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Cat problems

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by Monika » Fri May 18, 2007 7:23 pm
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We've just lost a robin's nest to a marauding cat. It was about 5 feet high in ivy on a sheer wall and the little beast jumped up last night, half...
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Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:42 pm
cuckoo

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by Diane » Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:51 am

Heard the first cuckoo yesterday - right out in the Dorset countryside.

Anyone else heard one yet?

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:36 am
Starting with ducks

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by darrenc » Mon May 28, 2007 12:17 pm

I am planing to cull my old stock of hens which will free up a run and and shed. The next residents will be ducks of which i have no experience of...

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Last post by RAREBREDCHICK
Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:15 pm
lawnmowers

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by jane E » Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:25 pm

You thought I'd got the wrong section didn't you? No my lawnmowers are 5 North Ronaldsay sheep and they've just started on a paddock of about 3/4 of...

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Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:17 pm
Bee nest

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by Chantal » Mon May 28, 2007 9:13 am

I was digging my plot on Saturday and stuck my spade right into a bees' nest. Hordes of bees came out and yes, I moved faster than I have in years....

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Last post by madasafish
Tue May 29, 2007 1:59 pm
Hen eating eggs

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by Arnie » Sun May 13, 2007 6:02 pm

Hi to all,

I need some help please :cry: one of my hens has started to eat her eggs :? why does this happen :shock: and how can I stop it :?...

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Last post by Myrkk
Mon May 28, 2007 11:00 pm
Broiler chickens - cheap food??

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by alan refail » Thu May 24, 2007 4:03 pm

I have come across this disturbing film from Compassion in World Farming. I know all of us who keep our own birds do so to avoid this appalling...

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Last post by Primrose
Fri May 25, 2007 8:08 pm
hens laying meaty chunks!

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by fen not fen » Thu May 24, 2007 6:58 am

Collecting the eggs yesterday from my mixed flock of bovans and lohmanns I found something odd in one of the nestboxes. It looked like a piece of...

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Last post by fen not fen
Thu May 24, 2007 6:58 am
Hens have stopped laying

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by tea-shot » Sun May 20, 2007 7:02 pm

I am ready to bow down to all of you out there in the ether if you can send some of your vast knowledge in my direction :!: :D
We have 11 hens...

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Wed May 23, 2007 7:40 pm
Am I evil???

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by Franksmum » Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:17 pm

I've got a nepetia (sp?) sitting in a pot in the greenhouse waiting to be put in a wall mounted basket.

My bigger cat Trevor (he's not clever)...

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Last post by mandylew
Sat May 19, 2007 4:41 pm
Hens & Rhubarb

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by Arnie » Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:49 am

Hi All :)

Can someone tell me if it safe to let my Hens roam through my Rhubarb patch :?

Kind Regards

Kevin :wink:

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Last post by alan refail
Sat May 12, 2007 1:40 pm
what is it about chickens and polystyrene?

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by fen not fen » Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:14 pm

if I am negligent and leave any polystyrene about the hens eat it as if it were their last chance to eat.It's amazing how quickly they can demolish a...

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Last post by Chantal
Sun May 06, 2007 6:49 pm
Spider mite already.

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by darrenc » Mon Apr 30, 2007 5:22 pm

Beware i have just had to disinfect the chicken already for spider mite. I noticed the tell tale signs of the red squashed mites on the birds roosts...

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Last post by Diane
Wed May 02, 2007 6:28 pm
Wheatear

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by Monika » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:42 pm

All you birdwatchers: have your wheatears arrived this year? We usually have up to ten birds arriving by the end of March, many passing through, but...

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Last post by Monika
Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:18 pm
Ladybirds

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by madasafish » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:26 pm

When gardening yesterday.. and today.. I noticed significantly more ladybirds than normal. In fact, on the flower beds 2-3 ladybirds evry 50cms or...

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Last post by Colin_M
Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:36 pm
Are your Bee numbers down this year?

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by Colin_M » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:07 pm

I'm only asking because of a news story about some beekeepers finding some of their hives severely depleted this spring.

