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I know and incredibly early, even for NCO she is pretty quick anyway. I see it caused a bit of a panic amongst other sites, as they rushed to take, gull and goose preventers off other nests. Happy days. Lets hope Aran and Elen are early

It is a Japanese green pheasant. Quite popular with exotic bird keepers. Nice addition to your garden Also the national bird of Japan

Some of the things that happen up there could be submitted to All Creatures Great & Small for plotlines. Many highlights from our Norfolk trip, the best being a life tick in the form of a Black Scoter at Holkham OH's 456th UK bird. it's an American duck. Hen Harriers, Pallid Harrier, 2 Sea...

Holiday was lovely thankyou, lots of good walks and good birds, off for a spot of birdwatching in Cornwall next week. the neighbour's animals survived thanks to a nearby farmer helping out. OH has christened him Sir Galahad, if she has a problem she rings Stewart and he appears. There has been...

Probably be quite excited I would think

Good heavens Margaid, you have been in the wars, I am glad you got treated promptly and the wait for an ambulance wasn't too long. good that you are getting out and about and coping with food. Only 20 days until the first Ospreys arrive, based on last years arrival which was Loch of the...

Not got any advice re a suitable membrane, I am afraid, I will ask around my friends. but I love the email idea, I can just see your hens busy e mailing, or joining social media

Congratulations on becoming a "local" after a mere 14 years. The bit I hate most is coping with anything that has frozen, especially cattle troughs. The hens have drinkers that I can empty nightly. I am sure you can cope with your own names for breeds, it will be just another tag to add to...

Hope your girls are ok also. Storm Isha certainly packed a punch, it didn't hit us until the evening, and I wondered what we would find in the morning. Luckily our run and coop are in quite a sheltered position, protected by a building and hedges. Weather is such a worry for us chicken...

That was a near miss, someone was looking out for you there. There is a property up a neighbouring road that has eucalyptus trees and they seem to lose a branch every time there is a storm I have noticed

Happy New Year, hope the MRI goes ok. Nothing worse than a bad knee. We escaped pretty lightly with Isha here in Essex, the wind gusts started about 6pm -2am. 58mph was the strongest forecast with the rest 40-45. Still pretty scary though. with the wind screaming around the house. We didn't get...

Exactly our routine, we empty the drinker at night, refill in morning. We have a couple of spares of various sizes. Ditto feeders, as you know that if you need a replacement it will be when the shop is shut

Thought of you also Hen-Gen, still not all bad if the Karaoke gets cancelled. People in Essex in major panic, just because it's cold, and have frost on the cars My neighbour's animals looking at us with a hurry up and break the ice look in the mornings. 7 months now and my neighbour is now...

Our mum has "Lorryall" also, but for a certain age, supposed to deal with wrinkles, so I guess it would work on combs. She also has some foot cream called CCS which she swears by. Now our feet go through a lot , perhaps we should get that on our feet and ankles. We really fancy sitting with...

We have all decided, it's in the big coop for us, endless rain, the lake has gone walkabout and is heading in our direction. Plus the grass is getting to be very squishy and more muddy, and who wants that squelching between their toes. Then our humum complains about a bit of dirt on the eggs...

Our humum puts lots of things in the food processor thingy for us, makes life so much easier for us busy girls. Slugs, very tasty once you have got your beak around the strange slimy sticky stuff they come covered with, but definitely vegan as we have seen them eating lettuce, flowers, cabbage...

Been quite a nice Christmas for us, warm, and scratching about is revealing quite a few festive treats. Although as I write this, the wind is increasing, so time for us to retreat to the warmth of the coop Lots of peelings coming our way as well, although sprout leaves can be somewhat...

Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year to you all