
hello from the fens
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- Tom Good
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hello from the fens

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Re: hello from the fens
Hi chicken feed, welcome to Ish.
Lucky you, raising your own meat!

Lucky you, raising your own meat!

Maggie
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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Anais Nin
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Hi ther and welcome 

Let us be lovely
And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton
Member of the Ish Weight Loss Club since 10/1/11 Started at 12st 8 and have lost 8lb so far!
And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton
Member of the Ish Weight Loss Club since 10/1/11 Started at 12st 8 and have lost 8lb so far!
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Re: hello from the fens
Hi and welcome to ISH! 

The cockerel makes the noise, the hen produces the goods!! anon
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Re: hello from the fens
Welcome to ISH
Do you have any Saddlebacks? They are my favourite pig, to keep & to eat.
MW

Do you have any Saddlebacks? They are my favourite pig, to keep & to eat.
MW
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Re: hello from the fens
Hi and welcome!
http://chateaumoorhen.blogspot.com/boboff wrote:Oh and just for MMM,(thanks)
Re: hello from the fens
Hi there, i am Fenland too, in Chatteris. Where are you? We have found some lovely people to get our hens from. I am just starting to forage too. Bit damp at the mo, though!
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Re: hello from the fens
Welcome! You are indeed so lucky to grow your own meat!



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Hello ,I'm newish too,this is a good place.Have you checked out British Lops? Top pig bar none.
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You obviously shift a few pigs,if your lops are pure bred have you tried the rare breed meat scheme? Better prices,nicer butchers happier customers,sounds like they are paying me,but they aren't (honest!).Any how nice to speak to some pig people,I'm always up for exchanging cures,sausage recipes etc.
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I know Brian from the Britsh Lop society,even if you only sell a few to a butcher,the rare breeds marketing scheme is worth looking into.I've sold all our stock ready to move abroad,(except for an old barren sow that I cant bring myself to send off,as it will be the first time I havent had a pig for many years-she'll probably be dead in the sty one morning.and I'll need a JCB to get her out!)But when we've settled I'll buy some of the progeny of the stock I've sold,and start again in a small way. Are your goats milk or meat?