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Do all goldfinches migrate?

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by Primrose » Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:02 am

We have been delighted this summer to have a couple of families of goldfinches come to our garden to feed on a daily basis for the first time. I have...

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Last post by Monika
Thu Jan 14, 2016 7:29 pm
non edible omlet

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by Pa Snip » Sat Dec 12, 2015 8:58 am

Mrs Snip enjoys keeping a few chickens in the garden but this summer we had a infestation of mite which would not clear up despite the regular...

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Last post by robo
Sun Dec 13, 2015 9:58 am
Bird ID?

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by Stonecoloured » Tue Nov 10, 2015 12:59 pm

Just seen a bird on a branch, bobbing up and down. It had a grey head and wings, a yellow belly and a long thin tail. About blackbird size and just...

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Last post by Stonecoloured
Sat Nov 14, 2015 2:34 pm
For cat folk.....

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by Diane » Sun Feb 23, 2014 3:11 pm

True...so true....I'm sure this is what they really think. :lol:

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Last post by Pa Snip
Tue Oct 20, 2015 4:22 am
The Resident Spider

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by Primrose » Sat Oct 03, 2015 12:04 pm

You can tell colder weather is coming. Our big Bath Spider has made his way into our bath again to take up indoor residence. He's massive and has to...

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Last post by Westi
Sat Oct 03, 2015 6:15 pm
Troubled by squirrels??

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by alan refail » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:59 pm

If so, I'll send you my cat Tomos . All you have to do is pay her train fare and feed her!
Over the past three days she has killed two grey...

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Last post by Ricard with an H
Fri Sep 25, 2015 7:12 am
We've been deluding ourselves

Last post by Elaine
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by Primrose » Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:41 pm

Every evening recently since we spotted a small hedgehog in our garden we're been putting food out for it and in the morning have been delighted to...

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Last post by Elaine
Sat Aug 29, 2015 9:41 pm
Delightful close up video

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by Primrose » Thu Aug 13, 2015 9:28 am

Watch this on the largest computer screen you have and have your sound turned on.
The hummingbird doing rolls chasing a bee is not to be missed.
Be...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Fri Aug 14, 2015 7:53 am
First baby Blackbirds

Last post by Geoff
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by PLUMPUDDING » Thu Apr 30, 2015 7:12 pm

This morning I noticed a pair of blackbirds feeding a very young fledgling, then a few minutes later there was another one on the fence. I thought...

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Last post by Geoff
Sat Jul 25, 2015 9:51 am
Cats get i to some strange situations!

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by Primrose » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:18 am

Did you see this story in the press of a cat who accidentally took off in a glider?

We had a cat who one day climbed into our next door...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Sun Jun 28, 2015 9:05 am
mice problems

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by malcs » Fri Jun 19, 2015 9:06 pm

Can you suggest a way to deter mice from eating my strawberrys. There are too many to trap.

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Last post by Geoff
Sat Jun 20, 2015 7:37 pm
House Sparrows

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by Elaine » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:41 pm

For the first time in five years,I've had House Sparrows in my garden this week, flitting amongst the plants and eating from the feeders. I'm so...

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Last post by Monika
Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:03 pm
Spring magic

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by Primrose » Mon May 04, 2015 8:06 pm

For anybody with a few moments to spare, this is well worth watching. Not a sight one often gets to see, bur happening all around us !

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Last post by Westi
Tue May 05, 2015 5:33 pm
Cheap bird feeder

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by Primrose » Mon Apr 20, 2015 4:35 pm

For those who like to feed the birds, we have just recycled an ancient Hills Hoist type clothes dryer which was destined for the council tip.

We...

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Last post by Diane
Tue Apr 21, 2015 7:27 pm
Heaed Insulated Hen House or chicken house

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by jardinier » Sat Oct 12, 2013 3:49 am

Hello,

Imagine... here the thermometer can show -26F during the winter... brrrrr

My laying hens need a heated coop . :P

Yess for the fresh eggs...

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Last post by jardinier
Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:38 am
Free on line Poultry Course.

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by Diane » Mon Feb 16, 2015 6:16 pm

I've just enrolled on this course -

Should be interesting. I'm halfway through their Animal Welfare course too. It's all totally free.

