The Poultry Keeper

Teasal · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:45 pm Post subject:

Hey - I like a challenge!!

Having looked at nannies for sale, prices are high compared to when I bought my goats. I was given the two boys as they were rolling their owners pygmys down the field ......well, just having a bit of fun, weren't they.

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7144 Location: isle of lewis

i was going to say the same thing Wink

my first goat here ,was alvida she came with a togg,we called her vd for short Embarassed

she was pure old english ,she was 8 years old and had moved from home to home slowly up the country never staying in one home for more than 6 months from just outside portsmouth,didn't like humans very much ,we went to buy 2 toggs and she followed us around Shocked

,we were told she was off to the slaughter house as she was a real pain and a nightmare to keep/milk ,and the soon she went the better ,we brought her here, on the isle of lewis ,you see her in the pics with my daughter in the corner sometimes ,she was pain ,but followed my husband around and if he was mending the car and it was jacked up would wiggle underneath to see what he was doing ,she lost half her udder when it sheared off after a nick ,when we had the huge storm a few years ago she spent the night in the bathroom as the front and roof ended up being blown off and over the hill on the moors , may is her granddaughter Very Happy

,it was a sad day when she died
nonie said to me the other day ,her lecturer said you don't make life easy for yourself otherwise you wouldn't like goats Wink

i'm sure that you'll enjoy her now Very Happy

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7144 Location: isle of lewis

well i've had a phone call this morning would i take storm back ,woman who owns her has had complants about her escaping ,she is with another goat ,so we said yep ,she's tog x gg ,not huge so it looks as if my flock has just increased ,recomemend electric but person said she couldn't afford it and she was to strong ,so we said she could come Sad

farmercoop · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject:

pics pics pics Very Happy

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7144 Location: isle of lewis

she'll be coming as soon as i can sort out pens so will be a week
then i'll post some pics Wink

,to be honest a bit disappointed about it as it changes all my plans for next year and makes things awkward although ,feed costs were also mentioned ,it's not horrendous and we can get around things Wink

farmercoop · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:31 pm Post subject:

yeah im sure feed will be a problem, some week i sometimes have to think about cutting down on the poultr but i never can, hehe. if you were closer id have her, love the gurnseys!

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7144 Location: isle of lewis

she's more togg than gg ,full sister to the goat looking into debs window ,she will be a really good milker ,

debcat · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:04 pm Post subject:

this is April

Storm is a bit bigger

farmercoop · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject:

gourjous!!