Very interesting beginning, looking forward to the next installment. You probably missed a lot not having goats and pigs but they could have been good or bad experiences.
We did something similar, 45 years ago but straight from getting married. Our first house had a brick built pigsty and some outbuildings so the first animals we got were 2 weaners from the local livestock market. Anyway, a few months later, I don't think my mother-in-law was very happy eating pork for lunch. We didn't stay there very long and where we live now doesn't have pigstys. When selling, I advertised it in the local paper: "Pigsty for sale (3 bed semi attached)." I only advertised it the once and it sold the same week.
We also kept 3 goats for a few years here. I agreed to have them on the strict understanding that I had nothing to do with them. However, the day after they arrived, Chris, my wife, was admitted to hospital because of a dangerous pregnancy complication and was in hospital for several months leaving me to milk and care for the goats. She never did take over when she came out. They were very destuctive and couldn't get enough of raspberry plants given the chance. I had a small rotavator at the time and all the wires on it disappeared one day. One of them must have eaten them but none fell unwell so it was a mystery.
We did something similar, 45 years ago but straight from getting married. Our first house had a brick built pigsty and some outbuildings so the first animals we got were 2 weaners from the local livestock market. Anyway, a few months later, I don't think my mother-in-law was very happy eating pork for lunch. We didn't stay there very long and where we live now doesn't have pigstys. When selling, I advertised it in the local paper: "Pigsty for sale (3 bed semi attached)." I only advertised it the once and it sold the same week.
We also kept 3 goats for a few years here. I agreed to have them on the strict understanding that I had nothing to do with them. However, the day after they arrived, Chris, my wife, was admitted to hospital because of a dangerous pregnancy complication and was in hospital for several months leaving me to milk and care for the goats. She never did take over when she came out. They were very destuctive and couldn't get enough of raspberry plants given the chance. I had a small rotavator at the time and all the wires on it disappeared one day. One of them must have eaten them but none fell unwell so it was a mystery.
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