Hi All, can any experts out there tell me whats going on with my plum tree!.

The Ocean

Hi Amber, I would just let them settle in, can't say I've ever heard of an animal starving itself to death, unless it's very unwell. Your girls are in a strange enviroment at the moment, and it will take a little while to settle down, at least there were no handbags at dawn!!

Jan would have happily have swapped me for Elton

Gave the grass in the garden it's last cut on sunday, just as i was going over a long grown part, I noticed a slight movement!, yes it was Mr frog, nealy scattered around the garden in a thousand pieces! . Managed to catch it and put him under the shrubs, so if you are cutting long grass, give a few...

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you're interested!

Hope you are well recovered now!


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Same here Richard, I am down to two girls also, no eggs since early last year!, over the last seven days I have had 5 eggs! , (have been looking for the little red lion mark, just in case my boys are planting them, so far all clear!! )

If the deed needs doing, then I do it myself, I was shown by the poultry supplier I go to, not a pleasant thing to do, but when needs must!, just be quick and don't faff around. As for an airgun, that's ok so long as your aim is good!, depending on how close you are to the target, and that the targe...

Hi Carol, sorry you lost your chook, I found this article from the RSPB, might be informative.

http://smallholdingtimes.co.uk/buzzards-take-chickens/

Only got two left from the original six, they haven't laid an egg for a year now, so I assume my ladies have retired!. They just get mixed corn now through the winter, with greens thrown in, and an extra thick lawyer of chopped straw in the coop, both are doing fine

Thanks for that , although a bit disappointed about only 4-5 table spoons of whisky to go in!

How would you incorporate whisky into the marmalade?.

Hi Christchurch, I putt my chicken bedding in the green recycle big, garden waste etc!, just thought of something else, if the school is going ahead with this then will there be someone to care for the chooks during school holidays etc!!..

Depends on whether she is starting a moult!, also the short daylight hours has an affect on egg production!, they also could still be settling in to their new environment. I originally had 6 hybrids, now down to two, the last egg I had was probably almost a year ago!, have been buying eggs for a whi...