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Let's hope that one of his offspring makes a good replacement...

Oooh. Now I feel guilty... So sorry to hear that...

In answer to the original question regarding the best size of bumpa bits for chickens, in case anyone else asks the question... I've used large (35mm) bumpa bits on regular hybrid chickens (ISA browns or warrens) to good effect. Last week I got some small & medium ones to try. The small ones...

That's not good... Mottled Orpington curry, anyone??

I was in Shrewsbury on holiday on Monday. Didn't see any Shrewsbury biscuits but I did come across a lovely independent whisky shop. Am now the happy owner of a bottle of 12 year old Benriach...

Which of the islands have pubs & do any sell real ale?

It's taken me a while to think about this... South America? Central America? North America?

How about Dorset Knobs? Despite growing up in Dorset, I only know that they're biscuits because there was a pub named after them...

Also Cornish pasties...

I never had you down as a Viz reader, Marigold ?

I've uploaded photos (of a sort...) to the "other poultry" board, as it's "for discussion of other kinds if poultry including pheasants ". It's the first message on that board in a while...

Hi Hen-Gen. It's great to hear a flurry of good news ?. Some good has come from the bird flu epidemic then... Why a great skua would choose to eat lambs' eyes, heaven only knows, but then some humans eat frogs' legs & waste the rest, and we're supposedly civilised... Have you been married...

This is the odd looking pheasant that I saw in my garden the other day. I'm hoping that BYM or another birding enthusiast out there might be able to identify it. Please excuse the appalling image quality but if I zoom in on my phone when taking the photo I can't crop off enough later to make...

Here's a question for you, BYM, or for any other lurking birders on the forum... I've just seen a weird male pheasant on the front lawn. Normal size & shape, typical red face, but the back was the colour of a collared dove's with no barring or pattern, & its legs & feet were red (but it's...

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...