The story went on to say...

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Last post by Myrkk
Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:07 pm
chickens

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by jane E » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:34 pm

We got our first lot of chickens this week. They're delightful! Hybrids. Scared of the big outdoors as yet, but perfectly at home in their coop - a...

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Last post by alan refail
Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:25 pm
Hatching chicks

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by Heather » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:27 am
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Hello all, Im new to the site, and new to gardening aswell. Just moved to Cumbria to a lovely farm and planning to make the most i=of the garden we...
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Last post by maree t
Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:21 pm
Orangutan Diaries on BBC1. Sanctuary may close..

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by Primrose » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:44 am

Since filming ended, the rescue sanctuary – Nyaru Menteng – has completely run out of funding. The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)...

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Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:44 am
Making your own small wormery

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by slink » Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:49 am

I am interested in having a wormery (mainly for recycling) but living in the city we only have a small back courtyard. A lot of the wormeries online...

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Last post by slink
Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:49 am
Hen chaos - help please

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by allotmentkate » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:35 pm

I have just started keeping hens and have 4 however things are not going well. One is very definately top hen and despite various attempts to...

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Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:17 am
Rocky

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by Chantal » Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:55 pm

For all of you who remember Rocky as my damaged, star gazing baby, this is how he looks today. He's come a very long way...

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Last post by Tigger
Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:23 pm
Does anyone keep bees?

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by Jenny Green » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:06 am
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I'd really like to try this one day and I'd like to hear others' experiences - or even if you know someone who does it's be great if you could pass...
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Last post by Myrkk
Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:40 pm
Can O Worms Disaster?

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by neilp6777 » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:29 am
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Hi everyone, this is my first post and it has come at a time of need!

I have a concrete parking space, but no garden, so I've been using a Can o...
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Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:39 pm
Chicken manure

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by tea-shot » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:29 pm

Can anyone help? I've just been cleaning out the hen-house - again :roll: - and was wondering if the manure should go on its own heap or is it OK to...

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Last post by tea-shot
Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:45 am
First frogspawn

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by Primrose » Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:31 am
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Yippee! Spring has truly come to our garden. The first batch of frogspawn appeared in my mini pond today. Last year it arrived on March 11th. But I...
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Last post by Primrose
Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:21 am
Welsummer Cockeral and Barbu D'Uccle Hen

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by Myrkk » Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:17 pm

The welsummer cock our bantams hatched out last year has become aggressive towards the bantam hens and cockerals. Up until recently he was fine with...

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Last post by Myrkk
Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:18 pm
fattening chickens for sunday dinner

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by maree t » Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:09 am

hi all
we are hatching our own birds in an incubator and intend to eat the excess cockerels. we have been doing that with last years birds but are...

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Last post by gloworm
Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:52 am
Overwintering tadpoles

Last post by Jenny Green
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by Primrose » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:21 pm

I've heard about these but today in my mini pond I've just seen what is obviously an over-wintered tadpole who has developed four legs and almost...

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Last post by Jenny Green
Thu Mar 08, 2007 7:37 pm
Are foxes ever aggressive?

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by Barry » Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:21 pm
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I am currently moving plants between an old and a new allotment. Unfortunately, I am having to do this mostly in the dark, which can be quite...
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Last post by oldherbaceous
Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:15 pm
I wonder why!

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by Johnboy » Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:39 pm

YOU CANNOT FEED CATERING WASTE TO FARMED ANIMALS.

It is illegal to feed catering waste to farmed animals. This was banned in the UK in2001 when...

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Last post by alan refail
Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:08 am
Birds beginning to nest already ?

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by Primrose » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:08 pm

I can't quite believe it but today I've seen a blackbird and a bluetit picking at the pile of moss we raked out from the lawn last week-end. Surely...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:16 am
Joke for today

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by Happymouse » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:04 pm

The R S P C A Inspector travelled 100 miles to inspect a zoo after lots of complaints from the public
When the Inspector arrived he found just one...

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Last post by alan refail
Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:58 pm
Broody banty - urgent!

