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Dead Crow no mystery.

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by Johnboy » Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:26 am

On Sunday morning I was watching two Red Kites over my plot and as usual the local Crows always send out one Crow to ward them off their territory....

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Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:16 am
chicken advice please

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by Zena » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:12 pm

It's been a while since I posted on here - I'm glad to see not a lot's changed!
I have finally (I think) persuaded my OH to let me keep chickens. My...

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Last post by woodenart
Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:06 pm
Giant caterpillars

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by glallotments » Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:27 am

This top caterpillar caused a bit of a panic on one of the plots on our site. It's an elephant hawkmoth larva. elephant hawkmoth small.jpg

The...

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Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:23 pm
Butterflies galore!

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by Monika » Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:50 pm

With the lovely late summer weather in recent days, there has been a wonderful re-emergence of butterflies (third generation this year?),...

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Last post by Elle's Garden
Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:55 pm
Wasps everywhere?

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by glallotments » Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:08 am

For the past month or so we have had lots of wasps on our plot. They seem to be exploring all our plants so we need to take care when weeding,...

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Last post by Elle's Garden
Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:17 pm
my slug pubs

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by Happymouse » Sun Sep 13, 2009 1:40 pm

I put my slug pubs on busymitts.com and thought they should show their faces on here too !

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Last post by Diane
Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:13 pm
Getting rid of moles

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by Primrose » Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:25 pm

A few helpful hints:

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Last post by Westi
Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:42 pm
Bee Omlet

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by alan refail » Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:01 am

Is this a genuinely good idea, or just another way of making money by capitalising on "middle-class" environmental concerns?

Colourful...

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Last post by Stephen
Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:45 am
We now have chickens

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by Franksmum » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:48 pm

they arrived yesterday with Eglu - safely installed in less than 20minutes. We clipped their wings and handled them before putting them in the run....

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Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:08 pm
Silly B!

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by Diane » Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:46 pm

My friend was driving carefully along a country lane, with myself as passenger, when all of a sudden we had to slam on thre brakes as a buzzard shot...

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Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:49 am
Bad Hair Day

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by Geoff » Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:53 pm

Sat on the old easy chair in the garage where I change my boots or watch it rain.

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Last post by Johnboy
Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:12 am
Ducks

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by pwlynch » Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:12 pm

Last year we built a wildlife pond in our garden.We got some tadpoles from a friend and watched them hatch,had the usual beetles etc and it has been...

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Last post by Primrose
Sun Aug 02, 2009 10:06 am
Cats

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by Smurfy » Sun Feb 08, 2009 3:03 pm
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I notice that a lot of people no here say they have cats.

we're getting our first cat on Saturday. She's going to be a house cat as she hates going...
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Last post by Elaine
Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:13 pm
Bird of prey

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by The Mouse » Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:37 pm

Wow. I wish I was better at identifying birds of prey - a young one has just done a crash landing onto my lounge windowsill, and then made several...

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Last post by Primrose
Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:35 pm
Aiding and abetting mass murder in a good cause.

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by glallotments » Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:21 pm
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It's been really good to see thrushes once again in the garden and on our plot. I watched a thrush the other day beating seven bells out of a snail...
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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:59 am
Tiny bumble bee

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by glallotments » Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:28 pm

This week I was about to take a photo of a poppy growing on our plot when I noticed an insect inside. It looked like a tiny bumble bee. It was the...

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Last post by glallotments
Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:05 am
Bird corpse

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by alan refail » Thu May 28, 2009 5:56 pm

I should know the answer to this one, but I don't :(
Looked out this morning (5.30) to see a carrion crow pecking at a pile of grey feathers in the...

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Last post by peter
Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:19 am
DRUNK HEN!

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by QUATRO » Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:05 pm

I bought three new hens in March. A few weeks later, one of them literally fell out of the coop in the morning and spent the rest of the day...

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Last post by QUATRO
Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:11 pm
Obesity problems - blue tits?

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by Primrose » Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:18 pm

I get the RSPB e-mail newsletter and noticed with interest somebody had commented that blue tits in their area struggled to enter and leave a RSPB...

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Last post by peter
Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:45 pm
best friends

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by seedling » Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:33 pm

Thought you might like this link. Very sweet.

Seedling

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Last post by glallotments
Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:25 pm
Hen Lice

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by whimsical Kitten » Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:41 am

We bought three hens in March, and last week on inspecting them (they had been shaking their heads a lot) I discovered they had lice. I applied some...

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Last post by whimsical Kitten
Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:45 pm
Quality Birds Today

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by Johnboy » Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:01 pm
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Yesterday I was inundated with Fieldfares, Redwing and Starlings but today I've gone up a league. Starlings are quite rare here.
I have the most...
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Last post by Primrose
Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:18 am
New Chickens...in buttercups

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by Marmalade » Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:58 am
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Not the start of a new recipe....

I'm getting three lovely Lohmann Brown POLs in a few weeks time. I turned my garden into a wildflower meadow last...
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Last post by peter
Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:14 am
Town tits and country tits

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by alan refail » Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:48 pm

I unnerstand 'as 'ow you townies don't unnerstand us slow country boys!

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Last post by Johnboy
Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:32 pm
Horse drawn implements

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by oxalis » Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:09 pm

Hi All,
Has anyone got any good contacts of growers using working horses for production of vegetables and information or whereabouts for obtaining...

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Last post by oxalis
Wed Jun 03, 2009 4:58 pm
Has anyone seen a rabble?

Last post by Parsons Jack
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by John » Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:14 am

I've only seen a few painted lady butterflies so far this year but there have been reports of swarms (rabble) of them which have migrated from North...

