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    Deceased bird guidance

    We usually incinerate ours, unless they are extra special. Izzie we buried in a big planter, and put her pal Button in with her when she died. The plants in that tub are magnificent every year. Double bag and put in rubbish, is our councils policy as well
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    Advice needed for winter freeze( ! Situation specific question ! )

    I am not a duck expert either, all our ducks on the lake are wild birds, and will move off the ice at night if it freezes, presumably moving to somewhere unfrozen with more bird, returning in the morning. I would agree with Icemaiden and also speak to DorsetDuckOwner.
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    Watch Dates on Poultry Feed!

    We are lucky with our local farm shop, they have a big turnover of layers pellets and anything else, so everything is long dated, another farm shop we initially used often had a short date on, or a tear in a bag. We always check the use by date just in case, and I certainly wouldn't buy...
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    Having trouble fully potty training guinea

    Could you try and train her to use a litter tray? That is the only suggestion which is slightly bonkers that I can think of
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    rats

    We get Jackdaws, we have a wood behind us where about 600 reside and a Rookery of 400, it gets a bit noisy in spring. They are lovely sociable birds
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    rats

    Oh yes we know, we trap and shoot them, ditto the squirrels that get into the cattle feed just shot no 73. Only a small woodland at the back of us, they multiply like no-ones busines as well, or someone is shipping them in at night
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    Introducing my new flock to a Grandpa's treadle feeder

    One thing about trapping a rat, you know you have got it and disposed of it. otherwise you are never quite sure if one is still around breeding away
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    rats

    That must have been a scary moment, OH has been saying she is sure the fat balls are being chewed. This am she opened the storage box where they live, we buy a box of 50. Out jumps a huge rat. So that answers that question. Morning spent emptying the storage box sweeping up all the chewed...
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    rats

    Another outbreak of of the grey tree rats. We found 11 roaming around the cattle area the other day. I swear someone is bringing them around in a van. 6 down 5 to go
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    Cheery Pics

    I have been in The Ship on Romney Marsh that is built from old ships timbers. I suppose you could use both Margaid, depending on your mood
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    The thoughts of our chickens...

    I believe Australorps and some Faverolles lay pinkish eggs
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    Cheery Pics

    What time are you serving this, so we can all come round and partake. or is that the hens Christmas lunch:ROFLMAO:
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    Cheery Pics

    Just a bit of Christmas fun, we are sprinkly shooting star, and bubbly shooting star
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    The thoughts of our chickens...

    That's good news, hopefully the others will work out what a nest box is for before long. Hopefully Tigger will give some helpful advice, bout how much more comfortable a laying box is, and you can chat to the hen next door whilst laying. All mine have instinctively used the nest box
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    The thoughts of our chickens...

    Hopefully that is the answer
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    rats

    This lot have attitude, but not for long....
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    The thoughts of our chickens...

    They are just messing with your mind. Perhaps Sue has laid an egg. I have had hens that don't look anywhere near laying pop one out, then another egg doesn't appear for ages, then off they go full throttle. Not sure about colour variations in the partridge leghorns. Still whatever the outcome...
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    Newby

    Welcome to the forum and strangely enough I was thinking about "dark brown eggs" this am. Miss her on the forum. Lots of stuff on here to work through. if you have a problem you can bet one of us has had the same problem before
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    rats

    We use cage traps around the cattle area and other places, then shoot the rats. For inside sheds we have some electronic traps that work well. our biggest bugbear at the moment is squirrels (grey) getting into just about everything we thought we had 3 or 4 persistent devils, but trapped 50...
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    The thoughts of our chickens...

    Congratulations to Tigger. Of course she can now go "oh quit moaning, pushing out one of these odd things is easy peasy, and the human is so pleased with you when it happens" when her sisters start laying
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