Hi Steve and welcome to the forum, we are a friendly bunch and you will find lots of experience on here, not just about chickens and other fowl! I've had a good look through your post and pictures, and firstly congratulations on taking the birds' welfare seriously. I can't comment on the ducks as I ...

On Saturday night we went out to a concert about 8.45pm. About 3 miles from home we rounded a bend on our hill to find 2 wild boar at the side of the road. They looked like immature adults to me, or possibly a female and one offspring - one was a bit bigger than the other, but neither was a fully gr...

Not sure at all. If I saw that I would assume somebody had either stood on it or pecked at it because there does seem to be a fracture 'skein' in the depressed bit of shell?

Great pic, I presume that is Lily on the roosting bar? Or maybe its Iris? Hips forward, tilt to the left, pout pout pout!

We are having roast leg of somebody for sunday dinner later!

Happy New Year (quietly, OH still in bed....!)

Merry Christmas one and all. We were very kindly invited to a family Portugeuse Xmas Eve celebration meal yesterday, including going out to see the baby Jesus warmed on giant fires outside churches and a very late night, and this afternoon we are going out to a British/German Christmas lunch which i...

I find the sporting ones the most irritating; expressions like 'medalling' or 'podiuming'.

Marigold, you make me smile!

Find someone you like and open that fizz, doesn't have to be today, but soon, its part of memory making for a special time! I don't know if hogget is specifically male or female, I just know it as sheep aged roughly 12-18 months. A bit more flavour than lamb, but not as strong as mutton. Best bit I ...

Quite a milestone, congratulations and a very merry birthday to you!

Do you/neighbours get/eat hogget as a halfway house between lamb and mutton? Its my favourite way of eating sheep.