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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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Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:10 pm
Dogs in the garden

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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

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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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Fri Feb 07, 2014 5:44 pm
New Hens.

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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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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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Mon Jan 13, 2014 6:17 pm
Wasps in the wood store

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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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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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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
Gone So Early this Year

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by Arnie » Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:05 am

Hi

This has to be the first year all the swallows and martins have returned home so early, in previous years we have had them still flying around...

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Last post by Elaine
Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:48 am
Chicken poo sampling request.

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by Diane » Wed Oct 02, 2013 4:06 pm

I've been asked to post this request on to any one who might like to take part. I've had my testing kit delivered and sent it all back. It's quite...

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Last post by Diane
Wed Oct 02, 2013 4:06 pm
Dancing Stoat

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by Motherwoman » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:30 pm

This was a first for me, spotted a stoat running across the trackway to the field across the road, then it ran back and flipped about a few times,...

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Last post by Elaine
Tue Sep 24, 2013 3:28 pm
Gone So Early this Year

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by Arnie » Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:05 am

Hi

This has to be the first year all the swallows and martins have returned home so early, in previous years we have had them still flying around...

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Last post by Arnie
Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:05 am
Swallow day

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by Motherwoman » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:25 pm

Yesterday the sky above our house was full of swallows, all diving and feeding. Skimming across the fields at about a foot off the ground, very...

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Last post by Monika
Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:43 pm
Doga....

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by Diane » Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:36 am

Came across this today

As a dog lover I think it's a bit daft...but each to his own I suppose. Bet it costs loads.

Class.....discuss.... :D

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Last post by Westi
Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:30 pm
For cat lovers.

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by Diane » Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:00 pm

These videos made me laugh.

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Last post by Westi
Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:56 pm
How broody can a hen be !

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by Diane » Fri Sep 13, 2013 1:04 pm

Four times this year...managed to unbroody the little pekin every time, apart from the last time when she hatched some frizzles. They are now 6 weeks...

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Last post by Motherwoman
Fri Sep 13, 2013 8:33 pm
Butterfly Bonanza

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by Monika » Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:16 pm

We have had a great butterfly bonanza the last fortnight and particularly over this weekend. Bearing in mind that we are not a particularly favoured...

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Last post by Monika
Fri Aug 30, 2013 7:05 pm
New henhouse

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by Diane » Fri Jul 26, 2013 3:42 pm
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So excited - took delivery of my new henhouse today. Been waiting for it for ages. A nice man makes them to whatever specifications you like, and...
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Last post by Motherwoman
Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:33 pm
Henpower project

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by Diane » Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:25 pm

To all those who love their hens, you may wish to "like" these folk on Facebook -

It's all about helping elderly people regain an...

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Last post by Diane
Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:25 pm
Pheasant problem

Last post by Westi
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by Primrose » Wed Jul 03, 2013 5:38 pm

No, not eating my crops!
We have a pheasant with a badly deformed long beak which curls right under towards his breast who's become a daily visitor...

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Last post by Westi
Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:42 pm
New mallards

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by alan refail » Thu Jul 18, 2013 2:19 pm

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After many years one of our visiting wild ducks has successfully kept half a dozen ducklings safe from predators. Here they...

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Last post by Westi
Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:52 pm
Bees in the compst bin

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by Redfox » Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:51 am

A couple of months ago whilst emptying one of my plastic compost bins I disturbed a small bees nest in there, :o so I promtly covered it with a large...

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Last post by Redfox
Mon Jul 08, 2013 3:45 pm
Ducks choose such silly nesting sites !

Last post by Motherwoman
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by Primrose » Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:32 am

Sad story in our village yesterday. A duck was trying to lead her brood of ducklings back to her local pond when she got mown down by a car and her...

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Last post by Motherwoman
Tue Jul 02, 2013 12:46 pm
At last...

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by Motherwoman » Mon Jun 03, 2013 8:46 am

I was just coming back across the field this morning with dogs about 6.15am and at long last I heard a cuckoo. Didn't hear one at all last year.

And...

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Last post by Monika
Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:19 pm
Optimistic Collared Dove

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by PLUMPUDDING » Fri May 10, 2013 4:54 pm

Last week when it was warm and sunny a collared dove constructed a nest - more like a small handful of twigs - on top of the wisteria on the pergola....

