any advice on keeping livestock?

[lacroupade]

Think you just talked yourself out of it very convincingly!

Plank it boils down to one thing; is it pets or money? If its pets then it doesn't matter what you get really - sheep need more grass than you'd think - but if its money then the piggy is streets ahead of the game..! and takes less space. oink oink!

http://www.britishkunekunesociety.org.uk/

they are a bit anal but its a useful site....

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

you have convinced my, you will just have to convince 'her indoors' ! :thumbs

 

[zippy656]

you have convinced my, you will just have to convince 'her indoors' ! :thumbs

just need to show her the numbers, im sure she'll see it your way in the end


if not pur your foot down with a firm hand!

 

[extreme-4x4]

just need to show her the numbers, im sure she'll see it your way in the end


if not pur your foot down with a firm hand!

just like mrs zipps does:lol:lol:lol

 

[zippy656]

hay

you been taling to her then have you bud?

 

[extreme-4x4]

hay

you been taling to her then have you bud?

ohhhh yes... and what a girl:naughty

 

[zippy656]

she's sat next to me looking like this

 

[extreme-4x4]

she's sat next to me looking like this

hello again mrs zipps:kissy:kissy:kissy

 

[zippy656]

she just waved when i said you said hello again

 

[willow]

Hi Plank
Pigs and turkeys:thumbs:thumbs and chickens of course if you have room ducks too all for meat and eggs
Pigs buy in weaners now and kill sept/ nov:thumbs
Turkeys buy in growers in june kill december
Ducks muscoveys/pekin/magpie/cambells/aylesburyall good layers and meat again buy in may /june growers and kill december.
I keep 3 turkeys a breeding trio through the winter just because they are hard to get hold of in the spring.
Turkeys supply a lot of meat for very little input and so do pigs:thumbs
Pigs need a good electric fencing to keep them in:lol:lol but once they learn it they only send one member of the pack out each morning to check it is on:lol:lol:lol so never switch it off:thumbs
Sheep get up every morning with one thing in mind...How can I kill myself today:lol:lol
Buy in may /june kill nov/dec no need for shearing or foot trimming:thumbs but only if you have grass and lots of it
Pigs can soon become pets but do not get tempted to keep them.
Good luck :thumbs

 

[Deleted account DD]

All the advice about not treating them as pets reminds me of a friend who got a duck to prepare for xmas. Youve guessed it, xmas dinner came from the butchers and the duck who eventually died from old age was buried alongside the pond in a private ceremony :lol:lol

I personally have no interest in keeping livestock but what I do like is good quality meat. If you get the pigs plank and then get a butcher to process them for you and the food chain is accountable and they taste good ie a "proffesional" set up, I'm sure theres a handsome profit in it :thumb2

 

[lacroupade]

I've left my missus alone for the weekend and shes been out and bought a bloody kune kune boar for £100 - so my two ladies will be getting plenty from now on, but with piglets selling at £70-80, they are allowed!!! :lol