Livestock

I remember when I was a small wee boy I hated milk,but was necessary for me to grow into a big boy!! My dad would come home everyday from work with I think a jam jar filled with milk.He told me it was goats milk which tasted and was better than cows milk.I loved it and drank every bit.Cannot...

Think i'm eggbound these days Joolz

We had a silkie cross we bred, she was lovely and very cuddly. Although looked a bit bizarre when grown! From this: To This

Glad I found this thread I have been thinking of maybe getting some chooks in the last few weeks and I have found this most informative. Just a quick question roughly how much does it cost to buy a coop and how much does it cost to feed them? Rusty

One of our hens has now 'laid' her second ovary so that's most definitely the end of her egg laying days. But she's a lovely hen and now starts her well earned retirement.

I'm quite sure she did! However, she isn't one of those chickens that annouces to the world that she's laid an egg (she's very discreet ) and, even better, she didn't use them as an eggcuse to go broody

What were we saying to Dan the other day...."you could do with violet spray just incase of any argy bargy" ...spoke too soon

Blimey!!! Hmm, wonder if it's an "egg within an egg"; that happens sometimes. Only way to tell is to crack it open ... there may be another egg in its shell inside that one!

trunky, that's NOT NICE !! I hate anyone coming to the door when I've got me rollers in - BUT TO PUT ME ON GC looking like that.My OH wouldn't dare. He'd be spending the rest of the weekend up in A & E.

Welcome to the Henton.

Plans drawn up for "super size" shed up the allotment site, man's bit, where I can tinker to my hearts content and "hammock" area where I can have forty winks or more! And not a chicken, duck or any other distraction in sight........ suppose I'll have to do some work on the plot though? ah...

That's the bottom line with ducks: they are simply "not fussy" when it comes to the act! I've had boy on boy; girl on girl; boy on girl; girl on boy I shall patiently log how these eggs fare

well, son was chasing and I was aiming when it came past, but it was too quick and never ran where we wanted it to!

welcome to the world pretty thing!!!

....you've done it again Mum

Can't remember the breed offhand but chocolate bantams of some sort .I were given the eggs . Hoping for better success with the duck eggs this coming w/end .

thanks, I'm quite chuffed

Oh I adore Araucanas! Sadly, for whatever reason, they don't thrive with me (or come from a poor strain ) I do get blue eggs though, from my Cream Legbar. I bought a Maran because they are supposed to lay very dark brown eggs. But no, not mine my Cuckoo Maran lays blue eggs! Yes,...

at least I know she's being looked after & the remaining 3 girls seem so much happier. The woman who took her has a paddock, so eventually Babs will be free range