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I was running through some old emails to bulk-delete (where do you start with a backlog of 12,000?) when I came across an old link to this forum, and realised to my shame that I've not read it for several years. So I took a look around and was sad to see how quiet it is here. Yet this year has seen ...

I think this was caused by a sudden change of diet. If you had been able to discover exactly what they were being fed on - even if it was non-organic and you didn't agree with it - it would have been better to continue with that for a while, and make any changes gradually. As for the paler yolks, th...

Snapdragon, Sorry to cast doubts on the chances of such a scheme succeeding, but from past experience they're not high. The East Hampshire Self-Sufficiency Group tried just such a scheme about 20 years ago, when a local farmer allowed all members to sow strips of mangels in his field for our goats e...

I think you should get them sooner rather than later. They won't be in the least bothered by fireworks if they're well settled on the perch before the noise starts, and POL pullets bought now might just start laying before and through the winter. Leave it a month or so, and you are unlikely to get y...

Thanks to all for your warm welcome - and it's good to hear, Clara, that I'm not the only member living in Spain! We are about 350 metres up, but only ten minutes drive from the Algarrobo coast, so the climate is definitely milder than in the Sierra Nevada. We also have an ancient weekend cottage in...

drool... : (What's nispero?) Ah... it's also called loquat, if that is of any help. It's a tree that is easy to grow (but susceptible to frost, of course) and has masses of small sweet yellow fruits. I so agree about the tasteless fruit so often sold in the UK. Here we can buy lots of things at the...

Hi everyone Just a brief word of introduction from a newbie. 30 years ago I set up the East Hampshire Self-Sufficiency Group, which is still going strong with 100-plus active families involved. Over the years while we lived in Liss Forest, we've cultivated a big veg-and-fruit plot, and at various ti...