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    Flooding in the UK

    The landscape in Cookham, Berkshire looks worse today than it did four weeks ago when the wealthy communter belt was first deluged with water from the River Thames Photo: INS This needs to be examined, analysed and understood in a holistic way, over a 20-30 year timescale, if we are to deal...
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    High expectations, or plain daft?

    My granddaughter came home from school with her weekend homework: 1. What are your term's (semester's) targets in both literacy and numeracy? 2. How will you achieve these targets? She is 4 YEARS OLD!!! Am I missing something here?
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    Are these really documentaries?

    I have been watching a lot of documentaries recently, but am not sure they are for real. I watch 'Mountain Men' and I ask 'wHY?' Why do these aging fellows put themselves through this struggle to survive in such unforgiving and inhospitable terrain. I grant that scenically, it is stunning, but...
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    When to start school

    Our youngest granddaughter will be 4 years old on August 21st and will begin school at the beginning of September. She has been attending the school nursery for a year and now moves up to 'proper school'. She will now be there from 9 am to 3-15, be responsible for her own belongings, be able to...
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    Hoarders: Buried alive!

    Has anyone seen this programme? I watched a new episode last night and could not believe my eyes. I thought I understood hoarding. Although I am not one, I am not the tidiest of people and raising a family I have often observed the situation where everyone comes in to the house and just drops...
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    Best time of the day

    The sun is just about to set it's last rays lighting up the side of the house. Horses and poultry in for the night out of harms way. Supper is cooking and I've just got to feed the dogs and I'm done! Best time of the day I say, what about you?
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    Women Bishops

    The Church of England admitted women into the priesthood about 10 years ago. Recently, the General Synod, who govern the Church have voted that although they may be priests, women may not be Bishops. A mere handful of weeks later, they declare that gay men, who could also be priests, may become...
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    Some good news

    The young Pakistani girl who was shot in the head for supporting the education of girls, has left hospital in Birmingham. Although she will have to return for reconstructive surgery she is expected to make a full recovery. Whata wonderful new year for herself and her family.
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    A rescued pigeon

    last weekend my daughter in law rescued one of our barn pigeons from a bird of prey. It has some slight damage to one wing, and part of the middle section of the other wing missing. With treatment the wounds are healing well now and the bird, which we have kept inside, is eating and drinking and...
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    Colic in horses

    Hardly chicken centred I know, but does anyone have experience with horse colic? My daughters miniature shetland presented last evening with his 4th bout of gassy colic this summer, never having suffered with it previously. We managed it in the usual way with walking and anticolic meds, and he...
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    Double yolkers

    About once a fortnight one of my ex battery hens lays an enormous egg. It is about the size of a duck egg, and a double yolker. This has only been happening this summer, after having the hen for 3 years. Any ideas anyone?
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    A Mother's Day gift

    Mother's Day here today and my DD has given me two Black Rock hens. What handsome stately birds they are! They sadly will come down to earth with a bump as they will be sharing with my lovable but disreputable ex battery hens. Does anyone have any information about Black Rocks, my chicken...
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    Super scrimpers!

    Here's a tip for the super scrimpers amongst us. Throw away, or more sensibly use up, all your house cleaning products. The only cleaning agents you need are as follows: White vinegar, Bi-carbonate of soda, Lemons! Dilute the white vinegar in one part to two with water, add the juice of half...
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    sour crop

    II have just lost an Aylesbury duck to sour crop. i took her to the vet, but she was already very dehydrated and despite meds, and my best efforts, she died. I feel she would have had a better chance if I had caught it earlier. I noticed that she was a bit moth eaten in the tips of her wing...
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    Panorama - Poor America on You tube

    Has anyone else seen this?
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    a weight gaining diet needed

    What diet can I feed my ex battery hens to help them gain weight? They have lost weight this winter and one has been unwell, although she is progressing nicely now. I feed them layers pellets, porridge and kale every day, and egg yolk on cold days as well. They always seem to leave some food...
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    What's going on I wonder?

    I have an ex battery hen that has been causing some concern lately. For about two weeks she has been standing with very ruffled feathers and her head shrunk into her chest. She was only showing any signs of life when I took food out, then she ran to it and ate hungrily. I thought she might be...
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    Ask Ina?

    Does anyone watch the Ina Garten series of cookery shows called the 'Barefoot Contessa?' She makes some very interesting recipes, many of which I would love to try. The trouble is she never says how many people her recipes will serve. Last week she made a chicken soup with dumplings. It looked...
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    Is my hen ill or cold?

    I am very worried about one of my warren hens. She is an ex battery bird and we have had her for about 2 years. It has been very cold and frosty the last 3 days, and the hen seems unwell. She stands with feathers puffed up and seems very miserable. I have examined her and can find nothing to...
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    Sharing projects

    I have just been reading a thread about someone who is planning to build their own home. They are asking for advice on suitability of materials etc. It occurs to me that there are loads of people out there who have designed and built some brilliant projects from hen houses to their own houses...
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