Guest cookiemonsterandmerlin Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Poor little piggy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,217 Posted September 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Fancied rearing a couple myself ,but finding land round here is nigh on impossible its all horses and turf ,my grandad used to breed em,collected pig buckets all over the district and boiled it up for them,many moons ago! You dont need a huge amount of land for pigs, and the best thing is that you can use land that no other f****r wants, which is how i got this land, it'd lain unused for about 15 years as it was so overgrown and rough. Decided over dinner that a couple of goats will probably be next, if anyone has any advice on them? Just for meat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,217 Posted September 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Meant to say, apart from the leeks and carrots, the veg is home grown and the apple sauce is home made Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cookiemonsterandmerlin Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Goats hate the wet Jai must be very well sheltered I cannot overstress this factor ATB Cookie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Why don't you grow carrots jai ? I've grew some cracking ones in the past. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,217 Posted September 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Never had much luck with them here Scott, don't know why? This year has been bad for the veg anyway, the sweet corn was a bit crap. The only thing that really did well, were the potatoes and the beans. Cookie - really? I've seen folk with them staked out? How much space do you think a goat would need? It would be ideal for me to be able to stick them out on chains in the 'jungle' rather than build a new enclosure, although it would be possible to stick them in some kind of shelter or shed at night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 21,657 Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 how about wild boar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
northern lad 2,292 Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Dont know a right lot about goats Jai,had curried goat at a jamaican party we went to one night and can highly reccomend it I grow all my own veg and kept chickens I have two rear gardens one is quite large,its a funny street I live on ,row of six terraced houses middle of manchaster,3 of us keep chickens ,one keeps bees and my next door neighbour races whippets and keeps ferrets.Any land around here (i live 100yds from hundreds of acres of farm land)is all used for growing turf,its like a giant bowling green!It used to be more traditional farming methods,but the arse fell out of it,any square foot of land without turf has horses on it I may have to look further afield,how labour intensive are they? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cookiemonsterandmerlin Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Never had much luck with them here Scott, don't know why? This year has been bad for the veg anyway, the sweet corn was a bit crap. The only thing that really did well, were the potatoes and the beans. Cookie - really? I've seen folk with them staked out? How much space do you think a goat would need? It would be ideal for me to be able to stick them out on chains in the 'jungle' rather than build a new enclosure, although it would be possible to stick them in some kind of shelter or shed at night. Yes folk do tether them but they hate it rhoddodendron and privet etc will kill them as well Small holders forum is good source But there great things we use to have one he use to stand on a old mini van and folk drove pasted and watched him they would nearly crash. A hardy sheep would be better even your standard welsh black faces ATB Cookie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,217 Posted September 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Wild Boar . . . . . . .feck that, keeping them enclosed is a bloody nightmare. We have them on the shoot and they are nowt but a headache! NL - Yer, i like goat, just dont know much about raising them With regard to labour intensity, i built the enclosure, put the pigs in, and just fed and watered them daily until i took them to the slaughter house, they were really easy to keep to be honest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
northern lad 2,292 Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Last year the carrots were that hammered by carrot fly here I binned the lot!this year has been crap,too wet and too cold!onions are small,spring onions only just bulbing,cabbage and swede did really well though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,217 Posted September 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Cheers cookie - good to know that, might have to knock up another pen and stick a couple of goats in. I'm not sure even the hardiest of sheep would do well on that land, until i reseed what the pigs dug up (thats the plan). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
northern lad 2,292 Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Let us know how you get on with the goats mate,the pigs looked really good :thumbs:I think I read somewhere if you only want meat goats,to go for castrated males Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cookiemonsterandmerlin Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Jai a few pics of the ground would help me on a advice on reseeding etc is the ground steep etc Cookie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gamerooster 1,179 Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Never had much luck with them here Scott, don't know why? This year has been bad for the veg anyway, the sweet corn was a bit crap. The only thing that really did well, were the potatoes and the beans. Cookie - really? I've seen folk with them staked out? How much space do you think a goat would need? It would be ideal for me to be able to stick them out on chains in the 'jungle' rather than build a new enclosure, although it would be possible to stick them in some kind of shelter or shed at night. Yes folk do tether them but they hate it rhoddodendron and privet etc will kill them as well Small holders forum is good source But there great things we use to have one he use to stand on a old mini van and folk drove pasted and watched him they would nearly crash. A hardy sheep would be better even your standard welsh black faces ATB Cookie there a scottish breed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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