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Cat's using garden for a toilet

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by 456cat » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:45 am

Hi

We have two 6 month old kittens who have recently been allowed outdoors.

Whilst indoors, they happily used the litter trays we provided, but...

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Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:05 pm
Disappearing bees

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by Monika » Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:18 pm

There's a very interesting article on the disappearing bee syndrome in today's Daily Telegraph magazine for anybody who has bees!

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Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:20 am
NATIONAL WELSH POULTRY SHOW

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by QUATRO » Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:52 pm

In Practical Poultry's 'Events Diary' the National Welsh Poultry Show is listed as happening on 13.1.2008. However there are no contact details for...

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Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:16 pm
keeping Turkeys

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by Arnie » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:04 am

Hi All,

Question :oops: can Hens and Turkeys be kept in the same run, or would it be more trouble than it's worth :?:
I would like to try and...

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Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:07 pm
Birds

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by charlieart66 » Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:55 pm

How easy is it to get birds regularly coming into your garden and possible even nesting?

Is it just as simple as putting up a bird house or some...

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Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:46 am
Baby lambs seen in Devon 7th Dec

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by Happymouse » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:07 pm

Driving home from Devon last Friday I saw baby lambs in a field. Spring has sprung very early !

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Last post by Johnboy
Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:13 am
Poultry Spice

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by Arnie » Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:33 am

Hi

I have bought some Battles Poultry Spice for my Hens, it tells me what amount to give the birds, I need to know how often I give it them :?:...

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Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:19 pm
Animal deterent device

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by Di » Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:02 pm

As my allotment connects to a deer park and wood I get a lot of wildlife, lovely at times but....

Has anyone experience of using those sonic...

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Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:40 pm
pigs

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by jane E » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:27 pm

All right I admit defeat! One gilt had ONE dead piglet - total! The other one was with the boar 2 months and is NOT in pig!! Slaughter house on local...

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Last post by jane E
Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:01 am
Summat living in my compost heap

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by Di » Sat Nov 24, 2007 5:06 pm

I opened up a pile of compost to dig into my plot and found that something had dragged in a bundle of leaves - presumeably as a nest. No occupant,...

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Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:46 pm
Tips for dogs

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by lizzie » Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:25 pm

Saw this on another site and thought I would share. I think it's hysterical so enjoy.....

Visitors : Quickly determine which guest is afraid of...

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Last post by Gerry
Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:17 pm
guinea fowl

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by Ali.M » Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:33 pm

just about to venture into 'keeping a few hens at the end of the garden'. on the waiting list for some 'rescue' battery hens - anyone had experience...

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Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:29 am
Chickens Nov Issue KG

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by Spike » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:38 pm

In the Nov issue the 'Chicken Eggspert' says that you shouldn't sell fertile eggs although they are OK to eat yourself. Which planet is he living...

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Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:32 pm
Brambling!

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by Monika » Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:45 pm

The first brambling of the season arrived yesterday!

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Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:52 pm
easy bird table

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by Happymouse » Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:46 pm

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Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:46 pm
Interfering with nature

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by Primrose » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:10 am

Yesterday a sparrowhawk swooped down onto our patio and pinned down a collared dove. I ran outside and only when I was a yard away did the...

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Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:16 pm
Bill Oddie - Autumnwatch

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by Primrose » Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:28 pm

What on EARTH has he done to his hair? Was he deliberately colouring it to match the autumn leaves? I had to stare at it long and hard to believe the...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:06 pm
Squirel Problem

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by graham » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:09 pm

For Malcolm Gray who asked how to solve his squirrel problem there is only one solution - buy a squirrel trap and kill the squirrel. A proven bait...

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Last post by darrenc
Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:45 pm
Do squirrels spraint their caches ?

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by Primrose » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:40 pm

We have a semi-tame squirrel who knocks several times a day on our patio window to beg for nuts. Those he doesn't eat immediately, he buries in our...

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Last post by Primrose
Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:40 pm
Late migration ?

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by Primrose » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:43 pm

Around the Sussex cliffs yesterday we spotted lots of swallows, and saw our first "V" formation of migrating birds heading south across the...

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Last post by Johnboy
Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:11 am
Wonderfully strange Peacock

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by lizzie » Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:08 pm

This was sent to me and I think he's beautiful, like a giant snowflake. He's an albino peacock......enjoy

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Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:17 pm
pigeons

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by mandylew » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:08 pm
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Anyone know about pigeons, the cat brought one in today, i dont know how he got it through the cat flap! anyway, there was a lot of blood and...
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Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:35 pm
Good doggy website with forum

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by Happymouse » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:35 pm

Found a great dog website.

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Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:35 pm
For pet owners

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by Happymouse » Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:54 pm

A friend wants to stick this note on her front door

TO NON PET OWNERS VISITING
1. Our pets live here. You don't.
2. If you don't want their hair...

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Last post by GIULIA
Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:55 pm
Scaly Leg

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by Arnie » Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:50 pm

Hi to All
Can anyone help me please :( How do you deal with scaly leg in Hens, what can I use.

Regards

Kevin :wink:

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Last post by Diane
Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:59 pm
Fieldfares already?

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by Monika » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:30 pm

Somebody has just told me that they think they saw a flock of fieldfares this morning - we don't usually get them until mid or late October. Has...

