The Poultry Keeper

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7328 Location: isle of lewis

great about the cultures ,i make up a batch of cheese culture and put it in ice cube trays ,and freeze it and then pop them out into bags they last ages
and wrapping them is a problem they eat the paper Rolling Eyes

and the horns are hard to wrap Laughing

CP · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:23 am Post subject:

stephen · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:02 pm Post subject:

debcat · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject:

hope you've got loads of room

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7328 Location: isle of lewis

have you got room for 11

debcat · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:31 pm Post subject:

mind you they might all be boys Rolling Eyes

stephen · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject:

In that case we'll need a big freezer!

I've smuggled food in today Smile

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7328 Location: isle of lewis

have you got an elasticater

jaydee67 · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:12 am Post subject:

Please remeber to take a camera - especially to take a pic of Nigel's face when he realises what is going on - and yours when he realises we were all in on it! Wink

debcat · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject:

when are they arriving?
and
when are the kids due Very Happy

jaydee67 · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:46 pm Post subject:

I can just imagine the conversations - 'Nigel we're about to have new additions to the farm - and the kids are coming soon!'

'Mum, Dad, we've got kids - a boy and a girl!'

debcat · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 10:58 pm Post subject:

thats worse than the conversation I had with my dad - none of us ever tell him anything cos he only moans
I'd had them 4 months when we had this conversation and he'd eavesdropped on my mum and sister

dad NO ONE TELLS ME ANYTHING!! whats this about goats
me well I might have a couple
dad they'd better not be having babies
me too late the first one was born 2 days ago
dad there'd better not be any more
me ummm, the other one's due any day

he's seen them now and thinks they are great, or at least preferable to horses Shocked

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stephen · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:17 am Post subject:

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7328 Location: isle of lewis

my kids are about ready to go now ,the lad will stay a while ,i've got one goat left and as i wouldn't sell one goat to anyone that that doesn't already have one ,i'm a bit tempted to keep her ,but don't tell anyone Wink

if you are getting stuff from ascott for your cheese making ,can i recomend a piece of kit that is really really useful it's a rope halter ,they go in the washing machine ,and give much more control than a collar ,they are cheep Very Happy

stephen · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:45 am Post subject:

I'll keep that in mind, previously when Nigel had talked about goats he'd talked about collars with bells.