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 Topic: Light Sussex Cockerels |
Mad Cowman
Replies: 0
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 Forum: Poultry Posted: Wed Jul 30, 08 2:29 pm Subject: Light Sussex Cockerels |
Hi,
A good friend of mine has 3 light sussex cockerals, about 12 weeks old free to a good home. Can have as a lot or singly. Can you let me know and I'll get onto Richard. There in the Craven Arms/Lu ... |
| Topic: chickens wanted |
Mad Cowman
Replies: 1
Views: 1629
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Tue Jun 17, 08 11:48 am Subject: chickens wanted |
A friend of mine is after 3 laying hens and a cockeral. Is there anyone in the Bridgnorth, shrewsbury, ludlow areas that could help with finding said chickens. Please pm me if anyone can help.
Thanks ... |
| Topic: Rice!!!!! |
Mad Cowman
Replies: 5
Views: 2678
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Fri Jun 06, 08 9:15 am Subject: Rice!!!!! |
Howdo!
Has anyone had a go at growing rice and if so ,how? I have a very wet area on my alotment and immediatley thought of rice. Rising food costs means i need to use this wet area and we're not alo ... |
| Topic: Bird Flu Updates |
Mad Cowman
Replies: 132
Views: 95227
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Thu Apr 06, 06 7:38 am Subject: Bird Flu Updates |
| I was meant to say 'sorry to have a rant' not 'so to have a rant'. Rushing post...Kids to school and all that! |
| Topic: Bird Flu Updates |
Mad Cowman
Replies: 132
Views: 95227
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Thu Apr 06, 06 7:35 am Subject: Bird Flu Updates |
| As I've mentioned before in a previous post, look at it from a 'conspiracy' point of view. We know the government is not countryside 'friendly, unless its' part of a national park. Bird flu in fife ha ... |
| Topic: Why dig your allotment! |
Mad Cowman
Replies: 37
Views: 14341
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Wed Feb 22, 06 2:41 pm Subject: Why dig your allotment! |
| My allotmaent is only an average sized plot, like most allotments. At one end it's 40 % clay 52% loam and 8% sand. At the other end it's 71% clay, 19% loam and the rest is sand.( I know this as I did ... |
| Topic: Radio 4 now - Flu |
Mad Cowman
Replies: 25
Views: 14103
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Tue Feb 21, 06 7:35 pm Subject: Radio 4 now - Flu |
| If you go to www.fwi.co.uk, click on news and then on the 'bird flu special report', it shows you which countries have it those who don't. Its more wide spread across europe than I thought. |
| Topic: Why dig your allotment! |
Mad Cowman
Replies: 37
Views: 14341
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Tue Feb 21, 06 7:27 pm Subject: Why dig your allotment! |
| Maybe I'm lucky but if you ask enough you might find you can get out of all that hard digging. I 'fell' in with the right people and on sunday, a very nice man turned up with his fergie 35 and single ... |
| Topic: Radio 4 now - Flu |
Mad Cowman
Replies: 25
Views: 14103
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Tue Feb 21, 06 7:14 pm Subject: Radio 4 now - Flu |
| If(or when) it comes here I'll be interested how quickly it'll be contained. Although there is a risk to human health, if its' not contained quickly in the uk and starts to infect commercial flock the ... |
| Topic: Sudden death in lambs |
Mad Cowman
Replies: 7
Views: 19249
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Tue Nov 01, 05 1:41 pm Subject: Sudden death in lambs |
| If you use the 'old' husbandry tactics then you seem to find they suit us smallholders better.i.e. grazing cattle and sheep together as they're supposed to keep each others worms down and its' good pa ... |
| Topic: Sudden death in lambs |
Mad Cowman
Replies: 7
Views: 19249
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Mon Oct 31, 05 11:12 am Subject: Sudden death in lambs |
| Yes I agree, the only downside with articles on the fwi site is that they are for intense farming. |
| Topic: Sudden death in lambs |
Mad Cowman
Replies: 7
Views: 19249
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Sat Oct 29, 05 6:26 pm Subject: Sudden death in lambs |
| I have just read an interesting article on the sudden death of lambs on stubble. Even though most of you with sheep will not have them on stubble the article about various diseases is very interesting ... |
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