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I hope you have a lovely holiday Tonya - you deserve it!

so you got some! well done! I didn't; I was offered some Penedesencas out of the blue, so went with them, and 6 out of 7 hatched. We'll have to compare egg colours when they get laying :D

love the chick pics @DobieLover ; what are they? Also sorry to hear you've had an accident, and hope it heals well and quickly

Happy birthday @aart :celebrate🎂🍾🎆

yes all good thanks LF; April we had record-breaking dry weather and this month we've had more rain than any other May since records began in 1862 - and we've still a week to go! - so gardening has been challenging (to say the least). It's also about half the temp it should be so a lot of things...

Thanks for the tip Penny; when lockdown is lifted and groomers are open again, this could be an option!

tbh I can't remember.

Thanks for the hot chocolate Shad. I see your tree huggers are in fine fettle :D

Both, sort of. I give him a good brush and then comb with a special comb, and he does indeed shed, all day, every day :barnie Those damn fine under-hairs float absolutely everywhere :barnie:barnie:barnie Evidently he didn't read the manual; Lakelands aren't supposed to shed!

Archie, a Lakeland, has the same sort of coat (and look, just a bit smaller), and that didn't happen to him since I resorted to 'the easy fix' some years ago. The colour and shine and two distinct layers (and waterproofing) are the same; what he's lost is the oh-so-cute slightly ragged round the...

It is, sadly, inevitable; the hamlet is accessed by a single track wiggly stone-walled (so totally unforgiving) lane about 200m long, with a bend about midway such that you can't see beyond it. If two cars meet going in the opposite direction, the unwritten rule among the neighbours is that...

the paddock came with planning permission, which has a condition that a full scheme of drainage needs to be delivered and approved before any work can commence. And that requires first, measured rates of how long it takes water to soak away from several given sized holes in the ground. So we...

Hi all :frow Dropping by briefly to report that the paddock is finally ready, just in time for the soak tests tomorrow; with a bit of luck the digger driver might be persuaded to knock in the roof of the shed, before it collapses, when he's done digging holes :fl In any case, life should...

Good morning Cafe. I have lots to catch up on here; been dashing in and out for a week as we have been taking advantage of the weather to bring down a 20-yr neglected hedge in the paddock. There's still loads more to do before nesting season gets going, so it will be a little longer before I...

You have such pretty flock Tonya; what breed are the two in the middle in the first photo? I just love their plumage.

I am so sorry; of course I did not mean to offend anyone here. By way of defense, trope isn't an offensive word in the UK; see e.g. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/trope

yes - I had to have one as a child; a barium drink. Of course I have no memory now of why...except that it didn't lead to anything so I guess there was no obstruction! I'm reading Harvey Ussery The small-scale poultry flock at the moment, and he disputes this trope. He has several chapters...

my understanding is that fertility is not great either very early or very late in the season

With broodies in the flock I have found it surprisingly easy for the numbers to creep - or even leap - up. Nature's ruthless processes may reduce them again somewhat, but it is emotionally draining, as you say Tonya. Subtraction is hard, but really necessary sometimes. I have to stop finding...

good morning Cafe. Thanks for the coffee Tonya. The system says I don't have permission to view the attachments :(