[bamford6]

best off luck with that .my arms are black at the moment . not a bad day

[WinslowPorker]

Are you recovering well Gary? i know my appendix is not even in the same league as you, but mine seems to be going well

[sheila]

Hope you are getting better by the minute gary.

[Wizard]

Sorry its nearly afternoon,we hope you still improve Gary. Been at the quacks and then the chemists Oh Dear Oh me Oh my as Wally Gaiter would say

[bamford6]

very bad wether at the mo ..it looks like the last chance with the mowing grass next week .carnt bail it wet some wether forcast very good next week will cut 3 fields next week .i think im up to that just hope i havent got to wait to turn it then bail .need to cut 1 in square bales and the rest round .will get some help .they wont work my houres thou

[Wizard]

Now you be carefull Gary else I shall send Kath to tune your arse wi a wooden spoon She is an exspurt having raised 5 boys

[bamford6]

Wizard haw about being my farm maniger .you could tell us whot to do.when somethink goes wrong youre to blame that would be fine ,,,,problem haw do we make it pay we have no money in the kittie as it was spent on petrol going to the hospital and stuff.iv still got 150 lambs to sell and some birds the incubaters will be sold this morning .that will sort the shoppin eney idea on haw to sort

[Wizard]

Snag is Gary as I see it you have to have now't ter git inter the system.You have some lambs so you have money It don't matter your bank manager says you have none he don't know he's a fool.We know you have money else you would not have lambs and what do you feed them on They (The Big Brother Mob) know every thing they think and it is one of the most difficult things to do convince them different.If you can manage it you are away.Nothing is to much trouble They offer help all round but you must ask and ask the right question.They will tell you nothing if you don't do it their way.Acquiring a Blue Badge is a good start if your doctor will support you in this That proves you are poorly and need help.It is not the be all and end all but it is very usefull as well as being good for parking Give the system a try mate you never know your luck in a draw

[bamford6]

i have blue badge and on high rate mobility iv got Ankle Arthritis's 1 new hip i new knee.  Knee replacement fixt shoulder and plated for arm .i had 21 breaks when i was 28 got the compinsation from the services bought a hotel on the sea front als well then i thort off a new life in Scotland my mate went bust on his farm so i took the tenatsey on for 5 yeres he still lives in the house i live up the valley in a new build he dos whot he can and i do the rest for 2 yeres its been fine then this bad winter was hell ran out off feed in the new yere £25 pound a day plus the birds will send some picks best

[Wizard]

Oh Gary sorry to hear your poorly's. I seriously doubt if you will be able to join the system. You are on your own pal sorry

[Roxy]

Animal feed is very expensive nowadays, and you need to be making plenty of money off the animals and birds to make it pay.  I have around 5o laying hens, and then raise chicks, bantams and silkies to sell on.  The hen feed bill alone is a lot, and I am now cutting back on my poultry, and hopefully my feed bill.

Lamb prices were up a while back, not sure how things are now.  I know a lot of farmers round us are struggling to keep going on their farms, and a lot have come out of the milk business, and diversified.  Golf driving ranges, livery horse yards, bowling greens, caravan sites,  farmers are doing all these things instead of farming.

Thinking about it, I am about the biggest hen keeper for quite a few miles, in fact not sure where my nearest neighbour with hens is, so that shows, people cannot afford to keep them any more.  Let me do it, and buy my eggs - sensible people eh?

Gary, sounds like you have a lot of health problems, and it must have been a struggle in the winter to keep going and feed all those birds.  Bad enough for a healthy person to cope with.

[bamford6]

roxey its just got out off hand iv just looked whot we have at the moment  American buckeye - aracuna lavender -
cochin silver cuckoo - croad langshan bantam- dorking silver red white-
duck aylesbury cayuga chilean teal red crested pochard mandarin - geese
hawaian red breasted -hamburg gold laced. -indian game blue
laced. -ixworth. -jersey giant blue. -orpington buff choc lavender black
gold laced. -pekin lemon cuckoo lavender partridge red buff black lavender
cuckoo. -plymouth rock barred. -polish millefleur. - rhode island red. -
quail japanese chinese californian. - silkie white black red red bearded
gold blue.-sablepoot gold lemon. - vorwerk. - wyandotte silver gold laced. -
pheasant gold yellow lady amhurst. black rocks wich is 270 birds 42 black rocks and 45 young qual .iv sold the incubaters to day so looking whot to move the young stock takes 2 houres the others take 3 houres in the morning and 2 last thing thats 7 houres with nothink else and i can honistley say i havent made nothink this yere as i missed the sales erleer  on .so i need to loose half or all and start some think else naw the feed bill £260  everey 2 weeks 130 a week eggs sale 35 still leaves 95 a week with out vets bills so £95 chickin  food diesel 30 petrol 30 tesco £150 electric etc thats  just over £300 a week iff i do nothink so i naw need mega help

[Roxy]

You have plenty of good birds there.  Surely selling say half of them at least will raise you a bit of cash, and cut your feed bills, and work load.
I know you have to find something else to do instead, but at least selling will be a step in the right direction.

I have cut down my hens by about a third, due to the feed bills, and everything else like bedding, shavings, wormers, and not we are infested with red mite for the first time ever, so spent money on stuff to get rid of that.  And this week alone I have lost two silkie pullets and two more chicks have been taken - all pullets.  Why is it always the pullets that die/get eaten?  It sometimes makes me want to pack up completely.

[Wizard]

Hello Gary.Well its another bright start here in Gy hope its what you want up your way so you can have a wander out and get better still and you are soon really well.I have reported on last night on my reply to Mick and Chris It takes me ever so long to hunt and peck Wheres the rotton v gone I don't think I have used it this mornin yet ah there it is Very soon we hope! a delivery van man is bringing a parcel  then we can go to town to do a bit of shopping,I know I tell you we go on Saturdays but its the steam rally this weekend so since I have passes we just might go both days.Its great meeting old friends and making new ones.Here is a little ?? Why can I with my respiratory ailments get steam engine smoke blown in my face and it does not make me cough and choke one would think I would be very upset with it but I am not it doesn't affect me at all We shall be like Yogi and Bu bu take a picernic basket and enjoy our sel that v's gone agen

[Hilarysmum]

Hi Gary, my OH has the same heart problem as you.  Like you money is a huge  MASSIVE issue now.  Only advice I can give is don't stress it doesn't ease the money worries and only adds to the health ones. Stress is counterproductive.  As my OH constantly reminds me its so easy to say, not so easy to actually do.  Hope things improve for you very soon.  HM