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Thank you for the Carla Emery link. (also dead) her website looks really interesting and I will see if I can find her book to look at. Any more suggeations? ...
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Hi Karen Those that know me, would say that I can appear to ask, what on the face of it is a very innocent question, and then quietly watch the person or...
Anybody see this story? http://www.farmersguardian.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1 <http://www.farmersguardian.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=16684> ...
Oh yes I saw it. I live not far from Middlesbrough and you can imagine the panic when I heard it on the news. We've got 30+ sheep on our smallholding. I was ...
Can I ask a dense question??? Are sheep induced at all? A friend invited me to the Sparsholt college for a lambing weekend and I did say at the time how did...
Ok so they put them in with the tup, and they have a cycle of 3 weeks, and every three weeks, they change the colour of the crayon in the tup's harness. So...
We put our Tup in on the 5th November fitted with a raddle (coloured crayon on his chest), you start with a light colour and get darker so you can see if a ewe...
Sorry I've not had 100% access to my computer, but huge thanks to Denise and Jackie for the replies about lambing - how absolutely fascinating. I just didn't...
Hi Karen What animals do you keep? Denise ___________________________________________________________ Rise to the challenge for Sport Relief with Yahoo! For...
Sorry Denise, just a dreamer, stuck in suburbia on the edge of countryside, hoping my husband will come around to my way of thinking and buy a property with...
...and very excited but nervous about it too. I wondered if you would run over the provisions we have made and let me know if there is anything else I should...
... soil so they seem to find all they need while sratching around. I would try scattering a few layers pellets around for them to see how they react, mine...
... Our retired ISAs have always had pellets, and mixed corn. I honestly don't think they should have a problem with pellets. I always put extra grit down, as...
Here's a message that was posted to the Caffi55 group in the North Wales area, it might be of some use to someone. Please spread the word!: "Conwy Beekeepers'...
Hiya Just a quick update to let you know that we now have our girls and we love them!!! We have one hen who is the dominant of the three which we expected, ...
Karen, treat them like incubated chicks and get a hanging feeder and install it low to the ground for them, the same with a drinker. If you find you need to...
Hi Elizabeth Thank you, we invested in some mixed grit and shell and they are really going for it, just like you said. Will be dusting them this weekend. ...
Hi John Thanks for all the advice, they had no problem with the food, and thankfully they quickly got the hang of the water, although they preferred jumping...
Folks I have noticed in recent posts mention of using egg shell as grit substitute. This is not true. Grit is small partials of stone etc that helps grind down...
... Lots of people have told me about ... I have to say hens I've bought in that haven't been given greens previously have never developed a taste for them,...
You are dead right George! I of course intrended to mention the fact that I live near a Fishing village or six that harvests mainly mussels and Scallops which...
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/countryside-farming-news/farming-news/2008/03 /18/wales-set-to-ban-gm-crops-91466-20637380/ Wales set to ban GM crops Mar ...
This is great, thanks for the clarification George - I'm not comfortable giving them eggshell, I'm not sure at the moment whether we have a problem with egg...
Hi Elizabeth Thanks for this, it's not just my strange hens then that don't like greens!!! Ah, the links are great thanks Elizabeth, I already have a catalogue...
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