The Poultry Keeper

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7367 Location: isle of lewis

went to work yesterday the chap who offered me a couple of sock lambs appologized and said that he still remembered ,i said that was alright as i had 3 ewe lambs to be getting on with ,so he said right oh ,oh you have ewe lambs
i've got a love tup lamb ,i don't sell the tups but i give away a couple each year to friends ,the thing is i really don't want his breed and my sheep are electric fence trained ,so how the hell do i say i'm sorry Sad

,it would mean having a ram all the time ,it's lovely of him but i do love the black faces any ideas
and i haven't been on because i'm looking for a billy goat and i cannot find an unrelated one ,on the island so i'm having to go further afield ,which is difficult because i don't leave the island because of the blue men Rolling Eyes

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has any body been to the fur and feather in scotland Question

George · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5661 Location: London

Be assertive dear,

Just tell him you are sorry but don't want a tup lamb, but you appreciate his offer

George · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5661 Location: London

CP · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:11 am Post subject:

You mean you've never heard of the blue men George?? Rolling Eyes

Gilly C · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 2620 Location: South Cumbria

at 'the blue men'
you will have to be firm about the tup !

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7367 Location: isle of lewis

it was so nice of him to offer Very Happy

,the swaydales that he has, are his pride and joy and he is a lovely chap from harris reminds me of father christmas always chuckling Laughing

,the thing is i do like the blackies Very Happy

and quite keen on suffok and there are some to rent ones ,one is a smasher ,but deb will tell you what i'm like a choosing rams Embarassed

, that's the way i'd like to go ,the croft is working out well ,must take some pics ,there is so much to do down there Rolling Eyes

a billy is coming to stay for 3 weeks
but because of the ferry across it's very expensive only 2 people on the island have billies , it looks as if i'm going to have to get my own travelling billy Shocked

me

assertive george Shocked

the blue men live under the waves in the minches , they sink ships unless you can sing a ditty better than them
so i've had it Twisted Evil

George · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5661 Location: London

Ah, but you say they sink ships, you never mentioned ferries, so you'd be ok Wink

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7367 Location: isle of lewis

oh i don't know george our one had a near miss last year ,
lorries turned over ,a vintage car under a lorry ,and the poor drivers where stuck on there for 14 and a half hours
it should take about 3 ,so their singing was probably as bad as mine Wink

plus who would milk the goats holi only lets down for me Twisted Evil

somebodies going to the auction so i'm going to give her a couple of quick lesons in conformation and a couple of pics and hopefully she'll bring something nice back for me it's not ideal ,but the best i can do unless some kind person knows of a togg herd on skye Wink

George · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5661 Location: London

Oh, well I hope it works out for you Smile

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7367 Location: isle of lewis

so do i george other wize in about 4 years milking nanny's will not be on the island
i was once made to go to assertiveness classes tried to say no but they wouldn't listen Wink

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7367 Location: isle of lewis

i'm off to the croft to feed the sheep ,i'll take some photo's while i'm there Very Happy

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7367 Location: isle of lewis

here is a few pics of the new croft ,the sheep on the new croft it goes to the trees at the bottom

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you'll have to excuse the rain drops it's not a nice day out there

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7367 Location: isle of lewis

here is the view from the bottom of the croft

and sweetums

and a couple of pics of oh feeding the sheep

and another pic of the croft looking up

poultry poofs · Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:27 pm Post subject:

Excellent suz,I am sure how hard you work you will soon have it how you want it with the help of Sweetums and friends Laughing

rich

Gilly C · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 2620 Location: South Cumbria

You are so lucky and real sea, we overlook Morecambe Bay but no waves here, it is pretty though and I shall miss it when Hubby retires, this was High Tide today

it doesn't usually come anywhere near that far that is Ingleborough in the distance just off centre normally half that area would be saltmarsh with grazing sheep