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If anyone is interested I have 2 pairs of this year's Indian Runner Ducks available, and a trio of 2005 Black East Indies. I am trying to reduce the number of...
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Okay, next year I'm getting chickens which I am very excited about. However, I don't have a chicken coop as of yet, I do have two fairly newish rabbit hutches,...
Hi Karen Yes we use some rabbit housing for hens to nest and roost in. Obviously they need to be out during the day and need to be able to stand up straight,...
Hi Thank you, I was thinking of bantams at first, but small eggs, and relatively shorter lives so I have read. Looking forward to our own eggs. Don't get me...
-Hi Karen, well Hubby is right, especially when they get in the veg garden. But then, think of the milk and meat and skins. And the fun when you take them for...
Just curious... how practical is it to keep a goat in a back garden? We're getting four long-awaited chickens for Christmas, and we've built a movable house...
It all depends Richard! First of all how big is the Garden? Are you on an estate where you would be allowed to keep a Goat? I for instance have an actual back...
If anyone has any tack, rugs, for the rescue horses both at South Wales Animal Rescue and the Horse Angels (we have offered to help them too). Any sizes they...
Thanks for the advice John - much as I suspected really: goats = hell !! I forgot to include my garden measurements: it's about 20m x 18m. Not that that...
http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/index.php Fell over this on the internet, looks good J Regards Karen [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I'm very keen on the micro-holding concept. I have 3 hens and was considering some of the low space, free yield farming types. For instance is keeping bees...
What have been your experiences with the 3 hens Steve? I presume you keep them in your garden?? I'm really keen to get into bee-keeping myself, but I have my...
join your local bee club - they are usually friendly and informative, and will answer all your questions. You can also keep bees on someone else's land....
I built the hen house but it's not perfect. I'm going to build a smaller 'night' house with egg access at the front and a door at each side. It will be on legs...
Not a lot of space Steve is it? You should get by with 3-4 hens comfortably though. I used to live on a council estate and one of the houses had a garden about...
I used to keep a small Apiary here Jackie of 10 hives. But the decline in crops meant that the bees were moving further afield for pollination. It has now got...
... site beehives and flat roofs are thought to be a good place as the flight path is above peoples heads and the roofs have little other producing capacity....
Surely a pygmy will produce some milk? I mean if you only need a pint a day? I don't have anything to back this up, it just seems to make sense. The main...
