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Our Hens are free range aswell - They can go anywere around the place!

Sorry, when I said that 'I hate the idea of keeping battery hens' I ment it before they have been saved!


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Tom

Hi All We had alot of docks in our field at one point (horses would only eat the grass) so they thrived! making our fields look untidy! We kept on mowing them and now we are nearly dock free! so I think that mowing them works with docks! Also we had a little patch of nettles in the garden and after ...

Hi All, Early this year we saved 14 battery chickens from a farm were they were quitting the battery farming lifestyle (I think because of the prices of wheat). They were selling them for £1 per chicken. Do people only get battery chickens when a farm were they are quitting the battery lifestyle or ...

Hello All, We started off with 2 ducks and 1 drake and they were all happy wondering around with each other. Then 1 duck had a little duckling (our first ducklin we raised - 2 hatched but 1 never made it). After that all the ducks and drake (including the duckling) would wonder around together. Then...

Hello All.

We have 3 delightfull pigs. 2 are male castrated and 1 is a gilt. The two males are about 1 year old and the gilt is about 6 month.

The person we bought them off said there wasn't any injections but worming is neccersary when you see a worm or the symptoms.

Is she correct?

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Sorry i know this is a bit off topic but we have a 2 ducks and 1 drake (muscoveys) and she has been sitting on the eggs for about the right length of time for them to hatch (about 5 weeks) but there still is no sign! Eventually will she give up..How Long does it take for her to relise? Any-ways, I h...

Well last summer a little wren flew into my landy.
I left the window open. And a few hours later #i went back a they was a little wren flying into to back door.
I opend the door and felt like Born Free!

Hello Everyone! I know this may sound a little bit daft but What can you use nettles for? Round the back of the building there is a well rotted pile of horse manuer (not sure the spelling!) and there is lots of nice green nettles there that look tasty because of all the new growth these last few but...

Hello Every one! Sorry but I might of already wrote on here because i joined a while ago but my computer has been down. Well i thought i would just say hello to every-one and a bit about me! I live on a 10 acre smallholding witch we have been living there for 2 years nearly. We moved from a town to ...

Sorry i didnt relply the whole question last time!

we go over there not very often now we are busy up here is Scotland but we go over in the School holidays. We get over there by ferry in our in Landy.

St-partice du desert. We are in the middle of Bagnoles and Le-ferte-mace.

Hello every-one! (i'm a newbie!) I live on a smallholding and we have a wee orchard wich we get apples from for cider. i was wondering how to make Elderflower champagne as we have a few elder bushes about the place and in hedge rows. Is it a hard method? we have all of the equipment for making cider...

Hello every-one (i'm a newbie!)

We have 9 hens + 1 cock (chcikens) and i was wondering how/if you could have peacocks aswell?

do you keep them the same as chickens?

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Tom Kirk

Hello an Welcome!

we also have a house in France (Holiday Home) in L'Orne (south).
Just thought i would make a mention as we are not very far away!

Hope all goes well and what a brilliant idea!

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Tom

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Hello, i am Tom and just thougth i would have a say in this wonderfull website! i managed to find it by looking for elderflower champagne yesterday! i looked throught the forum and relised its just what i need! i live in a smallholding with 10 acres in Scotland and at the monent we have a few apple ...