I would never recommend using Frontline for Cats because that would be an inappropriate use of this product and also against forum rules.

That all important word is “provenance”. Over the last three days I have eaten a leg of lamb (roast lamb, cold lamb salad and shepherds pie). Because I know it was humanely reared, by me, and killed quickly and mercifully I was happy to do so. Equally I’m happy with my own eggs. Killed a bullock thr...

New one to me and it’s not on feathersite either which lists every breed known to man.
As chrismahon says it could be a hybrid.
Or could it be Araucana?

Congratulations Sally. Growing chicks make fascinating watching.
You will need to prepare yourself for the disposing of cockerels at a later date. It’s not a pleasant job but we all have to go there.
Are you planning to keep the pullets?

Yes, they do sit tight at this stage. Newly hatched chicks don’t eat for the first 24 hours so they’ll be fine. If the other eggs do not hatch she’ll desert them and lead her chicks off the nest. Just make sure that the family have access to shallow water so they can’t drown and chick crumbs. Bantam...

Well bym, to my knowledge I’ve never seen any of them but more worrying to me is the fact that I’ve never even heard of any of them. The study of moths is going to have to go in my ignorance bucket along with car mechanics and classical music. How big, or small, are those species? Also I’ve just rea...

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Wed Jul 10, 2019 5:51 pm

Don;'t they have wild rose up on Fetlar? It's quite common down South at least.

Plenty of Rosa rugosa in my copse but probably to cold for the gall wasp that causes the disease. I expect they’re all on the Cornish Riviera, laying on sun loungers and sipping Pimms!

Just to put your mind at rest about one thing Sally. I have reared chicks all my life and used shavings in the past and more recently Bliss or Aubiose and chicks do not try to eat it. So long as they have access to chick crumbs and water this is not a problem you need to worry about.

I’d never heard of that, Margaid, so I googled it and read all about it. You live and learn!

Call it self indulgent but there are some things I’m not prepared to forgo like freezers. Dried fish and salted mutton are edible in extremis but not really my first choice. And preserved vegetables definitely don’t do it for me. But certainly buying efficient models and keeping them in a cool outbu...