Hi June
Agree to a degree with SS, didn't use scotch bright, used wire wool.
If I could get some help to post a photograph, I will post it.

Looking good--no reason why it shouldn't work. The good sign is green shoots on the scion
Do you know what the rootstock is?
I assume you know not to prune in the winter and paint all cuts with seal and heal, unlike the change now widely accepted of not painting apple and pear.

danny ringking wrote:We don't know for def she is egg bound, it was just an assumption based on previous advice..

Dan

A complete list of symptoms/problems is needed and quick. So that we can get our collective thinking caps on.

Thanks for that Skeksis - I'll do some research, but yeast is a pervasive and hard to kill micro - the last thing she needs is thrush! To kill a bacterium you essentially have to make it burst and I can't see yeast doing anything of the sort Fishpond, the infection doesn't keep coming back - it has...

Hi Fishpond. Yes she has had surgery and AB's - almost £200's worth to no effect. This is one expensive hen but as long as she enjoys life then she should be allowed to carry on. My understanding is that bumblefoot is always Staph. Aureus - please let me know if you have better knowledge. Thanks fo...

As I have missed Bumbles foot previous posts, has she had a full course of AB's?
If so, get the vet to take a sample swab to see which AB should be effective.
Just a thought.

Percy
A delicious post with some very interesting replies.
Thank You
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I occasionally sell 6 cluckie eggs for 0.75p, but more often than not I either eat boiled eggs for days on end or give them away

Thanks fishpond that's exactly what I was after. Are all the above ok to be started indoors in small pots, obviously I will transport them into bigger pots and eventually raised beds as they grow. Thanks again. Personally, I would sow carrots and beetroot directly into the ground, but if needs must...

They will need light, else "if" they germinate they will be weak, leggy and of no use.
If you do not ventilate they wil probably die, caused by damping off.

Brilliant

Hi all Started worming the hens on Sunday afternoon . They ate a reasonable amount and i know its a 7 day course (flubenvet) This morning the New ex bat did a poop which was 80 % LIVE worms ......yuk ! I disposed of the poop straight away . The wormer would not have caused this surely and they were...

Keep a close eye on the one with all her feathers.
Who is where in the pecking order?
Possibly all but one are moulting.
If it was mites wouldn't they all be showing signs?

I kept catching the fork in it
Use a spade
Without a physical barrier you won't stop them.