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by Mo
23 Oct 2007, 10:15
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Coop arriving
Replies: 3
Views: 884

I put my grit in the bottom half of a 4 pint milk container. they don't care what the feeder are made of, you could try what you've got, and change if you need to. I've tried an ice cream tub as an extra water container, but that doesn't work, they tip it up or poo in it.
by Mo
23 Oct 2007, 10:09
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Run or run free?
Replies: 11
Views: 2287

Wing clipping helps but is not infallible. As I said above, mine sometimes jump over. It didn't seem to make a difference if it was electric or not so I let my daughter use the energiser and battery and just have the netting now. If the netting wasn't there they'd gett very bold and wander everywher...
by Mo
23 Oct 2007, 09:51
Forum: Environmental, Green & Ethical Issues
Topic: Dishwashers
Replies: 29
Views: 13651

In our house it depends who washes up. OH does a lot of rinsing under running taps, and would if we had a dishwasher. And some people do a rinse cycle every time they put something in the dishwasher, to stop it getting smelly while waiting for it to fill up. Or do a wash before it's full, so thay's ...
by Mo
22 Oct 2007, 09:01
Forum: Vegetable and Fruit Gardening
Topic: mushrooms
Replies: 8
Views: 3386

But probably not after the kids had played football with it.
by Mo
22 Oct 2007, 08:59
Forum: Vegetable and Fruit Gardening
Topic: What's your easiest Vegetable to grow ?
Replies: 25
Views: 8391

fortunately there's usually something succeeds each year.
by Mo
22 Oct 2007, 08:58
Forum: Vegetable and Fruit Gardening
Topic: What's your easiest Vegetable to grow ?
Replies: 25
Views: 8391

TassieDev wrote:I'll be watching this thread with great interest and making notes as i don't think there's a vegetable I haven't failed with yet :oops:


Well I was thinking the same!
by Mo
22 Oct 2007, 08:56
Forum: Food and Drink
Topic: Any strange tastes out there ?
Replies: 119
Views: 24464

At home we used to have just butter. Some people have butter and jam. In the north of England they call them pikelets. Then there's muffins but I think they are something different, but until recently they were a sort of bread rather than a cake (but now we get American style muffins, which I would ...
by Mo
21 Oct 2007, 22:42
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Two Eggs From One Hen?
Replies: 6
Views: 1628

I've once had a little egg and another the same day, from hens just starting to lay, I assumed they were laying at less than 24 hours rather than slightly more like they usually do. Never (that I know) had 1 hen lay 2 at the same time. I should think they would be the same temperature, as she was si...
by Mo
21 Oct 2007, 17:01
Forum: Food and Drink
Topic: Any strange tastes out there ?
Replies: 119
Views: 24464

4 crumpets is a bit excessive Richard. The other cheesy thing I like (well, anything with cheese) is pancakes. Cook one side, flip over, put loads of grated cheese on. Lid on pan and wait till cheese is melted when the other side will be cooked. I get through a lot of cheese if making these for me a...
by Mo
21 Oct 2007, 10:50
Forum: Hens needing Homes / Homes needing Hens
Topic: What does "free range" mean to you?
Replies: 22
Views: 8311

As well as the logos from soil association, RSPCA etc. we have laws about food labelling, e.g. those that melons quoted for free range eggs. Snag is people may not keep to them and the Trading Standards Officers can't be everywhere. Also people don't always know what they are buying e.g. there is a ...
by Mo
20 Oct 2007, 22:43
Forum: Hens needing Homes / Homes needing Hens
Topic: What does "free range" mean to you?
Replies: 22
Views: 8311

Same if you buy a roasting chicken There's cheap and nasty (sorry, Farm Fresh) Corn Fed (i.e battery hens again) Free range Free range corn fed Free range with trees (or summat) Soil association would be good if you could get it. Maybe there's some out there somewhere, but I shop where I'm passing t...
by Mo
20 Oct 2007, 11:32
Forum: Hens needing Homes / Homes needing Hens
Topic: What does "free range" mean to you?
Replies: 22
Views: 8311

If you are keeping hens comercially you will have a lot, so they wil be able to go a long way if they want, but still might have only 1 sq m / bird. Actually they often have a big field but stay near the shed, all crowded together. I call mine 'garden eggs' and say they are 'some are more free range...
by Mo
20 Oct 2007, 08:12
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Flaked Maize and Rolled Oats
Replies: 15
Views: 3613

My book said 4oz / day for free range. Thats less than130g.
by Mo
20 Oct 2007, 08:09
Forum: Hens needing Homes / Homes needing Hens
Topic: What does "free range" mean to you?
Replies: 22
Views: 8311

I agree that to sell Organic eggs the feed needs to be organic. In fact if you buy eggs labeled organic that is all you get unless they also have a soil association label - just battery hens fed on organically grown feed. I couldn't find the soil association standards on their website, but I've seen...
by Mo
20 Oct 2007, 07:50
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Run or run free?
Replies: 11
Views: 2287

They still dig holes in the grass.