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Newboy · Joined: 13 Jan 2009 Posts: 7 Location: Cork

Hello to all......just signed up,

have chickens Very Happy

since July 08 but looking to expand into bees and pigs this year.

Regards
Newboy

wayland · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 1171 Location: Campile. Wexford

Hi and welcome Newboy. I will be getting into pigs and bees this year also. Once the last of the goats have gone. Good luck. We need newboys and girls on this site as most of the old ones are not here any more.
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Camile · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:16 pm Post subject:

Hi Newboy .. and welcome in ..

Finally someone else with chickens ! we needed that .. or at least I did ..'

how many ? what are they ? tell me everything ..

We do intend to get some pigs this year too .. as for the last 3 years ..

and sadly we lost the bees this year .. after a bumper crop of 80 lb jars from the one hive ..

Camile

phil · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:42 pm Post subject:

Welcome to the forum where abouts are you based.

Newboy · Joined: 13 Jan 2009 Posts: 7 Location: Cork

Hi Gang, i'm close to Watergrasshill in Cork, only 6 girls at the moment, 3 Light Sussex and 3 welsummers, getting approx 3 eggs per day, which isn't bad for January i'm told, going to buy in a few fertile eggs in March as i'm sure one of the LS will go broody.

Have to say it's been a joy getting the girls Laughing

, the kids think it's cool to collect their own eggs, even the OH (who thought i was mad) has now decided that it was a really positive move on my part to get them.

If fact she got me a Bee keeping course for my Xmas present as i'm really looking forward to our own honey Very Happy

Still i think it might take a little while to talk her into getting a couple of pigs!

blowin · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:53 am Post subject:

Welcome to the forum Wink

You will almost certainly find that someone will let you have a few young birds if you have any trouble in hatching your own .

patmk · Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:13 am Post subject:

high newboy, patmk here. I got pigs for the first time four years ago. I found an electric fence with a wire 8 inches of the ground works brilliant after a two years put your veg in and you won't believe what you can grow their.
I live one mile from a pig farm to control disease they got seddleback cross for me so I wouldn't bring them in myself . I was glad to help them.
a neighbour of mine who grows veg for the country markets gives me loads of veg for my pigs.

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