Single hen

[buffie]

Well 2006 is here and we have set ourselves a goal. We want a smallholding and it's all those pesky chickens fault (love em ) Any of you thinking along these lines? We've said 5 years!

 

Have started considering where as it needs to be around northants/beds area I think. Don't want to be cut off again and also parents moved to be nearer to us from Wales

 

I shall go and day dream as I shut the girls up for the night!

 

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[bracken]

We would love to do the live off the land bit,especially with the livestock!

We would have to be vegetarians though......couldnt kill anything i looked after....neither could oh

Unlike when my dad was a kid.

You had to,to survive.

I'm just a soft hearted whimp.

But good luck to your project

[buffie]

Yes well we would have very relieved animals just a few for the country feeling. Holiday type experience with some courses perhaps and cooking. Children experience animals... well...Dream away!

 

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[Mrs Frugal]

We've been dreaming that dream for a few years now, Buffie but the right place just won't come up for sale! They are either too far away or too expensive but we're still looking, still hoping and still dreaming.

[The Dogmother]

It's our dream too Buff - we saw a lovely place in Norfolk (a derelict farm), but I couldn't move Rosie away from Banbury - her dad (and Rosie) wouldn't like it, which is a shame. Also I need to have a regular income to support Rosie.

 

Dream on...

[buffie]

I think dreaming is creative thinking! I encourage myself to do it as it's officially good for you says...me! Seriously if you don't aim for something you just stay stuck so you can dream and who knows...One day.

 

The chickens are the start and we have to start somewhere, eh!!

 

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[Fleata]

i would love to have a small holding, but dont have the financial means, but dreaming about it is nice and about as close as im ever gonna get.

[Lesley]

Yes, chickens do have a lot to answer for! - look where having two chickens has led us

 

And...... we found the ideal house today - rural, remote, no neighbours and 7 acres - just way out of our price range

[Popcorn]

awwww....lesley...the right place will come along and it will be perfect for you.

 

Maybe we need an 'omlet collective' and share the land and the animals

 

(if you buy a big enough house Lesley we can all move in too )

[buffie]

An Omlet Co-Op!!

 

I can't look yet but our plan is to put spare cash (yeah rght) into paying off the mortgage. That's the plan to make it easier to achieve..I like to plan ahead...way ahead!

 

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[Popcorn]

Good to have a plan BB! Gives ou something to look forward to

[The Dogmother]

That's a fab idea Buffie - we'll all come to stay with you!

[buffie]

 

boarders welcome, just need to work out the rent!

 

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[The Dogmother]

I'll bring my Marigolds then shall I?

 

Rosie does well at looking after chickens

[Louise]

There was an Island off the west coast for sale not so long ago that would just about be big enough for us all but I think it sold for a couple of million

[Mel (& Paul)]

We want to move too, but after the dog attack on Wednesday I am seriously thinking that more animals would just be too stressful.

[The Dogmother]

Hopefully that won't happen again, he was just following his instincts, but it hurts like hell at the time. Give it a couple of months and you might feel differently - you pratically have a farm there anyway

[The Dogmother]

Ahhh, warms the cockles of my heart

 

PS Phil's looking forward to meeting a fellow enthusiast of derelict railway stations See you next Saturday.

[buffie]

Dan looking forward to meeting you and cheers to the small holding. I am now planning a chicken proof garden yes really will post when I know what I intend to do!

 

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