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distilled water & glycerine.

and water resistant models!

you can also seal the edges eg with bathroom sealant

I have a rose called "Alec's red" in honour of a dear family friend who loved roses,
as my late in-laws didn't have 'plant names' I just planted forget-me-nots..

I'm sorry to say I had him long enough to get sick of it and through him away. Apart from anything else, I haven't really got the space to have a big mixing bowl sitting on my kitchen side indefinitely! I know what you mean ... I cooked all of the last batch of mine (and said to my friends I'd shar...

About 4 and a half Billion years!

Happy Earth day

says something about the world, that we can only acknowledge it one day out of 365...

well done you ... on not running after shouting "Margo! Margo!"
(not sure if I could have controlled myself!)

Hopefully the other hen will be put off by the taste of Dettol!!

best of luck, I'm she'll be fine :)

Iodine
Cornflour - will stop it bleeding but not antiseptic.
Tea tree
Dettol !

What have you got? and we can help you decide if its suitable!

ooh, they do that in Home Farmer magazine ... and I like it!
So a book for my birthday list, thanks

I dont keep them but have friends that do..

... if you've got plenty of space, good fencing and good grazing, then it should be fine.
Be aware that they can carry tb and there is currently no compulsory testing

It depends how long you are collecting them for;
if you get eggs through the post, its always recommened to let them "settle" for 24 hours or so, broad end up.

yes, you can keep the eggs - store them broad-end-upwards in a large egg box, at cool room temperature. If its too warm, the eggs may start developing (thats why mrs hen will lay & leave the eggs til she has her clutch of 12 or whatever, then sit on them) you can keep them a week or two .. if th...

she could have had a stroke or something. We had one once that her knocked herself out (we actually thought she was dead & was nearly disposing of her!) and took several days to slowly regain control of her neck, then wings, then legs, then feet and finally toes. It was pretty amazing to watch. ...

I've come to realise ... it's them others who have a problem with my way of life, just as I have issues with theirs! my true friends are beginning to get it, they ask "how are the animals?" not "what did you get/buy/eat & drink at Christmas?" they know which buttons to press ...

my light Sussex have decided it is!
Just hoping the other hens will follow suit & then I can dust off my "Eggs for Sale" and the girls can start to earn their keep again!

Daffodils are starting to show their green bits here...

mmmmm, my favourite soup in all the world!
made some the other day, three pots left in my freezer