Moel 18 Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Jai, great thread and thanks for the pointer on the Draper fence thing, works really well. Jealous....Would really like geese at some point, can make a very very healthy profit on Turkeys at Christmas (eggs ordered for the incubator this week), imagine a good flock of geese are even better as near enough no feed costs if you've got the grass....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,415 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Have enjoyed this thread but one thing a place like that needs is a Poteen Still and THEN it would be a little piece of heaven. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rebel 831 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Have enjoyed this thread but one thing a place like that needs is a Poteen Still and THEN it would be a little piece of heaven. Haha Neil, it would be heaven until lads started drinking the poteen. Then all hell would break loose, haha. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,216 Posted May 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Tell me how to make one and i'll do it, sounds like a grand idea. Been tinkering around in the sun today, getting a few plants out, got some chills, some greens and some strawberries out, and got some other stuff in the greenhouse I need to stick out soon. Also stuck some raspberry canes in. Did a bit of tidying up, some clearing and sorted out an IBC until I can get the water reconnected. Been enjoying watching the ducks, they are real characters. Did a bit of a head count when I fed everything this evening, and realised we've got 10 pigs, 6 ducks, 8 chickens, 3 geese and 2 bantams down the field, as well as the assorted dogs, ferrets and chooks back at the house. Nice having a bit of stock around, and we've got eggs coming out of our ears! Few pics. Goose House. Just need to build a fence around this area for a bit of a run (and grass it!) Seen another rat this morning so the traps are down! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snifferboy 659 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Good to see the chooks can do a bit of ironing! Is that pick up canopy being used as a pig arc? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,216 Posted May 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Aye, I pulled that 'retro' ironing board out of the scrap pile mate, before I weighed a load of it in. They like it as a perch and it makes me smile. And yep, got two pick up canopies as pig arks so far, a long with a metal one I blagged from the estate (ex wild boar ark) and two wooden ones i've made, so it's saved me a few quid. Most things i've been using have been reclaimed, recycled or just blagged. . . . or donated by awesome folk. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vanman1 411 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Sounds pretty good to me mate, what kind of sheep do you keep out of interest? At the mo ive got southdowns,but ive got a few contacts in the game so i have whatevers available at the time really normally get 2/3 at a time and have 2 culls a year . Iam thinking of breeding me own but only normaly give the fella £20 a pair so not sure if its worth the greif! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,216 Posted May 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 (edited) Moved the geese into their new home today. First night the traps down and had a bite . . Been getting plenty of nice eggs. And the next part of the grand plan arrived today . . . . Edited May 16, 2014 by Ideation 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 (edited) I only eat duck eggs if I can help it, lightly poached. Absolutely gorgeous, the daughter in law gets them off a chap in work £2 for half a dozen. I have to ask, what are the Pietrain bottles for? TC Edited May 16, 2014 by tiercel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,216 Posted May 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 (edited) Aye, i've pretty much only been eating duck eggs, been getting five a day from five ducks Edited to add - but those blue eggs are chicken eggs Those bottles, are part of my breeding programme Edited May 16, 2014 by Ideation Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 The blue eggs did not show up on my pc, are they old cotswoulds legbars? Is it semen in the bottles? I thought it may be something to do with artificial insemination? TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,216 Posted May 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Yer, the photo of the eggs isn't the best, but they are a hybrid made up of leg bar and some other bits, solid layers and nice blue eggs, folk like them even though they taste the same. And yup, it's boar semen, from Ireland, and at some point this weekend i'll be attempting to inseminate a saddelback sow with it If it works, should through some great weaners at the end of summer, to run on for meat over winter, should be a nice covering of fat, but not too much, good flavour and a better carcass conformation that a straight saddleback, so bigger chops, joints etc. And good sausages. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Have you tried making Welsh bacon out of the bellies yet? When rabbits were plentiful around here I used to swap them with a butcher for pork bellies and make Welsh bacon out of them. Really nice, no shrinkage, no gunk and crisps up quickly. Just wrap it in grease proof paper and would keep for weeks in the fridge. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,216 Posted May 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 To be fair when I get pigs done for myself, I just have some joints (fore legs and back legs) and just sausage everything else. But this winter i'm going to do a couple of bacon pigs and have a mess around with some bacon, gammon, hams etc. Maybe try a bit of smoking or something. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnny boy68 11,725 Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Moved the geese into their new home today. First night the traps down and had a bite . . Been getting plenty of nice eggs. And the next part of the grand plan arrived today . . . . Spunk and Spices.........nice !! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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