The Poultry Keeper

mojo · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 3:51 pm Post subject: livestock

i havnt any(cat and dog dont count) but am very nosey so piccys of llamas,cattle,ponies,,horses,pigs and even an odd character to guess the name of would be so very welcome.so everyone please try to include a piccy with your first posting........thankyou and thanks stephen too..................mojo

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6805 Location: isle of lewis

now i never have to go anywhere else again Very Happy

,sorry mojo haven't got a camera ,one of those that goes with the computer ,just got to grips with this computer thing ,but my goats are due (now) ,sometime and after lossing one and nearly having to use a humane killer myself ,(she died first and lossing both kids ),i'm worried sick .but debs are lovely .
suz

debcat · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:05 pm Post subject:

Trudiewoo

debcat · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:06 pm Post subject:

Whoops,
2 trudiewoo's and no Meg

Jamie · Joined: 24 Apr 2005 Posts: 260 Location: Devon.

Ahh. Lol.

debcat · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:41 pm Post subject:

Meg

summayah · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 4289 Location: luton

lovely pictures, and look at all the open space............you can almost smell the fresh air from here!

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6805 Location: isle of lewis

not fair where are your clumps of grass that it takes 2 of us half an hour each to deal with ,is that your erskay,yes there's lots of fresh air we get a lot of it in winter ,lovely day here today
suz

debcat · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:14 pm Post subject:

Mine more mud at the minute, the back fields full of clumps.
Thats the eriskay, she looks so quiet in the pic as well, until you try and get her to do something.

Hows the goat, has she kidded yet?

Fangs · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:16 pm Post subject:

aww they are both so lovely!! u must be so happy havnig tha horse and that sheep both of u
Fangs

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 6805 Location: isle of lewis

no ,no kidding yet Shocked

but my daughter hasn't taken her eyes off her back side all day and it's sunday Embarassed

(only kidding),it's worse as she is one of a rare breed ,and only young ,still she's done feeds ,milking and water ,i hope she doesn't sleep in there tonight ,daughter not the goat ,just had a thought can she get a goat though her window .is trudiewoo a scottish blackface ,my farvorite ,think those are next on my list .
suz

debcat · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:38 pm Post subject:

She's a suffolk X, my first sheep and spoiled rotton, she was trying to get to my pockets for a treat

wee_scot_chick · Joined: 24 Apr 2005 Posts: 86 Location: isle of lewis

wow debcat, i love your meg she's beutiful! how old is she? she looks just she docile, but i bet sometimes not quite! Laughing

i really like the dun(?) in the background
gizmo

Jamie · Joined: 24 Apr 2005 Posts: 260 Location: Devon.

and another lovely one Laughing

Jamie.

debcat · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 9:35 pm Post subject:

Meg is 5, got to finish breaking her in this summer then she's going up for sale. She is too strong for me now and the kids would never be able to handle her.
Will post a pic of Celti in a mo
Debs