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Fantasy livestock?
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:19 pm
LAIC
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Joined: 29 Apr 2009
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What would you keep if you could? How many? What breeds? What would you do with the produce?
The readyuk fantasy farm takes shape...........................
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:10 pm
Gribbie
Joined: 29 Apr 2009
Posts: 39
Mini cows
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:52 am
LAIC
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Dexters are quite mini - I'd liek some of them; or Belted Galloways. Ouissant sheepa re mini too, they'd be useful, and a few old fashioned pigs; some emat chickens and rabbits.
Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:46 pm
CheapsKate
Joined: 01 May 2009
Posts: 81
We've said that if we had a bit of land, we'd only go for meat and egg chickens, ducks and geese because we could kill them ourselves. Larger animals require an abattoir for slaughter and that means shelling out cash! I'd love goats as well though.
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:29 pm
LAIC
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You can slaughter at home for home consumption, but you still need to be confident and capable of a proper kill.
I think if the SHTF, though, a lot of things will go by the board, and folk will jsut be left to get on with things. Not sure how good or how bad that is, potentially.
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:50 am
CheapsKate
Joined: 01 May 2009
Posts: 81
It's the ability to do it properly ourselves which would put us off having larger livestock and I think we'd live happily enough on poultry.
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Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:35 am
nita
Joined: 20 May 2009
Posts: 31
Location: whitfield, kent
4 - 6 goats, geese, few ducks, couple of pigs and around 5 sheep. and if i had the money and land id also have a couple of ponies and a trap
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