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Does anyone have any insight for Bonnie's condition? I would presume that she had been eating a lot of greens on a hot day - but its been going on for a while now (a month or so), its not that hot and it is continuing through nearly a week of Flubenvet (no greens.) When this session of worming...

The Ry Cooder is great Hen-Gen! The second hand album I ordered came yesterday. It sort of makes me think of cabaret on overdrive - a distinctly acquired taste that I seem to have acquired. Anyway it comes with instructions to make the origami bird - love it!

Humbly sorry, but I just have to say to chicken lovers everywhere (I've bored everyone from work colleagues, partner and friends with this so I don't see why you all should not have some.) Tokyo Incidents "Adult" is the only album by them available as an MP3 download (£9.99 on amazon.) (The...

That works well Tweetypie. I discovered by accident the other day when I was clearing out the kitchen to paint that my plastic crow that I brought back from Amsterdam (they have them there in hardware shops to scare off the pigeons) does a good job too. I had let them out in the garden and...

They had a huge bell style food hopper (huge!) Don't know how full it was but clearly supplemented that mostly by foraging over half an acre (no half a hectare) at least. Mine would defiantly go on strike with that information! The cockerel would have been magnificent if he hadn't been roughed...

Just come back from a few days near Rhayader in Wales. We didn't manage to see the Red Kite feeding (bad timing) but were very impressed by the local nesting facilities!

3.7kg after breakfast.

Mine pretend that they don't like pellets too but the feeder holds about a weeks worth for them (by the time mash is factored in) and it routinely needs a refill at the weekend. They eat it when there is nothing better on offer and they think I'm not watching so the poor starving chicken act...

I know this wont be everyones cup of tea but for anyone out there who might like a noisy jazz/rock/Jpop fusion, Shiina Ringo's 'Shouso Strip' and 'Karuki Zahmen Kiri No Hana' albums are sublime genius!!!

I am presuming that the red and black pairs are the sensor inputs. It might be worth tugging on them very gently to check that none are loose. A fractured wire is another possibility. You could diagnose that by attaching the sensor to that input with a short run of good wire and see if the...

I went to the farm supplies today to buy a new bag of layers pellets. On the counter there were half a doz quail eggs from their own little flock and I bought them (very tasty.) They were about the size of a 5p and that seems small even for quail - the ones from the supermarket are bigger I'm...

Not pretending to be anything other than a novice with birds but have taken some pictures lately where there have been juveniles that have been an education. Anyway, looking around for resources this evening came across this: http://www.babybirdid.com/WHObabybirdID2.php?BBIntroResponse=Yes...

Hot Lulu!

The new image handler on this forum is better than we had before. It can now be bigger than 800 x 600 and it gets resized automatically but most cameras (even on phones) tend to take very large images. Software that will crop or resize images is fairly easy to come by. Off the top of my head...

Supper time! Don't know what that fish is but it looks very tasty!

Its really starting to sound like the farmer has been busy in the fields, or maybe just the winds, and a whole bunch of stuff has been blowing in. Springtails in clouds for one but also everything else thats living out there (maybe mites too.) If it was me I'd give the house a good vac all over...

Springtails? Mite have 8 legs as adults.

Sorry if I overdid it on the incredulity front before Jaffa Cake. They do sound more like spider mite of some description - theres no way poultry red mite would be swarming over a potted plant, particularly in daylight. You can post images by selecting the 'Attachments' tab just under the 'Save...

Thought she was on the mend yesterday - appetite returned and looking brighter. This morning it was obviously the end of the road. I think the underlying problem was her gizzard not working properly, similar effect as a blocked crop but without any apparent blockage - been going on for a few...