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by tea-shot » Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:00 pm

Urgent help required please. We have one black banty who has suddenly decided to sit in the nest box - all day today so far. She got quite upset when...

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Last post by alan refail
Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:27 pm
New arrivals on site

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by tea-shot » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:41 am

We've just had a marvellous gift of four hens to join our little flock.:D They are a bit bedraggled and have had to be treated for mite and other...

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Last post by Diane
Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:03 pm
this might give some ideas

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by peat » Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:18 pm

Pete

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Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:25 pm
Red admiral

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by Monika » Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:57 pm

I have just been told of a red admiral butterfly sighting in north Leeds. Now, red admirals did not used to overwinter in England, they came in...

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Last post by Colin_M
Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:16 pm
RSPB BIG GARDEN BIRDWATCH

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by alan refail » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:09 pm

Are you takng part in the Big Garden Birdwatch? Saturday or Sunday 27-28 January. How many birds does your garden attract?
Details on
Hope you can...

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Last post by Monika
Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:48 pm
turkeys for next xmas

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by maree t » Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:34 am

i am thinking of trying to hatch out some birds to grow on for christmas dinner next year. the eggs are very expensive but nothing like the prices...

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Last post by maree t
Sun Jan 14, 2007 4:53 pm
flying hens

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by Alison » Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:07 am

Our flock is free-range in our large orchard. Last Jan 06 we lost 14 poultry to foxes during one day. No feathers, no noise. Only 4 were left. A...

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Last post by sally wright
Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:39 am
Dead chicken

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by Phil B » Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:22 pm

Hello,

I wonder if anyone can help me? Our 2-year-old hybrid chicken has just given up the ghost, leaving two very unhappy children. We are left...

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Last post by Phil B
Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:11 pm
Mouse in the house.

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by peter » Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:00 pm
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My greenhouse now has a resident mouse.

My garden now has transient rats, courstesy of next door's bird feeding.

What next?

I should be glad...
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Last post by Chantal
Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:06 pm
A Merry Christmas to our feathered friends

Last post by Diane
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by alan refail » Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:11 pm

Nadolig llawen a blwyddyn newydd dda i bob un ohonoch sy'n cadw ieir a hwyaid.

A merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you who keep hens...

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Last post by Diane
Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:12 pm
How do you stop a dog that digs?

Last post by Losos
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by Jude » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:46 pm

Anyone got any ideas?
My lovely back garden resembles the Somme just 4 weeks after aquiring a labrador X golden retriever puppy.
We've had a...

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Last post by Losos
Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:22 pm
Do outdoor chickens need heat during winter?

Last post by Phil B
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by Phil B » Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:12 pm

Hello,

We've recently purchased a few chickens and wondered if someone could give us some advice as to whether they need some sort of heating...

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Last post by Phil B
Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:32 pm
Visiting Blackbirds

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by Jea » Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:58 pm

We have several Blackthorn (sloe) trees / bushes on the wildlife part of our allotments and its been a very good year for sloes. When I was up there...

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Last post by Jea
Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:58 pm
Thin egg shells

Last post by Diane
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by Arnie » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:04 pm

Hi to all :)

My Hens are still laying, but one of them over the last couple of days has produced eggs with very thin shells, I can pick them up...

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Last post by Diane
Wed Nov 08, 2006 3:16 pm
Winter Hen House Lighting

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by darran91 » Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:02 pm

Hi,
I have just bought 2 light sussex and am getting 4 hybrid when they arrive.
I have done a lot of reading on the net and its seems a 50/50 split...

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Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:40 pm
skinny hen

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by nini » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:18 am

My 6 yearold son and I started keeping a few hens last year,starting with 3 1 year olds and 2 chickens. Since they are my son`s (in theory)I picked...

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Last post by nini
Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:34 pm
Hedgehog Family Wanted - Desres rent free, Free slugs!

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by RAREBREDCHICK » Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:50 pm

I am getting on really well with my new garden, the only thing missing is hedgehogs! Apart from the fleas we love to have them a-round (pun intended)...

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Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:16 pm

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