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Last post by Parsons Jack
Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:02 pm
HouseMartins

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by naturediva » Fri May 15, 2009 3:26 am

A cheery sight yesterday was the return of the housemartins weaving their dance across the sky over the garden and roof tops. Last year they blessed...

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Last post by Elaine
Fri May 29, 2009 2:25 am
Blackbird

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by Elaine » Mon May 04, 2009 11:13 pm
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My husband was clearing up the Purple Sprouting Broccoli plants on the allotment today and having up-rooted three of them, he called for me to go...
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Last post by Elaine
Tue May 26, 2009 1:20 am
What a World!

Last post by Westi
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by Westi » Wed May 20, 2009 5:53 pm

I was bemoaning the fact that I had some plants
stolen only to be informed that someone had been
on the plots and killed loads of chickens. Separate...

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Last post by Westi
Sun May 24, 2009 4:59 pm
MILKING MACHINES

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by naturediva » Mon May 11, 2009 10:09 am

Last night (Sun) I watched BBC Countryfile and had yet more skin torn from my eyes about intensive dairy farming whereby cattle are kept in cramped...

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Last post by gloworm
Tue May 19, 2009 5:09 pm
9 year old hen laying

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by PLUMPUDDING » Fri May 15, 2009 12:28 pm

I just had to tell someone - My 9 year old Araucana had just laid an egg. She laid a few last year, but this is the first this year. She is so...

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Last post by woodenart
Sat May 16, 2009 9:57 pm
Cuckoo!

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by Monika » Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:09 pm

Our first cuckoo arrived yesterday morning, hopefully to stay rather than just passing through. Previous arrivals range from about 20 April to 10...

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Last post by Parsons Jack
Sat May 16, 2009 8:45 pm
First bats of the year

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by Colin_M » Fri May 01, 2009 11:04 pm

Well for all I know they have been around for ages, but as I trudged back from the allotment on Wednesday night as the sky was getting dark, there...

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Last post by madasafish
Tue May 12, 2009 3:11 pm
A rarity for this time of the year

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by Johnboy » Sat May 09, 2009 5:20 am

Yesterday I saw this bird that I didn't instantly recognize with a black head and mantle. Then the penny dropped I have a wonderful male Brambling on...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Sat May 09, 2009 8:37 am
Any of you with Mason Bee nests?

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by Colin_M » Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:05 pm

I was a little late cleaning mine out & did not replace the grotty tubes till later in March.

Though not in a prime spot, I have not seen...

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Last post by peter
Tue May 05, 2009 12:08 pm
Woodpecker nest

Last post by Granny
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by Granny » Fri May 01, 2009 7:42 am

A greater spotted woodpecker has been building a nest in an old apple tree. There's a perfectly round hole, and a few days ago I even saw it stick...

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Last post by Granny
Tue May 05, 2009 10:37 am
Racing Pidgeons

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by Primrose » Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:37 pm

Anybody know anything about racing pidgeons?. We've had one in our garden for about 3 days now (green ring on right leg). It will probably move on in...

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Last post by Monika
Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:10 pm
Unidentified bird

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by Granny » Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:04 pm

I've just seen a parrot-type bird sitting in an oak tree in our garden. It's fairly small, about the size of a starling, dark grey back and wings,...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:31 am
Cull magpies or ???

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by alan refail » Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:30 pm

There is some debate going on about the loss of song-birds. Some suggest magpies are to blame.
I suspect there are more powerful (human) influences...

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Last post by Johnboy
Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:44 am
Free-range or Do your chickens fly?

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by alan refail » Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:40 pm

On another thread it was suggested that I "must be about the only poultry keeper in the country who doesn't clip or even pull out the primary...

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Last post by Johnboy
Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:30 am
Help! - Urgently need to redesign my wormery!

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by Bella » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:22 am

Help! - Urgently need to redesign my wormery!

I got around to harvesting my first lot of compost this w/e and found that the bottom of my bin - is...

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Last post by Monika
Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:10 pm
Earthy tasting eggs

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by Chantal » Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:16 am

A friend of mine obtained three point of lay chicks just before Christmas, who have recently started laying. However, she and her children have...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:09 pm
Who is Mr Black and Yellow

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by peter » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:22 pm

This chap appeared on a sweetcorn as I was potting up seedlings, he stayed long enough for me to fish out my mobile phone and use its camera, before...

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Last post by peter
Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:51 pm
Ouch

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by seedling » Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:48 pm

One of my girls laid a very large egg today - 4oz/100g. Couldnt tell which one as non of them had their eyes rolling in their heads or was walking...

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Last post by peter
Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:51 pm
Mathematchicks

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by alan refail » Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:28 am

I always knew my chickens were not as stupid as they sometimes like me to think :wink:

Here's the proof

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:20 am
Laydbird mystery

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by ken » Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:21 am

I won't talk about a plague of ladybirds, because we like them. However, over the last two or three weeks we have been finding ladybirds in our...

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Last post by ken
Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:00 am
Partridges

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by The Mouse » Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:50 pm

Hi there

For the third time in two days, we've seen a pair of partridges in the garden. They gave me quite a shock this morning when I accidentally...

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Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:40 am
Snake

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by Westi » Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:48 pm
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Was down at lottie on the week end and our Adder is back,
warming up beside the fence. She is OK (but is massive)and
goes away when you near but the...
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Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:38 am
Berkshire weaners

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by jane E » Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:42 pm

I will have Berkshire weaners ready in a months time if anyone is interested in raising some. Must have CPH number. I'm on Leics/Rutland border. Also...

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Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:42 pm
Bees and hens

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by richardwheel » Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:18 pm

I'm thinking of putting my 4 free range hens in the same 'paddock' as my bee hives. Does anyone know if the hens will eat the bees at the hive or do...

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Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:14 am

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