Mary,<br> Did you ever have a go at posting some pictures?<br><br>Julian<br><br>>I saw the photo section and investigated, but<br>>wasn't sure if the...
I am trying to sort out where to put things this year and i am wondering where do Chards come in your rotataion scheme. Are they brasica's or are they closely ...
I'm hoping that this will be the year I finally get my polytunnel. I've done some homework, and am now looking at stockists. I'd appreciate some "do's and...
Do we have any HDRA members, it it worth becoming a member ? did you find it usefull (value for money) or was it more a case of "doing the right thing"...
Dear All<br><br>Can anyone help who has experience in raising table birds.<br><br>I would like to have a go this year in raising some table birds from chicks...
Does anyone know of a tannery (hope this is the right word!) that takes a small number of sheepskins to be processed into sheepskin throws and rugs and if so...
I'm sure I answered a similar question to this once before, but then it might have been on a different forum - not to worry. :)<br><br>Cobs and Ross birds are,...
I rear all the chicken that I eat. I have a biggish flock of hens and cocks - which began as Jersey Giants, and got diluted because people begged me to take ...
Hi Mary, Julian and All,<br><br>>I saw the photo section and investigated, but<br>>wasn't sure if the photo gets copied there, or if<br>>it expects to...
Dear Rosemary & Chris<br><br>Thanks for your advice and stupidly i didn't look at previous messages to see if this question had been raised before...which it...
Hi Julian,<br><br>>I am trying to sort out where to put things this year and i am wondering where do Chards come in your rotataion scheme. Are they ...
I don't like doing it much - it is more what I call 'signing the death warrent' I don't like than the actual dispatch, which is over in seconds. I get bored ...
Hi,<br>My husband does the gruesome business, and he did feel quite sick the first time (not so nauseous that he wouldn't eat the bird after however). ...
I use to teach survival techniques, living off the land etc. and I still don't like the task of dispatching. Does it get easier? Well yes, frankly it does, but...
Elizabeth, Your husband has my sympathy. The first time I killed ( a shot pigeon) I was 12 and I cried for hours. But you get over it. I will say that after...
It's not dificult to understant the concepts of rotationa or or companion planting wbut what i have not been able to work out its the combination of the ...
Hi,<br>no we have the expensive pliers. Thanks for the detailed advice Chris, I'll pass it on to my other half and make sure he follows it to the letter next...
To dispatch larger fowl you need a humane dispatcher. This generally takes the form of a tripod with conical buckets of differing sizes with a pop hole for the...
Have just been speaking to our local trading standards officer trying to arrange a Farm to Farm movement order for some weaners. He tells me that all ...
I checked up on the RSPCA's hen welfare information and the only methods it recommends as humane are electrical stunning/decapitation and dislocation ...
I know of the doucument but have never foun ot on the web. what is on the web is "The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995"<br><a...
Tim<br>That will be really great if it is Nationwide. I spoke with my local Trading Standards about 10 days ago and they 'knew nothing'.<br><br>I have to ring...
Our first two poll Dorset first time Ewes lambed last night. One twin, one single. One of the twins was dead on arrival. The other is doing fine.<br>We are ...
... warrant', but although it's an unpleasant business, it is necessary. If you're hatching your own chicks, you just can't afford - nor is it practical - to...
Had a letter from DEFRA today. I got my dates wrong, its is from the 11th Feb not 14th. The letter is address to all Livestock farmers in England, but on ...
