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This is the ow that hangs around, although it is not usual for this area we think it might be a long eared owl rather than the more common ones.

I am UK based, we have owls and buzzards, The buzzards have bred here for several years, the owl I have pictures of, the main pen has wired roofing the same as on the sides, we had considered netting the extension we are building but thanks to squirrels I think wire is likely safer,weasels are...

Been busy, so apologies for lack of updates. I have had a chicken killed, and 3 ducks killedincluding a large muscovy male. We believe it is a fox, and have been taking steps to improve their area. I was advised to feed earlier, so the birds ate the food, and less rats once dark I have not...

DEAD CHICKEN, beheaded, and plucked thigh!Half eaten. Right next to House :( Have an issue something is killing off the odd chicken, now the odd unwary youngster i can understand, i do let mine freedom over a couple of acres within a fenced area, but something determined came right up to the...

someone is not camera shy :D

Oh bugger I can’t do that now...this comment will be a total admission of guilt, hmmm time for a new plan.....whistles innocently...lmao

I love mine I just prefer them in another county, or even country, my youngest comes home and I think awwww I just love him to bits....3 days later......yeah ripped limb from limb....lol. He is a lovely kid, nice natured, but 1. He’s lazy, 2. He stays up late at night and is noisy, and 3. He...

For the duck with the crossed feet I decided on horse brewers yeast I make it up and let them all at it, it’s hard to overdose on niacin apparently, and the other items should hopefully do no harm, there is sone improvement but she is not straight limbed.

I have been mia Missing in action again, I have muscovy eggs coming out of my ears, musky mums with babies, me wit’s three lots of different age gaps, a set of chicks let out with adults,one poor chick with the latest lot, she sticks by the first duck who came through with her, and dodges any...

I find older people I’m third quarter usually have more experience and more patience, or are in jail for killing their kids kids/HUD’s and lol. i have a similar ethos over coincidences, best viewed with suspicion;) and thank you people for nice comments

Thank you, that’s a good idea.

I have a baby duck probably pekin or Aylesbury coming through she has started to have issues with her feet crossing.. I give them duck food, so hopefully it is not niacin issues, I have split her and three others off from the original 12 as the other 11 were ousting her, the smaller number has...

Koffee (swartzkopt ‘ black head) and Nutella/Ella (as in the song sung at full volume as Ella is a full volume goat, Koffee the wither boy is much quieter (wither means not a full male as he has been castrated) males goats apparently play rough and castrated ones are much more docile (winces)...

Last year we only hatched Pepper the duck because he was blackk, and this time we had a yellow duck so likely a white duck so we called her Salty, she moans if you leave her alone, she thinks she is a runner duck who needs to win the 100m and races everywhere, and was definitely not a solo...

Sorry for the delay been super busy queen swarmed caught a swarm with a young queen a swarm took over a hive a marked queen now in one of our hives,we do not mark our queens so she is easy to see we had baby chicks I’ll try and get photos we have 2 new goats try and get photos one dog died very...

And back to chickens,

Oh and goats are prone to worms so source a good wormer people often struggle to find goat worming and use sheep I read - so not certain of this - that all except one sheep wormer is often double dosed for goats except one whichh is max one and half because it is toxic otherwise, and you need to...

The girl we have has to reach a threshold weight before the breeder I use will mate her, so if she comes on this year she will kid about May next year. The breeder obviously lets her. Goat feed the kids, I could ask her if she milks and how much you can get, but I do not know any other goat...

Well we planted over 1600 trees,across 900 species on bare fields. Some are now 30ft plus and we did not go build a plantation then tear it out and take the government subsidies, so the land was bare again. Our fruit and nut collection alone helps with food for us and the animals. Plus if we...

We are going boer it is of course a meat goat with horns, not the best milker or high fat, but hopefully will provide us with plenty of milk, And hopefully yogurt, maybe if lucky cream and cheese, and if we get excess we will likely do pigs too with the spare food. We plan to breed, I understand...