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Last post by Pa Snip
Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:10 pm
A (touching) tale of two hens

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by alan refail » Sat Feb 07, 2015 6:37 am

I lost two hens to extreme old age yesterday, but they keave a lasting memory.
One of them was Mama Duck, so-called because the first brood she...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sat Feb 07, 2015 9:31 am
Dead chickens

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by Chantal » Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:17 pm
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Went to lock up the girls on Tuesday evening and found one dead inside the door of the run and another dead in the chicken shed. The remainder of the...
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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:21 pm
Filbert

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by Chantal » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:11 pm

Some of you may recall Filbert, our sprout eating kitten (my avatar)? Well he's all grown up, although still very small (ex feral) and still into...

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Last post by Chantal
Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:20 am
Any hens laying yet?

Last post by Motherwoman
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by Diane » Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:41 pm

I think mine have started to think about it - combs going dark pink. I miss going out to the henhouse and harvesting nice warm eggs.

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Last post by Motherwoman
Thu Jan 01, 2015 12:58 pm
Vaseline has its uses !!

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by Primrose » Wed Nov 05, 2014 5:14 pm

For anybody plagued with squirrels ....

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Last post by Primrose
Sun Nov 16, 2014 9:27 pm
Lady Bird Spider making a comeback in Dorset.

Last post by Motherwoman
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by Diane » Tue Nov 11, 2014 12:19 pm

What a lovely creature - not sure I'd want to find one in my wellies though. Found again in the Arne peninsular recently.

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Last post by Motherwoman
Tue Nov 11, 2014 9:47 pm
teeny tiny chickens

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by Diane » Mon Sep 01, 2014 1:14 pm

My pekin has just hatched a couple of Serama chicks - my goodness....they said they'd be small...they're like little mice :D

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Last post by robo
Mon Sep 01, 2014 7:11 pm
bad day

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by robo » Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:21 am

Bad day today ive just got back from dispatching 6 of my 7 chickens, most where rescued from a local zoo but they where old and wild the last few...

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Last post by Diane
Fri Aug 15, 2014 9:32 am
That's one tough cookie!

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by alan refail » Fri Jul 18, 2014 3:30 pm

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...or maybe just bloody lucky!

This is Gwenfrewi, one of my three-year-old Bluebelles. On Monday evening she was grabbed...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sat Aug 09, 2014 12:11 pm
Noise level!

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by Motherwoman » Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:54 am

I've just taken my mug of tea into the garden and sat and listened to my flock of bantams and at this time of the morning the hens are making far...

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Last post by Ricard with an H
Fri Aug 08, 2014 7:06 pm
Cockerel :(

Last post by Motherwoman
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by Diane » Fri Jul 25, 2014 4:54 pm

Isn't it sad when the little fowl you've been hoping was a hen finally turns out to be cockerel. Can't keep him. One of the trials of hatching :(

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Last post by Motherwoman
Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:09 pm
Barefooting saves the day

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by Cider Boys » Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:56 am

I walked across my lawn barefooted to where my gooseberry bushes are to pick some for tea. I was very careful as I trod around the bushes thinking it...

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Last post by RexysKitchen
Mon Jul 21, 2014 2:46 pm
Whose garden is it?

Last post by Monika
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by Primrose » Fri May 09, 2014 3:07 pm

Just popped indoors from weeding to make a quick cup of tea and noticed the moment I left the garden swarms of birds of all varieties flocked down to...

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Last post by Monika
Fri May 09, 2014 7:07 pm
We've been adopted

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by alan refail » Thu May 02, 2013 3:57 pm
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When our last cat died exactly three years ago at the age of twenty, we decided we would not get another cat. Someone thought different :!:

We have...
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Last post by Westi
Thu May 01, 2014 5:38 pm
What's the bird?

Last post by Motherwoman
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by Motherwoman » Tue Mar 11, 2014 6:34 am
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I'm very puzzled by a bird call I've been hearing over the last two weeks. It starts as it gets dusk and continues for a couple of hours or so. It's...
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Last post by Motherwoman
Sat Apr 26, 2014 2:14 pm
Strange Worm

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by Motherwoman » Wed Apr 16, 2014 4:44 pm

Was up the plot digging today and came across a sight I've never seen before. It looked like a worm being eaten by a slug. Normal healthy worm about...

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Last post by alan refail
Fri Apr 18, 2014 1:42 pm
stockholm tar

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by Diane » Fri Apr 11, 2014 3:26 pm

Just had to apply a dollop of stockholm tar to a chicken's foot - what a strong smell. But I like it. Reminds me of creosote. :D

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Last post by Diane
Sat Apr 12, 2014 3:36 pm
Squirrels are not colour blind !

