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 Topic: Price of honey |
woody guthrie
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 Forum: The Apiary Posted: Tue Oct 07, 14 9:18 pm Subject: Price of honey |
| I have about 40 lbs of honey left after I've given presents to friends, a bit of bartering, gifts for the children's teachers, made a few gallons of mead and some to the man who lets me house a couple ... |
| Topic: Muscovy chicks |
woody guthrie
Replies: 10
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Tue Aug 12, 14 9:22 am Subject: Muscovy chicks |
| I don't know whether they are pure bred or what is the usual colour of chicks as this the first time I've bred Muscovys.I have a lavender female, the magpie female in the picture and the male is a sta ... |
| Topic: Muscovy chicks |
woody guthrie
Replies: 10
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Mon Aug 11, 14 11:46 pm Subject: Muscovy chicks |
| Well the sun came out between the rain showers today and the Muscovy brought her nine chicks out. I'm really pleased this first time mother managed to hatch them all. I'm planning on growing these on ... |
| Topic: Muscovy chicks |
woody guthrie
Replies: 10
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Sun Aug 10, 14 10:08 am Subject: Muscovy chicks |
| When I opened up the Muscovy hut this morning this little beauty was peeping out from under a very angry and hissing mum. She is sitting on nine eggs and I managed to see three chicks, grab a quick ph ... |
| Topic: First Sourdough Bread |
woody guthrie
Replies: 7
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sun Jul 13, 14 1:02 pm Subject: First Sourdough Bread |
| Thanks, my initial thoughts were to make it drier but every authority on the subject bangs on about wetter the dough the better. I'll try the oven from cold idea to get that elusive oven spring. Can't ... |
| Topic: First Sourdough Bread |
woody guthrie
Replies: 7
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sun Jul 13, 14 11:06 am Subject: First Sourdough Bread |
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I got a sourdough starter going a few weeks ago and baked my first loaf with it this morning. It ... |
| Topic: Good idea or not? |
woody guthrie
Replies: 4
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Forum: The Apiary Posted: Thu Jul 10, 14 1:22 pm Subject: Good idea or not? |
| I suppose there is always a risk of spreading diseases but I have bought secondhand supers and various other bits of kit. Cleaned as best I could and used the blowtorch on all the bits that would take ... |
| Topic: Broody hen joy |
woody guthrie
Replies: 27
Views: 31197
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Sun Jun 01, 14 10:37 am Subject: Broody hen joy |
| Yes Chez, we hatched out 5 of them last year after crossing our Silky Cockerel and Sussex hen. All 5 of them are mad broodies and good layers when not brooding. |
| Topic: Broody hen joy |
woody guthrie
Replies: 27
Views: 31197
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Sun Jun 01, 14 9:35 am Subject: Broody hen joy |
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The Silkie hatched three call ducks yesterday, one other chick was dead in partially hatched sh ... |
| Topic: Broody hen joy |
woody guthrie
Replies: 27
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Mon May 05, 14 7:18 pm Subject: Broody hen joy |
| We have a Silkie that seems to spend most of her life broody and has hatched a good few chicks so we have put 6 call duck eggs under her a few days ago. As she has only ever reared chickens she's in f ... |
| Topic: iPad or iPad mini? |
woody guthrie
Replies: 35
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Wed Nov 21, 12 10:23 am Subject: iPad or iPad mini? |
| Our william who is 8 and autistic has an I pad, he has a Belkin soft silicon case that he can grip easily and protects it as well. He has a some comunication apps on there, PECS, Grace, etc but has re ... |
| Topic: Textbook sea bass |
woody guthrie
Replies: 15
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Forum: Fishing Posted: Sat Sep 29, 12 11:30 am Subject: Textbook sea bass |
| The bass are still around even in the depths of winter here on the West coast of Ireland, maybe something to do with the warmer water from the gulf stream. Not as plentiful as the spring and summer bu ... |
| Topic: Textbook sea bass |
woody guthrie
Replies: 15
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Forum: Fishing Posted: Fri Sep 28, 12 10:18 am Subject: Textbook sea bass |
| Lovely fish, never caught one using lures but seen others pulling them out of shallow breakers on the west of Ireland storm beaches. I have had a few on lugworm and peeler crab and I am definitely goi ... |
| Topic: More Ferrets |
woody guthrie
Replies: 14
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Fri Jul 27, 12 8:36 am Subject: More Ferrets |
| Reminded me to update on the pregnant ferret, she had 9 kits, a mix of sandy and albinos. One died at two weeks but the other eight were all moved on last week after advertising them on done deal. I t ... |
| Topic: New Incubator |
woody guthrie
Replies: 1
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Mon Jul 16, 12 9:26 am Subject: New Incubator |
| I have been looking for an incubator for a while on the usual seconhand sites, bought this one on Done Deal and picked it up last night. Nice and clean and seems to work perfectly. Anyone else got one ... |
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