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I would take them (as long as they would be happy liveing free) but Glasgows a bit far away! I'm up in Aberdeenshire.

And yes I love my chooks as surrogate children infact I think the broodiness I should feel at my age has been transferred to chooks. At least it's cheaper!

I believe it's a louse they come in all shapes and sizes. I had them (or rather the chooks did!) a while ago and couldn't shift them with louse powder so used frontline which was instant death!

I have 3 broody chickens and decided to put them to good use by incubateing some eggs for me, which I put under 2 of them yesterday eve. My chickens have never eaten their eggs before and are all happy to sit snuggled next to each other in the nest box. My orignal instinct was that two would be happ...

Thanks for the replys, that's a shame I thought they were something useful. I'm in grampian highlands, they had berries on when I moved in the beginning of July and have only now ripened. I thought they would be edible as there are various fruits dotted around the garden in no particular order.

Hello all. :flower: I have some tall fruit bushes in front of my house which have finally swollen with fruit but I have no idea what they are. The bush is about 2m, the leaves are like gooseberries/currants, no thorns. The fruits are slightly elongated, have dark purple/black skin with whitish coati...