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The photos are there now. They look a bit blurry but seem to get sharper if you click on them. For Rick's benefit, this is just below the Foxton flight on the Leicester line of the Grand Union canal.

I too have bait boxes around the garden- as a chicken keeper with neighbours, I have a responsibility to do so. But the rats will still tunnel into the run & eat the layers' pellets in preference to the bait if I give them the chance. So it's up to me to reduce their menu choice by taking in...

We currently have two runs, with the old ex-batts having the treadle feeder & the new girls using a traditional plastic feeder which I'm having to bring in every evening & put out again early each morning so that we don't attract rats. My husband has suggested that I get a 2nd treadle feeder...

Hi Rick. We've missed you! I still think of you & your chicken wellies whenever it starts to get a bit muddy 😆. I go narrowboating regularly, as I own 1/12 of a 58' boat (that's roughly the toilet tank then!). I did once contemplate a tug style boat with an enclosure for bantams on the tug...

I think that's a much better idea. There aren't many places that still sell pullets at this time of year; you did well to find someone. Where in Cheshire are you?

That'll make a lovely change, so long as people can still download the pictures. Thanks Josh.

I've recently got a copper black French Marans. She should lay dark brown eggs too. Out of interest, are you getting them "posted"? When I was researching for my new flock, I was astonished to find that pullets by post is now on offer in the UK 😵‍💫

Thanks Josh. I'll try again tomorrow, or rather after I get up again today...

That's posted successfully. No idea what it is though. Chickens having a disco?

Mine aren't either, Josh. I've tried again using WiFi & it's just showing two very foggy squares 🤔

I might need to have another go after uploading the pictures. It wasn't foggy!

Well my last two current ex-batts are now nearly 4 1/2 and are still enjoying life (& feather pecking, which is why they're not being integrated with my new flock). It's I who've been across the rainbow bridge this week!

I always struggle with uploading photos on my phone- I don't have a resizing app. I've taken some long distance pics this week, so that I can crop the heck out of them...

Wow. That's amazing!!! I didn't know to go out & look on Thursday, so I missed them, sadly. No luck with the comet either, but we've been short on clear skies...

Hi BYM. I'm going to take some new pictures on my camera tomorrow, as it's easier then to transfer them to my computer. It should be possible to resize them then, with the help of your instructions. If it works, I should be able to add some photos to the "chicken breeds" board. Here's...

Sorry Breedernor- I don't know, but welcome to the forum. Hen-Gen is the main breeding expert on the forum. Hopefully he'll be along soon...

OK, so how do I attach photos to this version of the forum that I've already taken??? If I take a photo especially for this, it'll be miles too big... What are the size limits please?

I keep logging on to the forum but finding no new messages & then logging out again. It seems that I'm not the only one! I just checked the stats & found that, while I'm the only member logged in, there are another 57 people looking at the forum too. Now I don't feel so lonely!

The other current madness in East Kent is that they're planning to build thousands of houses on quality farmland (as fields don't pay council tax). Quite how they think this country will feed all of the people who move into these houses... 🤔 I suspect the truth is that they DON'T think. If the...

Sorry to hear about your mum, BYM 😔. Hope Mrs BYM is soon on the mend & the ewe in the freezer... You're blessed to still have a village surgery at least. Ours closed down 18 months ago & the site is being covered with houses. I presume your neighbour is still in hospital or a home?