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Sitting here at the window I can see -----fox being chased by hounds being chased by the hunt being chased by the Sabs. being chased by the police !!! I sort of hope the fox circles round to behind the police too!!!. Being at the end of a public right of way the Sabs. all meet outside our gate...

I have 5 Coronation L/F cooking at the moment , 1st one is hatched , its getting late and I just think it might be an only child. :( I know that crossing Coronation and Light can give a % of Coronation colouring even if they are not true/pure bred. Which way round does this work? ie boy/girl...

Gert and Daisy came home with me after a BHWT rescue at the weekend as there were quite a few left over. Just let them loose for first time as lovely sunny day! Gert scarpered but heres Daisy -her very first moment of freedom. They are surprisingly sweet! --looking at the picture their combs are...

Oh no ,poor boy! Choco ran into some mesh and sliced his--dont they bleed! I patched it up quite well with steristrips , thought about stitching it but decided not to --despite it healing surprisingly well with the steristrips I wish now I had done as I think it would have been cosmetically...

Thats great Elmwood---I had no idea what the difference was between the various 'Barbus'! Does anyone keep the other types as some pics of those would be nice to compare. Ros

Re------- ' Chicken Vet '-----have they gone???? It was nice to have some professional input.Ros

I love this time of year--just as everyone stops laying this years girls start laying. Its fun trying to work out whos laying what pullet eggs. ATTENT. TIM_____ At last a lovely dark CBM egg today! Whoopee! Ros :-)08

Where did I put the cleansing cream ? - The evidence! ___sorry 1st pic. came up x2¬!

All my birds look like they have a horrendous respiratory infection with faces,combs,beaks and wattles covered with thick black sticky muck. The cause?????-------gorgeing on windfalls causing apple juiced faces which then gets dirt stuck on them when they start digging for worms etc. !What a...

Some of my 'mini' silkies --the cuddliest chooks out!Ros

Can someone who knows about things like this please tell me-- one of my pekin frizzle boys -- are these TRUE crele/creole in colour or just a splodgy mess ???? I would say they have the correct red wingbar (???) , if they are not correct I will abandon project as its not proving easy ---dont be...

----- recently feeling bored and inquisitive (well ,err, nosey!) I went off to supposedly view some hens . I went to one of the new 'breed' of 'poultry sellers' , what I found prompted me into a second trip where the findings were pretty similar. I was appalled/disgusted . Back gardens FULL of...

Just wondering if anyone has tried these? I have chicks in arks and growers in pens in an old ,beamed , oak framed barn. ArkS and pen frames are fine to treat but I should probably treat the barn some how.No way could I treat it efficiently with topical stuff and thought it might be worth using...

Just wondering---those of you who give your chickens garlic for colds and sneezes---what form do you use (grated,liquid,powder) ? Also how much do you use in water?Do they like it? Thanks ,Ros.

I know I am very dim--please can someone explain how to get the webcam going! Ros

---Has anyone found a cheap source of egg boxes? I need a top up of some for my 'gate sales' , Ive looked through the internet and on e bay to try and find them cheaper than at our local agricultural store.Most people return them but they all eventually disappear, if you look at prices + P and P...

Seeing Tims generous offer above made me think. An idea that would get some forum funds in and maybe help some. Those of us who have spare hatching eggs donate 6 -say and advertise on here , to be sold at a low price for members on here only. The seller takes PandP only -the rest of the payment...

Last night the electricity went off-yet again. The trouble is not knowing how long this will last. Husband sent off with incubator wrapped in bubble wrap to friends with power , I squeezed another 2 eggs under an already full broody first. Then it was hot water bottles in brooder for chicks...

---No ones been on this bit for weeks so I am trying to start it off again--trouble is now I have nothing to chat about! Ros

--- I have just had to dispatch my lovely (favourite) mature cockerel Errol as clearly very unwell and suffering with no obvious cause . The thing I have always dreaded happened - I found it too physically difficult to get done quickly and efficiently - his neck was too tough for me to do the...