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Last post by GIULIA
Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:14 am
"Fresh eggs"

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by arthur e » Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:53 am

I have a Welsommer hen who has always given good eggs but has now started to lay eggs with the albumen a milky white colour. When fried the taste is...

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Last post by John
Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:02 pm
My precious Cass.

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by oldherbaceous » Fri Aug 11, 2006 7:21 pm
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I had to have my precious whippet Cass put to sleep this morning. I am absolutely devastated, she was twelve years old and the most affectionate dog...
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Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:48 pm
which hen

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by The Grock in the Frock » Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:50 pm

our A.G.M is coming up soon and a few of us are trying to get a livestock vote passed for chickens,so just incase we are aloud to have them,i was...

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Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:51 pm
dog problem

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by seedling » Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:18 pm

Just wondered if anyone could help?

My dog Harry had a seizure yesterday. It lasted about 15 minutes and then he was ok but a bit tired. Took him...

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Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:49 pm
SUSSEX HEN

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by QUATRO » Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:13 pm

I've had three Sussex hens and a cockerel for 14 weeks now (see SUSSEX COCKEREL story below - cockerel is fine now). I noticed some time back that...

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Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:03 am
hedgehog story

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by GIULIA » Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:31 am

This is just a cute story. My neighbours found a young female hedgehog who seemed to be very poorly with a closed eye and swollen face. Amazingly the...

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Last post by Losos
Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:21 pm
Identifying turds !!

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by Primrose » Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:36 am

Every morning our back lawn seems to be sporting another new little black turd. They're thin and about two inches long. As I'm too knackered at the...

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Last post by Primrose
Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:19 pm
Satisfying sight

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by johnsgirl » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:28 pm

I had a visitor in my garden yesterday, a lovely young hedgehog and joy of joys it was munching on a slug.

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:38 am
muscovy ducks - how do i get them to go in their shed

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by fen not fen » Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:16 pm

I've got a pair of muscovy ducks that don't go in their house at dusk like my hens do. How do I get them to go in? I'm sure it is just a matter of...

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Last post by RAREBREDCHICK
Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:52 pm
Avian trichomoniasis

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by Monika » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:43 pm

Just thought I might warn people of this rather nasty disease which seems to be on the increase. It's a parasitic infection, called avian...

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Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:43 pm
moth wings on floor of barn

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by jane E » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:14 am

We have discovered a load of red underwing moth wings but no bodies on the floor of our barn. Is something eating them? Is it bats?

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:35 pm
Daytime bats!

Last post by Johnboy
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by Monika » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:36 pm

It's 7.30pm, the sun is shining and I have just watched two bats (most likely pipistrelle) hunting for insects above the small nature reserve...

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Last post by Johnboy
Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:57 am
Fish in Water Containers

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by RAREBREDCHICK » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:31 pm

Was it on this site that I read you can put a couple of goldfish in water containers to keep them clean? I have finally got plenty of water...

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Last post by fen not fen
Thu Jul 26, 2007 6:35 pm
Chickens

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by John Beales » Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:30 pm

I am considering having 3 or 4 chickens or bantams but have a question. According to the books I have they would be happy enough in an area of 8ft x...

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Last post by RAREBREDCHICK
Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:40 pm
What birds visit your garden?

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by CatBud » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:52 pm
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Haven't had many this winter but I tend to get blackbirds, a family of housesparrows and a million starlings-it's like a scene from a certain Alfred...
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Last post by The Novice
Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:34 am
Sparrowhawks

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by RoRo » Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:25 pm

Our swallows are being picked off one by one by a sparrowhawk that comes into our barn and treats it like a McDonalds, I think they are protected so...

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Last post by The Novice
Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:15 am
Strange bird

Last post by Myrkk
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by Myrkk » Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:20 pm

I've been meaning to post this on here since last winter...... we had a bird in the woods next to us which made a call like a football rattle.. the...

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Last post by Myrkk
Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:13 pm
Cats

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by pwlynch » Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:08 pm

I don't know if there's any real answer to this but basically neighbours cats are eating the birds in our garden.I know this is what they do but I...

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Last post by Franksmum
Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:17 pm
SUSSEX COCKEREL

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by QUATRO » Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:24 pm

I recently bought three Sussex hens and a cockerel at 7 weeks old. They are now 15 weeks and have grown at a phenominal rate. The cockerel has alwaus...

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Last post by QUATRO
Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:38 pm
Red Squirrel

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by haggis » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:26 pm

In the last few weeks we have had two red squirrels feeding in our garden. We have at least four regular greys so I was surprised to see reds as well...

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Last post by Tigger
Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:46 pm
wood pigeons

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by Boldverg » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:48 pm

Hello
This is my first message in the forum,I've just joined.
I had to resort to covering my newly planted Brassicas with nets to keep the...

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Last post by Boldverg
Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:11 pm
Swallows

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by Johnboy » Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:39 am

My first sighting of a Swallow was mid morning on 11th when, like London Buses, three came along together. However they stayed overnight but were...

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Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:50 am
Traumatised

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by Myrkk » Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:10 pm

Out in the car I swerved to avoid a squirrel..... next thing I know a thrush flew straight into the car and I heard it bump along the undercarriage,...

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Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:16 pm
The odd pair

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by Primrose » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:52 pm

For over a week now a young starling has been trailing after a parenting blackbird in and around our garden. The youngster now seems capable of...

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Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:52 pm

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