I have yesterday purchased 4 6 month old serama hens, beautiful little chicks, they are eating and drink ing well, but are extroadinarly shy, yet reading on one web site they are supposed to be very placid tame little chicks, iI cant even go halfway down the garden without them scuttling back into t...

Im going out in a minute to take them out of box and look at them, yes we have four dogs, 3 cats and the do not take any notice of any of them, we have no foxes round here that i knowof, as far as i know anyway, we are surrounded by gardens here all backing on to each other,perhaps rat theory could ...

I wonder if anyone could help me, my chickens have been refusing to come out of the nest box in the past few days. It started on Friday,they are usually out by seven in the morning, and by 9 no appearance,looked in to nest box and both hens were on the perch side by side, and had laid eggs,tried to ...

p.penn wrote:Wine, Champagne, Gin with tonic, Baileys, Scotch and american (cold winter days only), amaretto and........

Helen you are a woman after my own heart

Jacquih

nice one homer, a man after my own heart

jacquih

Just read thread from collingwoods post, and wondered how long it actually took from start to finish making wine from tescos red grape concentrate, sounds very quick and simple i like the sound off it.

jacquih

I give my four yorkies an all in one food called country value,I get this from home bargains, priced at 99 p, and you might think thats going to be a load of rubbish for that price, but my little ladies are very fussy eaters and this is the one of the few brands they will eat, and look the picture o...

We tend to get the carafe 21 wine kits from wilkos, it is supposed to take three weeks but it only takes two to ferment, very quaffable, like a chardonay, ok not as quick as a seven day one, but a a slightly longer wait for a good quality white is a small price to pay.

Jacquih

Can u please tell me how long Marmalade will last? As i was given a couple of jars that were probally made beginning of last year and was given them in may, it was delcious,but never got round to eating it all, hence still some in the fridge now, will this still be safe to eat or should i chuck it o...

Lol I remember the Blue Peter chest of drawers made from matchboxes, I used to make them for my Sindy dolls, and used the gold butterfly pins as knob handles,happy days, and did anyone ever attempt the Dougal dog from the Magic Roundabout with toilet roll and wool?

Jacquih

It brings a smile to my face to see perchy proudly showing off her booty of eggs on the skelter, are they very expensive then if you have to save up for them?

Jacquih

I have only just got on this thread so is Jess a normal sized chicken, and you aquired the bantam to keep her company, i wondered if you could mix the two together.

Jacquih

I t was obvious that Cher was going to go tonight but do you know something I think she deserved a place on the final, and I still think she will go far, an attitude she may have, but I think she has more going for her in the pop world than the others did. Like her or dislike her i think she will go...

Made it this morning, yummy scrummy ty helen for recipe much appreciated>

Jacquih
p.s. i didnt use stork, used supermarket brand, perhaps it might be missing the x factor lol

Used to love jumble sales, never knowing what u were going to find, had some real bargains as well, the kids liked them as well as they found toys and clothes, it was a sense of the unexpected that made them fun, although sometimes you would get abused in the quest for a bargain, by over zealous oap...