustie  :wave:

ballingall

  • Joined Sep 2008
  • Avonbridge, Falkirk
Re: Hello from dumfries
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2013, 03:18:37 pm »
Hello from central Scotland- near Falkirk to be precise. My fiance's parents live near Dumfries, so we tend to be down there a wee bit. Did you go to the show last weekend?


We have dairy goats, and occasionally rear orphan lambs or weaner pig for meat.


Beth

darkbrowneggs

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • The World is My Lobster
Re: Hello from dumfries
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2013, 06:22:10 pm »
Hi from Sue - currently in Worcestershire, but with a cousin in Dumfries  :)
To follow my travel journal see http://www.theworldismylobster.org.uk

For lots of info about Marans and how to breed and look after them see www.darkbrowneggs.info

Sandyknox

  • Joined Aug 2013
  • Dumfries, Scotland
Re: Hello from dumfries
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2013, 07:05:07 pm »
Hello nice to meet everyone , everyone is a good help on this , was at the dumfries show last week yes
S.Knox

mowhaugh

  • Joined Jul 2013
  • Scottish Borders
    • Facebook
Re: Hello from dumfries
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2013, 07:55:09 pm »
hello!

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Hello from dumfries
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2013, 10:01:17 pm »
 :wave:  and welcome from  :sunshine: Shropshire. No sheep but I have my goats.  :goat:

SheepCrazy!

  • Joined Nov 2012
  • Dumfries and Galloway
  • www.hawthornsoaysandjacobs.co.uk
    • hawthornsoaysandjacobs
    • Facebook
Re: Hello from dumfries
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2013, 10:35:31 pm »


Hello, I'm in Dumfries too!  :excited:

bigchicken

  • Joined Nov 2008
  • Fife Scotland
Re: Hello from dumfries
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2013, 10:56:01 pm »
Hi from the bigchicken up here in Fife, my father's mother was a doon hamer have you ever tried the Dunscore pies very tasty. I also keep a few Shetlands. Are yours pedigree.
« Last Edit: September 11, 2013, 07:54:27 am by bigchicken »
Shetland sheep, Castlemilk Moorits sheep, Hebridean sheep, Scots Grey Bantams, Scots Dumpy Bantams. Shetland Ducks.

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Hello from dumfries
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2013, 09:00:40 am »
Hello  :wave: from  :sunshine: Carnoustie!

Are you comng to the Scottish Smallholder and Grower Festival?

Hannes

  • Joined Jun 2011
  • Dumfries & Galloway
  • Loch Arthur and their animals
    • Loch Arthur Farms
Re: Hello from dumfries
« Reply #12 on: September 11, 2013, 12:11:44 am »
Hi Sandy, greetings fro across the road  ;D

 

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