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We keep Light Sussex. A really hardy pure bred, and they are brilliant. Not many eggs during the winter, but loads during the summer... we hatch our own, and eat quite a lot of top quality chicken. I am thinking of get some Rhode Island Reds, but if I had to choose one breed then the Light Sussex wo...

What nickname did you have as a kid? Bob... or Amelia... When my old man was being particularly unkind... What did you want to be when you were "all growed up"? A Pilot What do you do for work now? Software Developer (3 months of the year)... Self Sufficient (9 months of the year) Who int...

On the subject of cost. Up here we have an arrangement with a local crofter that we take all of his orphaned / excess lambs off his hands for nothing, and we hand rear them on. Basically, he runs in excess of 1200 ewes (on his own), and with the fact they live out on the hills all year round there a...

Don't know if this is of any interest help... but we have several arks around the place like this... http://www.grobsness.net/blog/pics/chic-arc.jpg We use this one as a bit of a hospital wing for the cockerels that are being picked on in the fattening pen!!! 8ft long... 4ft wide at the base... plyw...

ohareward wrote:Hi from downunder. The way you describe your place makes me want to come and help with the hen house. Your blog has some great pics. How long have you been on your land?
Again welcome. Robin

Been in Shetland for 2.5 years. Bought this property on 1st June 2006. :)

Have been lurking around the place for the last couple of weeks. Thought I had better sign up and say hello. Am very fortunate to live way up north in Shetland, in a remote house surrounded by open countryside, with my lovely wife and four children. Will be regularly posting once I get to know my wa...