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Seems everyone is busy, the forum is gone quiet! I've been running around like a headless youknowwhat! (shh! Don't want to frighten the feathered ones!) :D Dau & Son in law have finally moved into their new house! Yay! But, oh, dear! The moving process! :shock: They had bought a tiny 2 bed...

I'm down to four hens with this batch, and, at over two years old (they're brown girls), laying is getting a bit hit and miss. Getting an average of two eggs a day from the four, which is good, for their age, and considering they have been laying non stop. They've been an excellent batch (five...

One of my remaining four hens looked slightly "off" last evening, but nothing I could put my finger on. She appeared to be eating ok at bedtime. There was just something about her that drew my eye, but I couldn't say what! I put a strong dose of oregano oil in the water and decided to give her...

Last night, I thought I'd have a quick peep at Poultrykeeper before I went to bed. Rather than start up the laptop, I tried to log in through the browser on my phone, but I couldn't. I didn't get any "incorrect password" message or anything - I just couldn't log in, and could only browse around...

I've been sorting through a basket of photos that has sat on my kitchen floor for several years, and I'm putting them in albums. I've come across some wonderful ones, including one taken in 1999, about two weeks before my dad was diagnosed with leukaemia. He's standing at their front door with...

Seems like one of my girls just went to sleep, all cosy and tucked up in the "nest" she made for herself every night, on the floor in a corner of the henhouse (she took to floor sleeping during the heatwave, away from the others, and never broke the habit) and just never woke up. She was fine...

We had a lovely Recipes thread on pp forum, so I thought one on here would be good to have. I'm about to make this Relish for Christmas. It will keep several weeks, especially if you seal it in jars with vacuum lids. Spiced Cranberry & Orange Relish 340g cranberries (fresh or frozen) Large...

Gosh, isn't it hard to believe that only a couple of months ago, we were so desperate for rain?? :D :D Talk about a feast or a famine! We've had some quite stormy conditions here, and lakes ful of rain falling! The place is awash! One of my water barrells (an old one which has a slight leak...

Came across this online, if anyone has had poultry or other animals stolen. Might be worth a look. http://woldsweekly.co.uk/2018/10/police-locate-four-hundred-stolen-animals-in-north-yorkshire/

We got hit by Storm Callum on Friday night, but I see on the news that, although the West of Ireland got the worst of it here, it still wasn't nearly as badly hit as parts of the UK were when it reached you! Hope everyone on poultrykeeper is ok, and that no one has suffered too much damage. xx

I've left my bike in for an overhaul. It's only about 4 years old, but has been sitting in a damp shed for most of that! I originally bought it for cycling to the village, thinking I wouldn't want to get the car out and drive to town if all I needed, say, was milk. The village is only about 2...

They have been together since they were tiny. Atticus is about four weeks older. He was in the vets (they have an in house rescue) looking for a home, and I was looking at him and had decided to take him, when a woman brought Toria in. She had been found in a garden, tiny, alone and extremely...

Going to try and upload a photo. Haven't quite figured out how to do it yet, but we'll see! This (hopefully) is Atticus (the tabby tom) and Toria (the tortie), both rescues, and both classed as "special needs" and so indoor only (that was not the plan when I got them! It was assumed they would...

I have two indoor only cats. That wasn't the intention when I took them as kittens from the Rescue run by my Vet's surgery! The intention was that, with a few weeks care, they'd be fine and could be off exploring during the day! Unfortunately, the tom turns out to be, well, "special". Loveable...

In the news here today, it's reported that on the streets of Dublin, an armed police unit lost a sub machine gun when, somehow, the boot of their car popped open as they were driving! A bag, containing the gun and "hundreds" of rounds of ammunition fell out onto the street. It didn't stay lost...

We've had no rain at all since end of May/beginning of June, and none forecast for at least the next ten days to two weeks. The Govt. have declared drought conditions, and introduced a hosepipe ban in several areas, and are rolling it out countrywide. They are also appealing to people to...

Just co ied this from Jacqui Moore on FB. Please keep a look out for copper black and cuckoo Marans growers, Les Brewer has had 81 stolen from Honley nr Holmfirth West Yorkshire, this is a huge amount of biirds, so if you're offered any or see any at markets please give Les a shout

I'm on a campaign, along with daughter and sil (who are masters in the art!) to buy as little as possible, and most particularly, not to buy something if I can make it. I have a couple of brilliant books which help, notably "Precycle" by Paul Peacock. It's partly to save money and partly to cut...

Golly. I'm all alone on here this morning. Online: LadyA and 0 guests. Bit creepy, with silence echoing all around! Think I'll just shut the door quietly and tiptoe away. Have to go collect mum anyway. Today is her 81st birthday, and I'm taking her down to see her twin sister. Her sister...

We escaped the latest bout of snow, thankfully! An online "friend" who lives somewhere in deepest Yorkshire tells me she woke yesterday to about 3 inches of snow! But we have had several bouts of 24 hours of solid, heavy rain, and we are awash! The ground is sodden. The grass is squidging...