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It was warm enough, for once, to do some computer work outside this morning. The girls got a couple of hours out in the garden, bug munching and sunbathing. They looked blissful!

Do the British Hen Welfare Trust rehome in NI? You can't beat (IMHO) the feel-good factor of watching ex-batts grow in confidence as they discover grass, sky, dust-bathing & the feeling of the sun on their backs... And oc course they're still likely to lay well for another couple of years before...

If you were closer, they'd be on my list...

I'm now down to a "flock" of two remaining four year old ex-batts, having laid to rest Holly (my favourite white leghorn) and two 4 y/o ex-batts in the last 4 months, all from old age. I doubt if the last two will see the summer out, so my thoughts are turning to what I might get next. In the...

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...