Search results

Now the Labour Party are in power I would say left wing.

…… and if you do have an escape artist then you can clip his wing feathers. This is painless if done correctly. Guides on YouTube.

Yep. But sometimes it works the other way. I bred seven lambs this year. The first five born were all ewe lambs. Should have gone out and bought a Lottery ticket 😀 On the egg hatching malarkey, low hatching percentage this year. Pushing my luck with March 21st setting the eggs in the incubators...

I’d never even heard of Silverudds so nothing to say about them. I’m currently running on a Mottled Orpington x Exchequer Leghorn boy. Hope he’s as well behaved as his parents. He’ll be in a breeding pen next year so I’ll see how he performs in that department. I’ve just two Pullets going...

Not daft at all ( well perhaps a little bit😀). From quite a lot of experience I would say they vary enormously. Some are real sweeties and some attack on sight. Certainly breeds vary, though not exclusively. Avoid any of the game breeds. Also lighter breeds generally are a bit more feisty. My...

Thanks Icemaiden. Yes, it works.

Not being a techno-weenie how do I attach what someone else has said into this posting in order to respond to it?

Oh God! A bitter truth. I suppose the only debate is the relative degree of muppetishness.

I’m old. Therefore Ive tried every feeder there is. Thought I’d finally struck gold with Grandpas feeder. Starlings have learnt that if they sit on the treadle as a group they can open it and eat all the pellets. Surely it’s not rocket science. I’m getting to the point that I’m going to stop...

Great position to be in. I wish I’d known years ago how good Exchequer Leghorns are. Lay fantastically, beautiful and disease resistant.

Oh dear. I misjudged him terribly. The eggs were very cold when they went in the incubator so I guess they had to warm through before incubation started. So two days late a mass of chicks. Three clear, four dead in shell and 28 chicks. Their mothers are three different breeds so we’ll see how...

Terrible memory. What do they call that timber for perches. It’s about 3 ins x 2ins and has chamfered edges?

A whole incubator of eggs (35) and all infertile. Guess that Mottled Orpington cockerel isn’t up to the job. Oh well Exchequer Leghorns gone in so it will be a late season for hatching this year.

Love it 😀

Traditional food here is rooted in the extreme poverty of bygone times and generally involves salt and oatmeal in various combinations. However seafood is abundant and modern freezers means it can be stored easily. So mackerel, crabs, mussels, lobsters all good and as an occasional treat...

Nope. Don’t know Shrewsbury biscuits either. I fact my knowledge of regional biscuitry is sadly lacking. But I do know that plain, unchocolated Hob-Nobs are the best dunkers in the world.

Don’t know a Fat Rascal but all the others are good.

Whoops. Never eaten it, tinned or fresh.

A snapshot of home.