Ribh's D'Coopage

[BY Bob]

I think Blackthorn is the same thing as Sloe (as in Sloe gin). In which case the berries are not edible off the bush. But dump them in a bottle, add sugar, fill the bottle up with gin and then forget about it for a year and you will have the most delicious Sloe gin.

Now there is a recipe I can get behind.

 

[LozzyR]

I am told not. From my own experience Blue Spot was still going broody at ten years old.
Fat Bird has never been big in the babies business but she went broody last year. Some here swear by their senior hens for being the best mums.
A few breeds (I would have to look them up) tend not to go broody for the first two or three years or more which is not what happens with the breeds here. most go broody in their second year or even late in their first if they were hatched early in the year.

I'd love to know why Lucy likes to go and sit on a nest, with or without an egg in it. It's my understanding that ISA Browns don't go broody; it's been bred out of them. She'll communally nest with Charlie sometimes and now and again decides to sit in Nyssa's nest (often when it's obvious that Nyssa's ready to lay!). And if she does happen across an egg and sits on it, it's not for very long; maybe half an hour or so.

 

[BY Bob]

I'd love to know why Lucy likes to go and sit on a nest, with or without an egg in it. It's my understanding that ISA Browns don't go broody; it's been bred out of them. She'll communally nest with Charlie sometimes and now and again decides to sit in Nyssa's nest (often when it's obvious that Nyssa's ready to lay!). And if she does happen across an egg and sits on it, it's not for very long; maybe half an hour or so.

Lilly does the same thing but she will spend more than an hour on a nest. Reminiscing was the most popular opinion, followed by just relaxing and reading a magazine.

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

 

[Grammy60]

Good evening everyone

 

[drumstick diva]

morning Bob and Grammy - rainy, gloomy, cold here, I'm going back to bed

 

[rjohns39]

good morning Nancy, enjoy your nap.

 

[Grammy60]

Good morning everyone Nancy did you have a good nap?

 

[Ribh]

morning Bob and Grammy - rainy, gloomy, cold here, I'm going back to bed

Rainy & gloomy here too, Nancy but the lad was a good lad & lit the fire before he left.

 

[Ribh]

good morning Nancy, enjoy your nap.

Good morning everyone

Waving across the ocean.