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Hi James, A warm welcome to the forum. The BWA is a great organisation and I'm proud to be a member (and membership education and publicity commitee member) too. I hope you enjoy the forum, Tim

Hi daniellesdogs A warm welcome to the forum. Sounds like you have quite a mixture of animals there :D I hope you enjoy the forum. Tim

Hi all, I have uploaded the photos Rupert took of the DWC National in Wolverhampton onto the poultrykeeper Facebook page here: DWC Photos Tim.

I had an email this morning from a friend sending me a rather interesting photo and tale that I thought you would appreciate... Peace and Goodwill to all Hens Thankfully he didn't harm the birds and simply went to roost with them!

Hello Mrs. P. A very warm welcome :D Thank you for saying hello. I look forward to meeting you in the forums. Tim

Well, I downloaded a video I took last spring today and thought.... January, it really isn't that long before I'll be collecting eggs to hatch. So here's my video of a broody bantam I used to hatch some duck eggs. I chopped off the first bit about the duck eggs which was a little boring :-)12...

No, generally speaking most backyard flocks are not vaccinated. Vaccines whist often quite cheap per bird, usually only come in vials of 500 or 1000 doses so unless you are hatching in reasonably large numbers, it costs too much. Most of us are hatching say 10 to 20 chicks at most at a time...

Hi Amanda, No problem, all are welcome and I'm sure it will be useful 'outcrossing' to bring in some new genes of knowledge! :D I don't use a microscope I'm afraid. Worms can be treated easily so people tend to worm their birds, rather than look at samples through a microscope and I wouldn't...

:D I know it was just a try.... I used to keep pigeons and doves when I was a teenager. Can't say I knew much about them though - it was my Grandfather that raced them and was the man with the knowledge.

Hi Amanda, I remove my water containers at night and put out fresh in the morning which lasts most of the day if it doesn't stay below freezing all day. Glycerine in the water works but don't put it in water that can be used as bath water as it can (so the RSPB say) damage feathers. A heat...

Hello All, I took some photos at the National last weekend. The link below takes you to the photos which I have uploaded onto the poultrykeeper Facebook page. There will be more to follow but I want to be fair to Fancy Fowl who are using some of these - so I'm not posting them all at once...

Hello again all that I met on the weekend - yes, I am so sorry I didn't get half as much time to talk to people as I would have liked. After the official photographer left, Rupert and I were on a mission to get the Fancy Fowl photos and being a rather amateur photographer at the best of times...

Hi Shalla, Unless you have a large man-made or natural pond with a filter / pump or stream passing through, then people tend to use tubs of water instead that can be tipped out. They can be moved around as it will soon turn to mud around it. During the winter I put these tubs in a large gravel...

Hi timbertony, Welcome to the forum! Tim

Hello all, I am very pleased to welcome 'Victorias Poultry' as a forum moderator. Sue will be moderating the General Chickens forum (our busiest area) with Foxy and taking care of the general day to day tasks such as deleting spam posts, moving topics and so on. VP has been with us since the...

Hello Ann, A warm welcome, I hope you have fun with your girls and continue to find the site and forum useful. See you in the forums ;) Tim

Here is a tool I have found works well for straight forward, basic photo resizing. Microsoft Image Resizer for XP (Link is lower right hand side). Microsoft Image Resizer for Windows 7. Windows 7 does come with a much better version of paint that allows you to do these things easily but not...

Hi Kevin, Welcome to the forum. I hope you have fun and learn along the way - it's a constant learning journey for us all and poultry are such interesting creatures! It sounds like you have lots of support and are getting alot out of what you do. I had a look at your website. The Llamas look...

Hello Chickadoodle, Welcome to the forum - thanks for the introduction, it sounds like you're having lots of fun with your girls. You'll find ducks are lots of fun too :D I didn't think I would end up with ducks but now I have 30 (and a little under 30 chickens). I'm also in Bedfordshire...

Steve sent me a few pics to use of Favs and Orloffs - I've added them to the Faverolles Photos page on the main site - they look great... :D I haven't finished the Orloff section yet - so the Orloff photos aren't up yet...