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I haven't been on BYC for a while (stress of school, I am currently in the middle of sitting 10 GCSE exams . . . having 5 is broadly equivalent to a High School Diploma I believe . . . STRESS! Anyway. I went to clean out the chickens and what should I find but they've gone and got red mite at...

Normally we have a temperate climate - not too hot, not too cold - Goldilocks style. But tonight we're expecting winds of 70mph, gusting to 80mph, which is classed as a violent storm / hurricane. The chickens will be staying in the cellar from tonight until Tuesday morning, as the coop roof did...

Bristol is famous for . . . People (some probably aren't famous outside of the UK, but I'm sure some are so put down a few of the most famous) - Cary Grant, Tony Robinson, Adam Hart Davies, Bill Bailey, Justin Lee Collins, JK Rowling, Richard Amerike (funded Cabot's trip where he discovered the...

What on earth is a Homeowner's Association? I keep hearing it in terms of "my HOA won't let me have chickens". Is it a few jumped-up local residents with too much power or what?

I know I haven't been posting here much lately, what with the pressures of school and everything, so I thought I'd just give everyone a little update . . . . On New Year's Day, I broke my knee whilst skiing in the French Alps (idiot snowboarder cut me up, I swerved to avoid him - not hangover...

Am I going mad, or do my chickens always seem to moult later than everyone elses? Molly, my standard black Orpington has been in a heavy moult since about Hallowe'en (no, it's not stress related). Seriously, I have never had a chicken moult this badly before - her breast is bare, apart from a...

I went to see Turisas (a metal band) last night, and everyone was a bit drunk . . . anyway, some hefty 6 foot tall bloke fell right back into all 5 foot nothing of me . . . next thing I know both my nostrils are bleeding and I'm legging it to the ladies'. It hurt all through last night, but now...

http://agonist.org/node/36641/print Turn up the speakers and laugh . . . this is hilarious stuff.

Yesterday I found two hens wandering around my road, so I caught them, put them in a spare ark and went door knocking to find their owners (one person was like, oh yes, I think they might have come from that house down there, which is my house ). It turns out that they only live a few doors...

I have had three soft / very thin shelled eggs over the past week (none normal) from my large black orpington hen, Molly, who is about 11 or 12 months old. This morning there was one on the floor that had cracked and been eaten, and the shell was soft. There have never been any problems with...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6752795.stm I could understand if it was for educational purposes, but it would never be economical for proper food production. If it was for educational purposes then it would be very much like the horizontal city farm where I volunteer . . .

So what's in yours? Handbag 3 maths exercise books, a calculator, and a massive textbook (yes, I should be revising). Copy of practical poultry Few old bus tickets Coupon for fabric conditioner (how sad am I?) Purse Foundation Eyeliner Mascara Comb Sheet of paper Bath and West (agricultural...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070502/ap_on_fe_st/odd_spray_painted_dog;_ylt=AllAWvjXJBr5SfVbkRewU34uQE4F CHUBBUCK, Idaho - Animal control officers had to decide if they were investigating vandalism or animal mistreatment after someone spray-painted a dog. A resident reported that he found the...

There have been several strange events in the coop over the past few weeks - 1. About a month ago I came down in the morning to find the pophole open when I had definately shut it the night before. 2. There has been a definate decrease in eggs over the past couple of weeks. There have been...

Working at the city farm on saturday, I leaned over the wall to stroke one of the sheep. A woman says to me "oh, that's a nice goat isn't it". A couple of minutes later she asks me if the ram in the next pen is pregnant. When I replied no, he is a ram, I am informed that he is massive and must...

Copying the members over from the thread on ezboard. V Chic Chick - Bristol, SW England. Kitsune - Manchester, England Kirstine1 - Scotland heidi the goat herder - Hinkley, Leicestershire, England Moorehen - Cambridge, England 2withers used to live in Wigan, but now lives in NY State...