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for you . there will be an up-side, even if you can't see it yet.

yay!

What did you sing? Might be a market for "songs to get a lay" (you know what I mean!)

just read this whole thread in one go .... so thanks, I love a happy ending!!

little chick looks just fine.

just now gathering courage to go buy milk from the soopermkt and i so don't want to go :( but I want a cuppa tea. Buy a goat! If we run out of milk, we just pop out to Geraldine & have a quick squeeze in exchange for a bit of grub!! :lol: On the shopping front ... I dislike clothes shopping, an...

thats why chickens a) peck others if they are bleeding or have red skin and
b) chick feeders and drinkers are usually red!

its to do with what parts of the spectrum they can see most clearly....

@ Alice Abbott, firstly, well done for saving the goat from the great pasture in the sky! do you know just how old she is? goats really shouldnt be kept as an "only child" - is there no way of getting her a companion, or getting her in kid? single goats are lonely, and can cause havoc... e...

hello and welcome
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hello and welcome
we have goats, amongst other things... ask away!!

copper sulphate & ammonium carbonate - Cheshunt compound - can help against fungal disorders, like damping off.
use tap water, not from a water butt, and keep everything clean & ventilated....

do you grow your own tea too?!

nothing like the feeling of g.y.o is there

if I've read your post right... the ducklings are 3 days old? They should be under a heat lamp, especially at night. (in the wild, theyd be under mum) the ex-batteries, if they're brown? are Warrens (ISA brown) hybrids - they very rarely go broody, so would never look after the ducklings. they are m...

Alfie, at 14-odd, may well find dry food just too hard on his teeth. a gradual swapping over is the best way to go. we too get probs with flies (have 4 cats, and the dog) and I often just put the tins (covered) into the fridge - they're not in there long enough for too many problems to happen! Sache...

In the Health & Beauty seciton, I keep reading stuff about toiletries (shampoo, toothpaste etc) made with Bicarbonate of soda... what I need is some simple instructions on how to make these - quantities, how to store them, how long it should keep etc. we are living on virtually nothing - If I do...

and if its as windy where you are as it is here ......... the seed will blow across your plot anyway!!
We have loads of it, for us and the animals (doesnt taint the goat's milk like cabbage can)

have you put the whole bale for the chickens, or have I misunderstood?

give them just a few handfuls at a time, so they can scratch and get to the various seeds.
know anyone with pigs? they love to break up a square bale!

If you were nearer me, I'd give it a home!