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Alas St. Barbu is a lot further from you . Ros

This is Mick my new D'Anvers cockerel , what colour is he -- ? blue partridge or not? Also Verity , one of his 3 girls ,I know what colour she is --- mud splashed black! They are so cute , only had them 4 days and have eggs in incubator already! Its all Elmwood's fault!!! Ros

ATTEN> Elmwood!!! ----(Yes , I do know its March now ,but---)-I blame you entirely for this---- my 'closed flock' developed a small chink in the door ! I have a quad of d'Anvers now! They are real cuties . came from a lovely lady --she even delivered them for me and wouldnt take any fuel...

Sitting here at the window I can see -----fox being chased by hounds being chased by the hunt being chased by the Sabs. being chased by the police !!! I sort of hope the fox circles round to behind the police too!!!. Being at the end of a public right of way the Sabs. all meet outside our gate...

I have 5 Coronation L/F cooking at the moment , 1st one is hatched , its getting late and I just think it might be an only child. :( I know that crossing Coronation and Light can give a % of Coronation colouring even if they are not true/pure bred. Which way round does this work? ie boy/girl...

-----------------------------Dont start wasting it Foxy! Ros :-)07

Gert and Daisy came home with me after a BHWT rescue at the weekend as there were quite a few left over. Just let them loose for first time as lovely sunny day! Gert scarpered but heres Daisy -her very first moment of freedom. They are surprisingly sweet! --looking at the picture their combs are...

Oh no ,poor boy! Choco ran into some mesh and sliced his--dont they bleed! I patched it up quite well with steristrips , thought about stitching it but decided not to --despite it healing surprisingly well with the steristrips I wish now I had done as I think it would have been cosmetically...

Thats great Elmwood---I had no idea what the difference was between the various 'Barbus'! Does anyone keep the other types as some pics of those would be nice to compare. Ros

Re------- ' Chicken Vet '-----have they gone???? It was nice to have some professional input.Ros

I love this time of year--just as everyone stops laying this years girls start laying. Its fun trying to work out whos laying what pullet eggs. ATTENT. TIM_____ At last a lovely dark CBM egg today! Whoopee! Ros :-)08

Where did I put the cleansing cream ? - The evidence! ___sorry 1st pic. came up x2¬!

All my birds look like they have a horrendous respiratory infection with faces,combs,beaks and wattles covered with thick black sticky muck. The cause?????-------gorgeing on windfalls causing apple juiced faces which then gets dirt stuck on them when they start digging for worms etc. !What a...

Some of my 'mini' silkies --the cuddliest chooks out!Ros

Can someone who knows about things like this please tell me-- one of my pekin frizzle boys -- are these TRUE crele/creole in colour or just a splodgy mess ???? I would say they have the correct red wingbar (???) , if they are not correct I will abandon project as its not proving easy ---dont be...

----- recently feeling bored and inquisitive (well ,err, nosey!) I went off to supposedly view some hens . I went to one of the new 'breed' of 'poultry sellers' , what I found prompted me into a second trip where the findings were pretty similar. I was appalled/disgusted . Back gardens FULL of...

Just wondering if anyone has tried these? I have chicks in arks and growers in pens in an old ,beamed , oak framed barn. ArkS and pen frames are fine to treat but I should probably treat the barn some how.No way could I treat it efficiently with topical stuff and thought it might be worth using...

Just wondering---those of you who give your chickens garlic for colds and sneezes---what form do you use (grated,liquid,powder) ? Also how much do you use in water?Do they like it? Thanks ,Ros.

I know I am very dim--please can someone explain how to get the webcam going! Ros

---Has anyone found a cheap source of egg boxes? I need a top up of some for my 'gate sales' , Ive looked through the internet and on e bay to try and find them cheaper than at our local agricultural store.Most people return them but they all eventually disappear, if you look at prices + P and P...