bunnys 1,228 Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 Really enjoyed reading that thread please keep us all updated and the very best of luck . Atb bunnys Quote Link to post Share on other sites
terryd 8,043 Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 Won't have no trouble selling pork presented like that looks top notch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jeppi26 1,855 Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 Shame you too far jai would have ad half of pig ATB with your mission Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dbm 49 Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Just read this from start to finish an WOW youve done a top job jai, it would be a dream come true if i could achieve anything like this, Keep up the good work an keep posting updates will be following this regularly ????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,216 Posted October 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Cheers guys! dbm - That dog in your profile pic looks familiar. . ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dbm 49 Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 You got pm mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
courseadog 231 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Still doing well I see mate had 4 of my pigs go in 3 weeks back and came back. Spot on the flavour is unbelievable and texture and fat was bang on too Had 2 jointed 1 sausaged up and one cured and smoked for gammon ham and bacon freezer is full All feed with veg fruit bread cakes chocolate they eat better then most humans all local farm shop / small supermarket waist Any pellets I feed are no GM poison that commercial pigs are feed Keep at it ideation good topic 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flacko 1,732 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Great thread that's the way to live if you can atb Flacko Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quarter bull 240 Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
patterdalejoel 669 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 are they easycares? what are the wooly tups against the fence, berrichons? are you using those as a terminal sire? hope your docking at least some of the tail of the gimmers youll have those long tails make me feel sick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,216 Posted February 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Just seen this, some of the smaller ones are Easycares, most of the rest are another shedding hybrid. There are about 50 here now. Half are docked, the other half not. And yep i'll be docking mine. Hopefully everything is in lamb. Some to a maternal tup (the big white one) and others to the two tup lambs you pointed out, Charmoise. Will be scanning the ewes next week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,190 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 There's been lambs for about fornight at rockfield,when you lambing jai? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Have to say well done mate. Living the dream :-). I have a bit of field envy :-). All the best. My advice would be - do one job at a time, and complete it before moving onto next, don't have too much going on, or it will sicken you. Enjoy :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,216 Posted February 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Probably should do a bit of an update sometime. I've rationalised things a bit. We have a barn down the field. The two saddleback sows are living back outside now the weather is picking up, and we have 11 growers from the last litter, all about 50-60 kilo now, in a paddock with access to the barn. We've got a selection of poultry in one run. But the sheep have become the main focus. I've ended up with about 50 acres of year round grazing and another 20 of winter keep, with more looking likely. This year we are lambing forty odd outside in April. Fingers crossed it goes ok, and hopefully we will increase flock size to about eighty for next year, and who knows after that. It's better economics and less time consuming day to day than the pigs. And yes, it very nearly sickened me at the start! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Sounds great :-) Best of luck to you :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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