Posts by thaiturkey

Bonjour Elise! Good to see another 'foreigner' join BYC.

I don't do anything in the garden. It's too hot. 39C today. We had two recent downpours of rain recently, the first since last November.   My wife tends and waters the fruit trees and bushes but we employ a gardener in the...

Life goes on indeed!   It's a joy to watch the chicks grow but not be tied to the home caring for them. They love the surplus rice that we throw down and the medication in their water keeps them free from chills. Easy peasy.

They will be fine so long as the dogs don't get in again. We are waiting for a neighbour to finish a section of wall that we started, then we will be perfectly secure. Strangely, they recently did some land fill, clearing the hedge again...

Great! Love it! Functional and full of character.   I can't think of anything you need to do other then what you list yourself.   I built a turkey coop from machine packing cases and topped it with thatch. It does the...

We have a big problem with soi (street) dogs here. They probably have owners but aren't fed adequately and roam day and night. in packs We have lost over two years 50 turkeys and chickens to dogs that managed to break through a hedge....

We've gone from turkeys to cooped laying chickens to geese. All have been a problem in some way. No-one cares for them the way we did so we were tied to the home, finding it difficult to take a vacation without concern for the welfare...

This seems to a knowledgeable explanation:   http://www.cvhs.okstate.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=277

Dermatitis is a catch all term:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatitis   You might need a more specialist opinion. In the meantime, stop worrying - it will only make matters worse. State of mind is a big part of...

Skin complaints are not entirely diet related. They may have a hereditary origin, they may result from chemicals on the skin and , in the case of eczema, emotional stress. The only correct approach is an holistic one, including topical...