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    I know here that if there are weather extremes through the year that are not what would be regarded as normal then the snake populations increase or decrease accordingly. This could have been that case in your area when you were a child. Wee are going to have a very hot summer and so the...
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    Hello Frustrated Earth Mother. Oh how terrible for you. Yes I have heard tat the bites of the copperhead are painful and that many people don't survive the bites too. You were so very lucky. I am pleased that you were one of the survivors. :)
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    Hello Mini Horses. it is so nice to meet you and thank you for your warm welcome. it is the same here - The East Coast is vastly different from the West. Mopst people do not understand how things can be very dofferent and they don't have to be that far apart to be so either. What may grow really...
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    Thank you Sumi. Challenging it definately is and is a great deal of the reason we can't just buy any property. it is a real mission as we need to research government records to see what aquifers are under where the land is. Australia is majority a huge desert sitting on a gold mine of water, but...
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    That is so interesting, thank you. it is quite mind boggling at times how people can just change the status of animals and birds. One would think that once somethng was deemed heritage that it would always be so. :) I think that I would tend to lean towards the Silkie as sitters. I am not a...
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    Hi Hinotori. yes we tried shading the plants but it seemed to lock the heat in more, especially when we don't get even a breeze. One of the major drawbacks with living in a city where the houses are almost touching each other. The breeze just cannot entre the properties at all and all the...
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    Hello Tortoise, very nice to meet you. Wiltshire sheep used to be quite common for small land hjolders as they are so easy to care for and have good lambing rates generally and not too many lambing problems but like so many heritage breeds these days they seem to have fallen out of favour. I...
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    Hi Baymule. Ah Dorpers are another sheep breed I have been looking into, another of the "hairy" sheep. We need to look at breeds that we don't have to sg=hear as I am not way too old to do that anymore. They are a good breed from what I have been reading. I will look into the Katahdin. it is a...
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    Hello Sumi. I am pleased to meet you. Thank you for the warm welcome. I love Ireland, it s such a beautiful country. So much colder to here or S.A. I tried growing all manner of vewgetables but when it ends up costing you $600 per month for water alone it just is not economical or viable. We...
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    Hello Baymule, nice to meet you and thank you for the warm welcome. We don't have the farm as yet - still searching for the right place but got a couple on the radar that we are keeping an eye on - but just as soon as we do I will be sure to post photos of farm and animals. What breed of sheep...
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    Hello Britesea. Thank you. I don't at all mind this sort of craziness. :) I live to learn. :)
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    Hello Hinotori and thank you for welcoming me here. I am new to forums so need to feel my way a little bit. I like the Berkshire pigs, Wiltshire sheep and Sussex chickens. I am still tryng to research other breeds and their availability here. Due to our extreme summer temperatures many breeds...
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    Hello Frustrated Earth Mother. Thank you for the warm welcome. it is nice to meet someone from Texas. I understand that Texas is the cattle State. As our journey unfolds I will be happy to share it. :)
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    Thank you for the warm welcome NH Homesteader. Don't have any stock animals at present with still living in the city. I love the Berkshire pigs and Wiltshire sheep so will be trying to get some young stock of those to begin with. Other breeds are going to depend on their availability here...
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    Hi everyone. I am a newbie here from Australia, ready and willing to learn all that I can. We moved to Australia 10 years ago and after a long stint in the city we are more than ready now to get back to country living once again. Our passion is to be able to raise heritage breed stock and be as...
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