I don't fancy keeping turkeys, they're so damn ugly. Might make them easier to eat though
Don't you have to keep them apart from your chickens in case they catch something? (Black something?)
judith
Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 22789 Location: Montgomeryshire
Posted: Tue May 10, 05 4:06 pm Post subject:
tahir wrote:
They may well do, if I ever get any flippin land I'll consider it but only if it's over 15 acres, up to 15 acres the only livestock I'd have are chickens
That's a lot of chickens!
sean Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 42219 Location: North Devon
Posted: Tue May 10, 05 4:08 pm Post subject:
Judith wrote:
tahir wrote:
They may well do, if I ever get any flippin land I'll consider it but only if it's over 15 acres, up to 15 acres the only livestock I'd have are chickens
That's a lot of chickens!
I think he wants three of them, but at a safe distance.
Gertie
Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Posts: 1638 Location: Yorkshire
Posted: Tue May 10, 05 4:10 pm Post subject:
I was going to suggest bee-keeping for Tahir, they are smaller, and it is the norm to wear protective gear!
Gertie
Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Posts: 1638 Location: Yorkshire
Posted: Tue May 10, 05 4:11 pm Post subject:
Bugs wrote:
I don't fancy keeping turkeys, they're so damn ugly.
Awwww, I think they are cute - am I sad? No, please don't bother to answer that last bit.
I reckon I'd only keep up to a max of 100 chickens, for a mix of meat and egg production. Just enough to keep me and my (extended) family self sufficient
I was going to suggest bee-keeping for Tahir, they are smaller, and it is the norm to wear protective gear!
that's one thing i definitely want to try
judith
Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 22789 Location: Montgomeryshire
Posted: Tue May 10, 05 4:15 pm Post subject:
tahir wrote:
Judith wrote:
That's a lot of chickens!
I reckon I'd only keep up to a max of 100 chickens, for a mix of meat and egg production. Just enough to keep me and my (extended) family self sufficient
Trees are my thing, absolutely love 'em, I'm going on a course in agroforestry and another on forest gardening, so it'll be probably be something like (ideal scenario, 15 acres)
2 acres cultivated, various crops
1 acre under glass in various greenhouses/polytunnels
5 acres mixed woodland with limited coppicing and sap harvesting as well as fungus cultivation (can't wait for the article on mushroom cultivation)
1 acre extremely fragrant garden including a magnolia forest
And the rest as orchard/nut groves
Gertie
Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Posts: 1638 Location: Yorkshire
Posted: Tue May 10, 05 4:23 pm Post subject:
tahir wrote:
Gertie wrote:
I was going to suggest bee-keeping for Tahir, they are smaller, and it is the norm to wear protective gear!
that's one thing i definitely want to try
Now are we talking bee-keeping - or wearing the gear!
I think they are cute - am I sad? No, please don't bother to answer that last bit. 
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