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It sounds as though the labrador needed a walking frame ?. That's one sensible dog! Which were your best birding successes?

A neighbour's Bengal Tabby got a bit too curious of our first flock of ex-batts. It learned very quickly that chickens have sharp beaks & claws and kept a safe distance after that...

How was your holiday? How are the neighbour's animals?

The housework fairies have been instructed by the surgeon not to bend over or to lift anything & to take it easy for 2 weeks. Taking one dinner plate out of the dishwasher gave the dishwasher fairy a pain in her eye :-( so it's not worth the risk...

Hi Liz. I hope your run's gone up successfully. How are you getting on? I didn't reply about membranes, as we haven't used one, but you won't need to worry about weeds except possibly stinging nettles. The hens will eat or scratch up anything else in no time! Fine mesh galvanised chicken wire...

So sorry to hear about your fall off the stairs, Margaid. I hope you weren't lying there for days until the postman found you? ? Congratulations on your biscuit success. Long spaghetti next? Perhaps not... I'll have to look for "what's new". I'm not sure if I've found that... I'm sporting a...

I log in, click on "new posts" and am told that there aren't any ?. I know that BYM's away, but where has everyone else gone? It's lonely here all on my own... I've resorted to reading a fountain pen forum, but there's nothing remotely cute about fountain pens & they'd make a dreadful...

They'll be chatting with my flock then... :)

Hi Liz57. Welcome back. It's great to hear from you again. I hope you're managing to keep your girls safe since the storm demolished your run. Will the Jim Vyse replacement be bigger, or have you managed to resist Morehens disease? ?

Welcome back Tweetypie. I hope your MRI went well- it might be noisy but at least it doesn't hurt... During the last storm we had a very near miss. I got up the next morning to find a 10' tall piece of tree lying next to my husband's car on the drive, but not a mark on the car! Our neighbour...

Glad the snow melted in time for your festivities tonight. Or is that just on Shetland?

I must admit, you've been in my thoughts, Hen-gen, with your animals & flocks to take care of. Last week Lenham in Kent (not far from us) was in the national press because oc its "heavy snow"- all 3mm of it. How deep is it on Fetlar at the moment?

Another one for new chicken keepers in cold weather... It's great cleaning up chicken poo in freezing weather, as most of It's in the coop- less searching it out on the run floor, & it doesn't smell so bad. But when it's frozen solid to the floor, a dedicated garden trowel is handy for...

For the benefit of anyone out there looking after hens (or other poultry) through their first cold winter, I thought I'd share a tip for when drinkers freeze. Each day when I feed the hens & take them clean water, I bring their (second) dirty drinker back indoors. If the contents are liquid, I...

You can't beat a good bok, can you? There's an independent bok shop in Faversham, though they didn't have anything about turkeys this Christmas. ?

BYM: Mum's got some "Lorryall" face cream. Would that work, or do we need Brylcream for a comb-over?

That sounds like fun. We've never been to a department store- the closest we get is Aldi, when Dad takes us to buy Mum chocolate for Christmas. I don't even know where our nearest department store is. The ones in Ashford are long gone. Faversham hasn't got any. Canterbury perhaps? Maybe there's...

Just as well you're not in lay. From the Shetland weather forecast on Mum's phone, you'd have been laying the same egg three times!!!

Repecka told Mum she could put slugs in the food processor. She didn't look very keen on the idea- not sure why?? My comb's a bit dry & flaky. What do you hens out there use to moisturise?

Mum got a food processor for Christmas. we believe it can be used to make cauliflower and broccoli stems into bite size chunks more quickly? We struggle with sprouts, as co-ordinating your claws & beak can be tricky. Perhaps they can go into a food processor too? Mum says that Hollandaise sauce...