Wellies or no wellies

dee · 27th-March-2006, 06:44 PM

This is going to sound rather strange but where i look after a horse i was asked by the farmer if i would consider fostering some lambs for three months. The idea sounds rather good as i have a large garden and it takes up most of my weekend mowing, plus i know my kids would love it. I'm a bit worried as to what my neighbour (with 3 wheeler) would think, also i know nothing about sheep. Just wanted to know wether other people would think it was a good idea or shall i just forget about the idea and just take on the pigs?. Also would they eat everything in their path?

(was joking about the pigs)

WittyBird · 27th-March-2006, 06:46 PM

Ask the Welsh

Having only counted sheep when trying to get to sleep I wouldn't know. All I can say is ewwwwwwwwww smelly

**drathzel** · 27th-March-2006, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by dee

The idea sounds rather good as i have a large garden and it takes up most of my weekend mowing, plus i know my kids would love it. I'm a bit worried as to what my neighbour (with 3 wheeler) would think, also i know nothing about sheep.

I would do it just to **** of 3 wheeler, in fact send teh sheep oput to the car!!! He he

I actually think it would be col to do something like that! And its easier than a dog, it needs no walking!

dee · 27th-March-2006, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by WittyBird

ewwwwwwwwww smelly

Sure thats not ewwwwwwwwe smelly

**JonD** · 27th-March-2006, 06:54 PM

My family fostered a lamb when I was about 8! He was called Nigel and I don't remember him being any trouble at all. My brothers and I loved him dearly. And we fell for the story concocted to explain his eventual disappearance, en-route to the land of mint sauce; that he'd been loaned to some friends as a lawnmower, eaten a toadstool and died.

I'd go for it. Your kids will think it's fantastic!

thewacko · 27th-March-2006, 07:34 PM

just remember the pain and torture caused by a simple hamster

Lambs are much bigger than hamsters (and lamb poo is bigger than hamster poo as well)

probably just as well buying a picture of animals and looking at them

dee · 27th-March-2006, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by thewacko

just remember the pain and torture caused by a simple hamster

Lambs are much bigger than hamsters (and lamb poo is bigger than hamster poo as well)

probably just as well buying a picture of animals and looking at them

Let me just add The hamster is NOT mine

Whitebeard · 27th-March-2006, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by dee

This is going to sound rather strange but where i look after a horse i was asked by the farmer if i would consider fostering some lambs for three months. The idea sounds rather good as i have a large garden and it takes up most of my weekend mowing, plus i know my kids would love it. I'm a bit worried as to what my neighbour (with 3 wheeler) would think, also i know nothing about sheep. Just wanted to know wether other people would think it was a good idea or shall i just forget about the idea and just take on the pigs?. Also would they eat everything in their path?

(was joking about the pigs)

Careful, it might be against local bye-laws or house covenants and just the chance for your delightful neighbour to complain officially.

dee · 27th-March-2006, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Whitebeard

Careful, it might be against local bye-laws or house covenants and just the chance for your delightful neighbour to complain officially.

This is one thing that worries me. She hates me, not that i have done anything wrong. I would love to have some but this would be the one thing that would stop me

thewacko · 27th-March-2006, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by dee

Let me just add The hamster is NOT mine

get a hamster then

plus I am certain you must have had to share some responsability for it - everyone else on the forum had to at one point or another

OR
get the Lambs and keep them at your sisters place

**Baruch** · 27th-March-2006, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by WittyBird

Ask the Welsh

I'm Welsh, and I have extensive experience of sheep, having eaten lots of them over the course of my lifetime.
I say go for it - and buy some mint sauce too while you're at it

Whitebeard · 27th-March-2006, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Baruch

I'm Welsh, and I have extensive experience of sheep, having eaten lots of them over the course of my lifetime.

Rarely cooked and pinkly juicy near the bone. But tenderness seems to be a bit of a hit and miss affair. A Sunday gamble from time to time.

I think that was the last thing on Dee's mind.

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Originally Posted by Baruch

I say go for it - and buy some mint sauce too while you're at it

Buy? If it's to be worth anything at all the mint must be freshly gathered from the garden.

**Piglet** · 27th-March-2006, 11:36 PM

The only thing I know about sheep (and it isn't a lot I'm afraid) is that they are not good to have near pregnant women. Apparently they can make them miscarry somehow - but this could just be when they're lambing. I'd have to ask the almost-in-laws who are farmers to confirm though.