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Fri May 24, 2013 1:45 pm
egg sizes

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by robo » Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:05 pm
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is it only me that weighs the eggs my chickens lay, I don't do it every day but occasionally I put one on the kitchen scales, today we have the...
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Last post by Chantal
Wed May 15, 2013 4:40 pm
Adder

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by Westi » Mon May 13, 2013 9:11 pm

She hasn't shown herself this year - I'm thinking the bad seasons have taken their toll as she was so little compared to her Mum! Although she scared...

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Last post by Westi
Tue May 14, 2013 9:09 pm
Crow going fishing

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by Primrose » Mon May 06, 2013 7:40 pm

Our local crow is raiding our mini pond. He stands on the edge of the pond, yanks out all the blanket weed within reach and then proceeds to pick off...

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Last post by Monika
Wed May 08, 2013 10:08 pm
How do worms appear in compost heaps? (or anywhere else?)

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by Primrose » Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:16 pm

I'm hoping there are some biologists here who can explain to me how works appear in compost heaps. There are obviously none when one starts to build...

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Last post by Primrose
Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:18 pm
Bare arsed chickens

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by Chantal » Tue Apr 02, 2013 2:07 pm
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Most of our eight girls have completely bald bums. We checked the perches for mites and although we didn't find any, treated them just in case. Have...
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Last post by Ricard with an H
Tue Apr 09, 2013 5:09 pm
Beautiful Barn Owl

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by Motherwoman » Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:31 am

I was walking my dogs (6 springer spaniels) in the field this morning at around 6.15am and over the hedge at around head height glided a beautiful...

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Last post by Flanjamin
Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:39 pm
The success of Red Kites

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by Primrose » Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:20 pm

We were driving back from an Easter week-end down in East Sussex earlier this morning and saw a Red Kite flying nearing the M23 south of Gatwick....

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Last post by Motherwoman
Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:07 am
This will cheer you up

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by Diane » Sun Mar 31, 2013 5:15 pm

A laughing cockerel

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Tue Apr 02, 2013 6:30 am
A query about frogspawn

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by Primrose » Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:45 am

The ice on my minipond has melted this morning and I'm thrilled to find I've got several batches of frogspawn although I've not seen any frogs this...

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Last post by Motherwoman
Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:32 am
Birds hiding.storing food

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by Primrose » Sun Mar 17, 2013 2:19 pm

Saw some interesting crow behaviour in our garden today after throwing out some gristly pieces of meat. Our regular visiting crow ate his fill then...

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Last post by Monika
Sun Mar 17, 2013 7:05 pm
chicks....yay!

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by Diane » Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:39 pm

Spring has sprung in my bird room.....a broody pekin has just hatched out 4 frizzle chicks....the zebra finches have babies in the nest and the...

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Last post by sally wright
Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:25 pm
Strange bird - rubbish photograph

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by Geoff » Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:58 am

Saw something among the birds after I came in from feeding them this morning and it took me a while to work out what it was. It is a cock Chaffinch...

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Last post by Primrose
Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:42 am
Rats eating my car.

Last post by Monika
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by Ricard with an H » Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:07 am

I declared war on Roland-Rat, previously my lovely-lady showed a lot of concern when she saw a rat. I had to remind her we live in a farming...

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Last post by Monika
Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:00 pm
Spring sounds!

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by Monika » Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:11 pm

The great woodpecker has started to drum and the blackbirds are singing. How's that for the sounds of spring?

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Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:51 am
Dolly and her fellas

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by alan refail » Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:57 pm

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As in the past few years, spring has really arrived now that Dolly, the wild duck, has turned up in the field with her two...

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Last post by Primrose
Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:23 pm
Plastic Chicken Coop

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by John » Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:20 pm

That's the coop not the chicken!
Has anyone tried one of these? The wooden one that I cobbled together years ago is slowly collapsing in on itself...

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Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:43 pm
Critters Know!

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by Westi » Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:41 pm
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You guys posted about your hens laying & doves mating so very optimistically on another forum (not gardening) I posted spring was coming only to...
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Tue Feb 05, 2013 4:07 pm

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