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:-)99 Is it just my computer or is everyone hibernating? I wouldn't blame you if you were but I miss your chat, advice and humour. Someone please put me out of my misery and post something!

I'm so sick and tired of reading ill-informed comment in the news:- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45247830 Of course it's essential to use the "preventer" inhaler regularly (usually with a brown, orange or yellow plastic applicator tube) but why is the Royal College of Nursing blaming...

I was about to reply to this then realised it wasn't in "Dustbath" - I thought someone was commenting on my "sometime -(soonish I hope)-to-be- ex" husband's new partner!

Not having any hens now I don't post all that often, but where is everyone? No new posts since Thursday :(

I use OpenOffice Writer for documents and the "Check spelling as you write" feature has gone haywire. It underlines every word with a red wavy line and tells me the word is not in the dictionary. I've tried turning the feature off then on again but that hasn't helped. :-)19 This happened...

Apparently the following are the top ten modern Christmas Cracker Jokes identified by the TV channel Gold see here for the full story. http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/dec/12/theresa-may-stable-gag-wins-christmas-cracker-jokes-competition?CMP=fb_gu The top 10 1. Why was Theresa...

You may have seen something about this on Springwatch but there were reports of a dead Peregrine Falcon in the Clee Hill Quarry in Shropshire with no sign of it's mate and probably a nest of chicks. When the rescue party got to the site they found the second dead adult near a dead pigeon and...

If you are, and are lamenting not being able to re-read stuff, have a look through the earlier posts on here. There is some funny stuff, stuff that was meant to be serious but became hilarious and some serious posts. I'd forgotten how good a lot of it was until I re-read some the other day.

Hi Everyone. Glad to read on PPF that so many of you are moving across - I'd hate to lose touch. I'm Welsummers on PPF but Margaid on here and FB.

My poor hens are moulting so I'm now averaging half an egg a day. They look so miserable because we have cold north winds and lots of showers or drizzly rain. They are spending most of their time perched on the deep plastic crate I put in their shelter as a dust bath - it keeps them out of the...

My hen house is 7' x 4' (2.6 sq m) x 4' 6" high and now houses 4 hens (2 Exchequer Leghorns and 2 CLBs) and a Welsummer cockerel. It has an Onduline roof so there is ventilation at roof height. There is a smallish shielded permanent vent on the weather side and a Weldmesh "window" (with...

I know when a hen is laying the pin bones are two or three finger widths apart (although I have to admit I've never checked any of my birds), but what happens when they go off lay because they're moulting or the days are too short. Do the bones close up again? If so, do they go back to the...

Is anyone else having difficulty getting on to the Practical Poultry forum? I keep getting the "problem loading page" message.

Cocky will have to go to a new home when I move house. Would it better for him to go now so the hens get used to life without him or do I pile all the stress on at once by letting him go when the hens are moved?

I have too many threads open so don't know which one to update about losing my hens: Daylight attack - fox, dog or buzzard? Looks Like Henny's been taken Incubating eggs that have been in the fridge Poultry saddles are obviously indigestible Thank you all for your messages of support. I have...

Right Flop Leghorn has gone broody again! Problem is I am out all day tomorrow and I'm concerned she may overheat. I was out today as well but had to leave her in the nest box as I damaged the drinker that goes in the run of the "Sin house". It doesn't seem to have leaked much so I put her in...

Just before lunch yesterday I noticed that one of the swallows' nest was lying smashed on the ground with 5 fledglings apparently dead, although one of them seemed to be twitching a little. About 20 minutes later I went to see whether it too was dead and found 4 out of the 5 moving their wings...