Hi Bronson, and welcome to the forum. What strange hens! Could we know a bit more about them? - do you know what breed they are, or what sort of hybrid? - could they possibly be genetically related? - where did you get them from, ie was it a commercial breeder or a firm that sells lots of hens, or w...

Thank you for that, Icemaiden. It sounds as if we’re helping to keep our resident wild birds safe, as well as our poultry, by carrying on with their lockdown as well as our own.

Looking around our kitchen, I’m amazed by the number of appliances that make life so much easier than what it was like when I was growing up in the 1940s. Most of them weren’t even invented, or only rich people possessed relatively undeveloped versions of what they’re like today. Touring our kitchen...

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Mon Feb 01, 2021 1:29 am

Yes, Lady A, I must use my slow cooker next time I do Scotch Broth. I never think about it but it would be so much easier. Scotch Broth for a week, though!

Is a freezer on your list of indispensable gadgets?

They’re all quite skinny, aren’t they? Maybe the hats are to keep their heads warm in the water?
Obviously keen to signal that they’re a gentlemen’s’ club. Working class swimmers would have worn cloth caps.
I think design and materials of swimming trunks have come on a bit since then.

A new development to the problem of unwanted male chicks.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/j ... ale-chicks

Brighton Swimming Club 1890s

That was before the holiday travel ban, I suppose?

I meant the little kid, not the dustman!,

That kid looks like a yob of the future!