Well!!
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 2:07 pm
Well!!
Well what a job!! All I want is a small herd of pedigree Dexter’s, steers for the beef boxes, heifers to grow my herd or sell on and a nice bull to look after the ladies.
Been looking for local land for a couple of years and eventually got on the 1st April 10 acres close to home, 1.5 acre of which is very wet, no mains water so the very wet may come in handy.
Got my CPH number, the land has never been registered for SPS, got no entitlements anyway so will give the grant a miss this year, or might not bother at all as it looks like it will finish in a couple of years anyway
Registered with CTS for online notifications and got my barcode labels
Need a herd No. and ear tags but can’t get one till I get some cattle so that will have to wait.
Need to chain harrow but to wet hopefully this weekend if the rain stops.
Plenty of nettles around so got the Grazon 90 but again to wet, need just a few days without rain.
Fencing how good does it need to be, took all the bits of broken fencing out now one big field making good the perimeter fence and then work on the rest later, couple of new gates and were ready for the little beasts.
So to help me with my search I’ll join DCS haven’t done that yet, filled all the forms in just not wrote the cheque, in the meantime I’ll have a look on the Dexter Cattle For Sale website, a few nice beasts for sale and some local, how do I choose? Need help here. Then I notice the discussion board, register as a user and started picking out a few interesting topics and WELL!! The little b—ggers are vicious and make like Houdini over fences, but there so cute this can’t be, Bulls seem to be a liability are they worth it?. Should I just stick with the family of rabbits already in situ?
Any local Keepers in the Macclesfield area I can talk to and maybe look at their setup?
Well what a job!! All I want is a small herd of pedigree Dexter’s, steers for the beef boxes, heifers to grow my herd or sell on and a nice bull to look after the ladies.
Been looking for local land for a couple of years and eventually got on the 1st April 10 acres close to home, 1.5 acre of which is very wet, no mains water so the very wet may come in handy.
Got my CPH number, the land has never been registered for SPS, got no entitlements anyway so will give the grant a miss this year, or might not bother at all as it looks like it will finish in a couple of years anyway
Registered with CTS for online notifications and got my barcode labels
Need a herd No. and ear tags but can’t get one till I get some cattle so that will have to wait.
Need to chain harrow but to wet hopefully this weekend if the rain stops.
Plenty of nettles around so got the Grazon 90 but again to wet, need just a few days without rain.
Fencing how good does it need to be, took all the bits of broken fencing out now one big field making good the perimeter fence and then work on the rest later, couple of new gates and were ready for the little beasts.
So to help me with my search I’ll join DCS haven’t done that yet, filled all the forms in just not wrote the cheque, in the meantime I’ll have a look on the Dexter Cattle For Sale website, a few nice beasts for sale and some local, how do I choose? Need help here. Then I notice the discussion board, register as a user and started picking out a few interesting topics and WELL!! The little b—ggers are vicious and make like Houdini over fences, but there so cute this can’t be, Bulls seem to be a liability are they worth it?. Should I just stick with the family of rabbits already in situ?
Any local Keepers in the Macclesfield area I can talk to and maybe look at their setup?
were near blackburn