Author Topic: Hi  (Read 3596 times)

mattjen

  • Joined Jun 2010
  • eastington
Hi
« on: June 21, 2010, 09:12:33 pm »
Hello,we are matt and jen,we are in the process of starting up a small holding mainly pigs and chickens,i was a intesive pig fattening manager for 2years which entailed working on the fattening unit and at the otrher end of the scale at the breeding end, ie serving AI and then bringing the babies into the world and rearing from then on,and worked on 2 other units just rearing from birth till 30 kilo, all landrace cross large white, but  after a break of 10 years im missing my piggies so have decided to get a couple of my own to start with and get a few chickens, so any advice for starting up from scratch would be gratefully welcome,
Many thanks Matt and Jen

jameslindsay

  • Joined Feb 2009
  • Nr St Andrews, Fife
  • "Blossom" one of my Pygmy Goats
Re: Hi
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2010, 09:19:36 pm »
Hi, welcome and good luck. :wave:

Cobra

  • Joined Jun 2010
  • Somerset
    • Millers Of Sedgemoor
    • Facebook
Re: Hi
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2010, 09:35:26 pm »
Hi Matt & Jen, Welcome from Somerset

New here myself, best wish's for a successful venture, I'm hoping to have a pig, pigs are new to me so Ill be watching your progress with great interest.

Where you guys from?

mattjen

  • Joined Jun 2010
  • eastington
Re: Hi
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2010, 10:46:24 pm »
hi there we are from stroud near gloucester,

knightquest

  • Joined May 2010
  • Birmingham
    • Knight Pet Supplies
Re: Hi
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2010, 10:53:27 pm »
Hello and welcome from Birmingham. 'Tis great on here  :wave:
Ian (me), Diane (my wife) and 4 dogs. Ollie (Lab mix) , Quest (Malamute), Gazer and Boris (Leonbergers)

piggy

  • Joined Oct 2008
Re: Hi
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2010, 11:50:02 pm »
Hi and welcome from Suffolk.

Hilarysmum

  • Joined Oct 2007
Re: Hi
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2010, 06:49:47 am »
Hi welcome, will you be keeping you new pigs out doors?   :)   :pig:

mattjen

  • Joined Jun 2010
  • eastington
Re: Hi
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2010, 10:32:17 am »
Hi there again, to be fair we are still looking for premises so not sure,but thatis really the only thing holding us up, :pig:
comments and suggestions welcomed

JulieS

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Devon - EX39 5RF
    • Ford Mill Farm
Re: Hi
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2010, 11:48:19 am »
Hello and welcome from Devon  :)

Whereabouts are you?
Pedigree GOS Pigs and Butchery for Smallholders.

mattjen

  • Joined Jun 2010
  • eastington
Re: Hi
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2010, 12:01:38 pm »
we are from stonehouse near gloucester :pig:

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Hi
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2010, 01:40:51 pm »
Hi and welcome. I worked on an intensive pig farm many years ago. Couldn't do it now.

Daisys Mum

  • Joined May 2009
  • Scottish Borders
Re: Hi
« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2010, 09:16:11 pm »

Hi and welcome from the Scottish Borders, I have 3 OSBs at the moment they are brilliant! ;D
Anne

 

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