**Baruch** · 27th-March-2006, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Whitebeard

Buy? If it's to be worth anything at all the mint must be freshly gathered from the garden.

You're right, of course. Yum!

WittyBird · 27th-March-2006, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Whitebeard

Buy? If it's to be worth anything at all the mint must be freshly gathered from the garden.

Mmmmmmmmm I'm getting really hungry now

Barry Shnikov · 27th-March-2006, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Baruch

I'm Welsh, and I have extensive experience of sheep

...you don't often hear Welsh people boast of it. Had previously assumed was just vicious national stereotype...

Whitebeard · 28th-March-2006, 12:05 AM

again

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Originally Posted by WittyBird

Mmmmmmmmm I'm getting really hungry now

OK, I'm feeling a bit of a fraud. The thing is, with mint, you have to devise some way to contain it or it will take over a garden even the size of my neglected plot in no time at all. An', oh boy, gorbloimey, once more I've started seeing rabbits. The plauge is about to break forth once again. Will there be black ones this year? Oh, for a shotgun and a license to aim at rabbits and those evil magpies.

**Baruch** · 28th-March-2006, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov

...you don't often hear Welsh people boast of it. Had previously assumed was just vicious national stereotype...

Yeah.... eating them!

(Swiftly hides wellies and velcro gloves....)

**Baruch** · 28th-March-2006, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Whitebeard

An', oh boy, gorbloimey, once more I've started seeing rabbits. The plauge is about to break forth once again. Will there be black ones this year? Oh, for a shotgun and a license to aim at rabbits and those evil magpies.

Did someone mention rabbits? They taste lovely too! I have guns, ferrets, nets..... if the bunnies are a problem, give me a call next autumn and I'll see what I can do about them

Mostlysane · 28th-March-2006, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Whitebeard

Rarely cooked and pinkly juicy near the bone. But

Buy? If it's to be worth anything at all the mint must be freshly gathered from the garden.

How about this for a cool idea.

Get the lambs.
Feed them nothing but fresh mint from the garden.
Cook and eat.

Hey presto - pre-flavoured meat.

And if they ate nothing but mint, bang goes the problem of bad smells. It would always smell like tooth paste.....

27th-March-2006, 06:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
dee Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Measuring up patio to see if neighbour will fit under it Posts: 2,505 Status: No Status Rep Power: 3 Rep.: 978	Wellies or no wellies This is going to sound rather strange but where i look after a horse i was asked by the farmer if i would consider fostering some lambs for three months. The idea sounds rather good as i have a large garden and it takes up most of my weekend mowing, plus i know my kids would love it. I'm a bit worried as to what my neighbour (with 3 wheeler) would think, also i know nothing about sheep. Just wanted to know wether other people would think it was a good idea or shall i just forget about the idea and just take on the pigs?. Also would they eat everything in their path? (was joking about the pigs)

27th-March-2006, 06:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
WittyBird The Gobby one! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Geekville Posts: 6,874 Status: No Status Rep Power: 5 Rep.: 3079	Re: Wellies or no wellies Ask the Welsh Having only counted sheep when trying to get to sleep I wouldn't know. All I can say is ewwwwwwwwww smelly

27th-March-2006, 06:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
JonD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 537 Status: No Status Rep Power: 3 Rep.: 688	Re: Wellies or no wellies My family fostered a lamb when I was about 8! He was called Nigel and I don't remember him being any trouble at all. My brothers and I loved him dearly. And we fell for the story concocted to explain his eventual disappearance, en-route to the land of mint sauce; that he'd been loaned to some friends as a lawnmower, eaten a toadstool and died. I'd go for it. Your kids will think it's fantastic!

27th-March-2006, 07:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
thewacko Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Planet Wacko (a now motorised world of my own):) Posts: 1,261 Status: No Status Rep Power: 3 Rep.: 304	Re: Wellies or no wellies just remember the pain and torture caused by a simple hamster Lambs are much bigger than hamsters (and lamb poo is bigger than hamster poo as well) probably just as well buying a picture of animals and looking at them

27th-March-2006, 11:36 PM	#13 (permalink)
Piglet Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In Puppy Heaven Posts: 5,218 Status: No Status Rep Power: 4 Rep.: 857	Re: Wellies or no wellies The only thing I know about sheep (and it isn't a lot I'm afraid) is that they are not good to have near pregnant women. Apparently they can make them miscarry somehow - but this could just be when they're lambing. I'd have to ask the almost-in-laws who are farmers to confirm though. __________________ Please God, put your arms around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth. Some people are like a Slinky.....not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.

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