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 Topic: Point of lay hens Yorkshire? |
pink bouncy
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 Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Thu Apr 09, 15 9:02 pm Subject: Point of lay hens Yorkshire? |
I have a pair of Appenzeller Spitzhauben pullets for sale at £20 each. They've just started laying lovely chalky white eggs. I come to Otley fairly often too so could deliver.  |
| Topic: How much straw for a horse's bedding? |
pink bouncy
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Thu Apr 09, 15 8:53 pm Subject: How much straw for a horse's bedding? |
How are you getting on with her Cassandra? Have you made any headway with going bitless?
I ride all three of mine in english hackamores and have no trouble with brakes. They all seemed to "get" t ... |
| Topic: Dispatching turkeys. Advice please |
pink bouncy
Replies: 17
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Wed Dec 19, 12 10:08 pm Subject: Dispatching turkeys. Advice please |
| I didn't but I know you have a legendary knowledge of the rules and regs. I used to be a member of ACL about a million years ago. |
| Topic: Dispatching turkeys. Advice please |
pink bouncy
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Wed Dec 19, 12 9:49 pm Subject: Dispatching turkeys. Advice please |
to stun the bird before killing it.
Are you allowed to do that without a licence?
Justme? Is that you?  |
| Topic: Dispatching turkeys. Advice please |
pink bouncy
Replies: 17
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Wed Dec 19, 12 11:48 am Subject: Dispatching turkeys. Advice please |
Thank you, that was most helpful.
I have done it lots of different ways over the years, changing mostly to improve on speed of dispatch or to stun the bird before killing it. It has never o ... |
| Topic: Dispatching turkeys. Advice please |
pink bouncy
Replies: 17
Views: 14053
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Tue Dec 18, 12 9:41 pm Subject: Dispatching turkeys. Advice please |
I'm doing the turkeys at the moment, as I have for several years now but am getting a bit fed up with being bashed by wings or getting them bruised or dislocated.
I have tried holding them tightl ... |
| Topic: Sheep people....Bottle fed lamb to market? |
pink bouncy
Replies: 5
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Sun Aug 19, 12 9:54 pm Subject: Sheep people....Bottle fed lamb to market? |
Heres a pic we took yesterday...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/Hepsibah/Sheep4.jpg |
| Topic: Sheep people....Bottle fed lamb to market? |
pink bouncy
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Sun Aug 19, 12 9:16 pm Subject: Sheep people....Bottle fed lamb to market? |
| Up here (I'm in North Yorkshire on the moors) the standard cross is Swaledale cross Blue Faced Leicester which is known as a Northern Mule. They get crossed to the Texel to make very good butcher's l ... |
| Topic: Its been a while.... |
pink bouncy
Replies: 12
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Forum: Welcome Posted: Sun Aug 19, 12 9:00 pm Subject: Its been a while.... |
| I'm pinker and bouncier than ever! I can definitely relate to the good weather thing. We gave up on the small bale hay we were hoping for in favour of baling big bale haylage quickly while we ... |
| Topic: Sheep people....Bottle fed lamb to market? |
pink bouncy
Replies: 5
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Sun Aug 19, 12 8:56 pm Subject: Sheep people....Bottle fed lamb to market? |
| Sheep are selling really well this year which in my terms meant unaffordable. We were hoping to buy cull ewes to grow on for mutton (yum) for between £30-£50 each but they were selling at £80+ so we ... |
| Topic: Its been a while.... |
pink bouncy
Replies: 12
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Forum: Welcome Posted: Sun Aug 19, 12 8:22 pm Subject: Its been a while.... |
| Its nice to be back. Just having a furtle round the forum to see what pearls of wisdom I've been missing. |
| Topic: Its been a while.... |
pink bouncy
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Forum: Welcome Posted: Sun Aug 19, 12 8:15 pm Subject: Its been a while.... |
But I'm back again.
I got out of downsizing for a while as life got somewhat it the way for various reasons but I'm now renting a bit of land from a local farmer so I've got lots of poultry and ... |
| Topic: Who's scything at the moment, and what are you mowing ? |
pink bouncy
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Sun Jul 24, 11 8:42 pm Subject: Who's scything at the moment, and what are you mowing ? |
| I've been scything for the first time this last week. Mostly to clear thistles from a very weedy field but this morning I started a strip along the edge of the field which I'm intending to turn into h ... |
| Topic: Why don't you keep pigs? |
pink bouncy
Replies: 61
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Wed Jan 30, 08 8:41 am Subject: Why don't you keep pigs? |
Noooooooooo!!!! *Does headless chicken impersonation*  We haven't built their house yet, or piggy-proofed their orchard...
Will you still be coming this way on the ninth as you said? *p ... |
| Topic: Which wood chips are suitable for chicken runs? |
pink bouncy
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Thu Jan 24, 08 7:58 pm Subject: Which wood chips are suitable for chicken runs? |
| As far as I'm aware, wood chippings are fine for chickens. I believe you can get them from your local council for free. Something else you can get free that is suitable for use in chicken runs is autu ... |
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