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by Primrose » Wed Apr 09, 2014 8:32 pm

They have just snapped off the head of every single one of my purple tulips yet left the red ones severely alone. I spotted one reaching up the stem,...

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Last post by Geoff
Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:20 pm
Butterflies

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by peter » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:34 pm

Past three days I have seen yellow, Tortoiseshell and Peacock butterflies. :D

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:10 pm
Dogs in the garden

Last post by Sandyback
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by Sandyback » Fri Mar 14, 2014 8:41 am

They can do do untold damage. Always keep tools and equipment out of reach, like I do.
Chewed Panama.JPG

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Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:56 pm
For cat folk 2

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by Chantal » Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:10 pm

My favourite advert at the moment is this one

and the kitty concerned is called Bronte and lives in Rugby! She's a local superstar.

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Last post by Westi
Fri Feb 28, 2014 5:39 pm
Unusual bird behaviour

Last post by Diane
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by Primrose » Wed Feb 19, 2014 2:15 pm

Watched some peculiar behaviour with a chaffinch on our lawn this morning. It was huddled on the same spot for half an hour and I thought it was...

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Last post by Diane
Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:05 pm
EGGS

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by Arnie » Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:31 pm

Hi Everyone :)

As result of this lovely weather we are having my hen run is like a mud bath :evil: it doesn't matter how much straw and wood...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Fri Feb 07, 2014 5:44 pm
New Hens.

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by old codger » Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:03 pm
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I have just finished cleaning my chicken house out.I will spray it all inside tomorrow ready for my twenty new hens I am getting on Saturday, you...
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Last post by oldherbaceous
Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:13 am
Sprout eating kitten

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by Chantal » Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:16 am
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Filbert is growing fast into the oddest cat I've ever known. I've had cats who loved various strange food, but never vegetables.

He's scoffed down...
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Last post by oldherbaceous
Fri Jan 31, 2014 4:30 pm
Early Birds

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by Geoff » Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:13 am

Anybody do the Early Bird Survey? It's not too late.

It was very dark this morning when I put the food out just after 7 and it was 07:48 when a...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Mon Jan 13, 2014 6:17 pm
Wasps in the wood store

Last post by robo
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by Catherine » Wed Jan 08, 2014 5:20 pm

We have a multi fuel stove in our kitchen dining room and an open fire in our lounge. We have a wood store in the garden by our back door. Three...

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Last post by robo
Wed Jan 08, 2014 7:00 pm
Hen raider

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by Motherwoman » Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:41 pm
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Last week I lost three hens to...something. My chicken roost in an open fronted barn about 7 ft up on perches. We found the first corpse partially...
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Last post by Ricard with an H
Thu Jan 02, 2014 8:26 am
chickens

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by robo » Wed Dec 18, 2013 3:16 pm
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Hi all, does anybody know why chickens eat their own eggs, I am slowly getting my chickens laying again after stopping in summer, I have 7 hens and...
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Sat Dec 28, 2013 2:24 pm
Mr Toad

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by Westi » Mon Dec 16, 2013 5:50 pm

Opened the back door this morning to let the dogs out & a little toad was just sitting on the step. It was raining & he did seem at ease but...

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Last post by Motherwoman
Tue Dec 17, 2013 4:42 pm
Hive bees foraging in December

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by PLUMPUDDING » Mon Dec 09, 2013 4:53 pm

My bees have been out for at least part of every day recently (except when we had the gales). I've been watching where they go as I couldn't think...

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Last post by peter
Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:46 pm
Late for hedgehogs?

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by Primrose » Sat Dec 07, 2013 9:47 pm

A couple of nights ago we saw a hedgehog wandering around in the garden. Surely they should be hibernating by now? We put out some car food for it...

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Sun Dec 08, 2013 11:34 am
This is such a wonderful project.

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by Diane » Fri Oct 25, 2013 11:00 am

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Sat Oct 26, 2013 9:31 am
Chickens or Bees.

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by snooky » Tue Oct 22, 2013 12:23 pm

Hopefully will be moving to a bigger house with a large garden and have been mulling over a few ideas.The garden is surrounded by trees,mostly with...

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Sat Oct 26, 2013 5:21 am

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