Mo wrote:
No doubt Melons will post a technical link with diagrams on a hen's insides soon.

Woops, hint taken, I wont do any more techo bits, was just trying to help, sorry folks

blimey O, this is one hugely brilliant project, I'm the same as every one else & I'd love some bee's. I've got a mortar bee box, but that's nothing like your fun & games I'm going to use you as an experiment, to see what kind of a commitment these little furry bums are I'm so impressed.

Citrine, stupid question time but.....do those fish swim round each other then kiss in the middle, they look just like ones i used to look after in a place I worked?? they used to do that, then have babies which she kept in their mouth untill they became too big & they others ate them as you can...

She sounds a love Morph, big love at that.
Now there's a job with an income, being a farrier, driving round livery yards all day long chatting to horsey peeps, then being given stacks of cash for a manicrue......bring it on.
Dentist you can keep that as a job, most horses are fed garlic

well done my girl & your little hen, they quite like a massage anyway

Each time you encounter him, pick him up & walk about with him, this will re- establish the pecking order as "you" will be dominating him, do it every time you see him or go near him, they can be quite nasty at times & you really need to get on top of it, especially if you ever hav...

Try x16 ducks poo'ing out the sides of their cage of your other 1/2's car for 70 odd miles, it's green, sticks to soft furnishings, very wet & goes for miles
Leave in car in this hot weather for a day, hoovers off a treat

Clever girls.
When i just had x5 chooks, i never had an egg free day & one never lays anything, it's not her job now I have 7 chookies, only 4 lay consistently & still not had an egg free day, not bad for ex batts.

Oh how fab are they, well done you, i remember those first pics you posted, they really do look brilliant now.
My baldie from last year took 7 months to feather up, my chook I took in March, 8 weeks...hows that work

P.S the pigeons probably flown to Gwenoakes house

Well done, i have no idea why it makes them sooo miserable laying softies, but my god does it.
Congratulations.

Oh bless it, this is why my sister has never taken a foal from her Holstein, it does carry it's risks :cry:
I hope the little dot makes it.

It could be impacted crop or sour crop, I've only ever had to deal with sour crop, she drank & drank & drank so much water it was like a water filled balloon, it was awful, on both accasions I fed her lots of natural yoghurt & on one other occasion she needed baytril, 1/4 of a tablet onc...

I did both of Wendy's suggestions, i took out the traumatised one first, let her find her feet, then removed the ring leader & introduced the one who struggled, then re introduced the bully on supervised visits, it took time, but it worked

Justin how sweet is that, your house in fantastic, it looks lovely & shady for them to, you must be as chuffed as punch with them.