Oh I like that, Freeranger!

Signed.

Thanks for the heads-up, Richard, and thanks for the petition link, LL.

Oh that's lovely, June!

Awww...

Ooh, lovely!

Thanks for this, Skeksis!

Based on my very limited experience, I'd say that whether a coop is suitable depends very much on your local weather conditions. Where we live is unspeakably windy, and also very wet. But just about everywhere in the UK was subject to gales last winter, and the forecast is that this is set to become...

Looks like hen heaven!

Oh wow! How exciting for you! I hope you have a great time.

A new album from Ian Anderson??!!!

I haven't read that, Mike. It sounds interesting. My body lets me know relatively quickly, and in no uncertain terms, that most processed food is a terrible idea for me! Even dried fruit, if it is preserved with sulphur dioxide (which most commercial stuff is) is bad for me. It makes for a higher th...

Oh that's good to know, Hedgehugger! I think the sort that killed our pup must have been warfarin-based, because he just bled out, as did my friend's cat. I hoped that we had moved on from such broad-effect poisons by now, but wasn't sure.

I do think that flour improvers in themselves can be a problem. From various things I've read, the Chorleywood bread-making process (which uses flour improvers) is also known to be problematic in another way. This is the method that is used by standard commercial bread-makers. It makes it possible t...

Rowlie, You probably already know this, but just in case you don't... It's worth keeping a careful eye on what Dexter finds and eats outdoors after you have put the poison down. If he eats a poisoned rat, it might kill him. I don't know how rat poisons nowadays differ from the sort that was common i...