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hopwitch

Joined: 24 Sep 2006
Posts: 12
Location: Northern Ireland

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 06 10:43 pm Post subject: Pigs etc

Hi - I'm Amanda and I'm in Co. Fermanagh - I have 4 acres which are mostly clay and rushes, but they give me room to look after a collection of waifs and strays - ex-battery chickens, goats, pigs, cats and dogs. I'm self employed, which in theory allows me to work around the committments of the smallholding....... if anyone has a handy bloke to spare that I could borrow for a while I could do with a hand mucking out the pigs!

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 06 10:51 pm Post subject:
Welcome Hopwitch Don't have a spare bloke I'm afraid though What are you self employed as??

hopwitch

Joined: 24 Sep 2006
Posts: 12
Location: Northern Ireland

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 06 11:01 pm Post subject:
Hi - I'm a jack-of-all-trades .... I run an office in the mornings, make wedding and formal dresses in the afternoons and do reiki and massage at the weekend. I'm planning a nervous breakdown between 2.30 and 2.45pm March 22nd 2007!

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 06 11:12 pm Post subject:
Love to help, could do with a holiday in sunny climes but my livestock commitments here wont allow. Very jealous in pig gilt & chickens goats dog cat etc. Sure you'll find one nearer to home. What breed of pigs you keeping?

hopwitch

Joined: 24 Sep 2006
Posts: 12
Location: Northern Ireland

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 06 11:13 pm Post subject:
Hi - I have potbellies and a saddleback who thinks she's a dog and would really like to be indoors

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 06 11:27 pm Post subject:

Mines a saddleback x oldspot who needs a lot of company at the mo till her litter is born. Then she will probably wish she had stayed single

Course I could always load them all in the van & bring them with me !
Wonder what the customs would say at the ferry terminal

"Honest guv we're just on our hols"
Course I'de need a hand to muck out when I got there.
Welcome to downsizer sure you'll like it here.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 06 8:40 am Post subject:
Hmm. I know you can get a pig walking license. Perhaps they should extend it to holidays as well. It would solve a lot of problems. Welcome to the site, Hopwitch

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 06 10:00 am Post subject:
Welcome. I would have expected someone to have said that there's no such thing as a handyman by now. Ooops I've just said it. I'm more of a spare, than a handy

Joey

Joined: 03 Nov 2004
Posts: 191

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 06 11:28 am Post subject:

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Co. Fermanagh - I have 4 acres which are mostly clay and rushes.

Ah! Bout ye! Co Fermanagh, half of it under water, and the rest should be!

I'm a Tyrone man myself, handy with a graip, but I'm afraid I'm not spare

Sally Too

Joined: 14 Sep 2006
Posts: 2511
Location: N.Ireland

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 06 3:45 pm Post subject:
Another "Hello" from Norn Ireland! I'm in Co. Down. Sal

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46359
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 06 3:48 pm Post subject:
im not but hello , the archives here are good as well as the live

dougal

Joined: 15 Jan 2005
Posts: 7184
Location: South Kent

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 06 8:58 pm Post subject:
Its highly debateable as to how handy I might be, but please feel free to post a photo - of the pigs! Hope you'll enjoy joining in.

hopwitch

Joined: 24 Sep 2006
Posts: 12
Location: Northern Ireland

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 06 10:19 am Post subject:
Latest addition to family - 5ish (haven't counted properly) new arrivals in the fancy mouse household

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