tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post2717611085043555583..comments2024-03-29T01:38:00.306+00:00Comments on An English Homestead: Catching AnimalsKev Alvitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-73445645877431151852015-06-03T22:37:13.056+01:002015-06-03T22:37:13.056+01:00Not at the moment, but have my eye out for fly str...Not at the moment, but have my eye out for fly strike. We are coming to that time of year.Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-56900806407562423612015-06-03T21:29:53.828+01:002015-06-03T21:29:53.828+01:00yes we have had coccidiosis or the lambs have been...yes we have had coccidiosis or the lambs have been a tense 10 days but all well now <br />The Squirrel Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08970265671489926403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-41335306589552515952015-06-03T20:30:18.832+01:002015-06-03T20:30:18.832+01:00Been having a fair amount of hoof problems with th...Been having a fair amount of hoof problems with the sheep myself. It's been so wet they are getting no wear at all on the hooves and been constantly having to catch one and clip. Once it dries out the ground is usually hard enough to keep em worn. I also treated one lamb for bottle neck worms the other night. Watching all the others to see if they are going to need treating too. These wet conditions we been having are hell on sheep when it's also so warm.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-16776294037546448742015-06-03T15:51:43.556+01:002015-06-03T15:51:43.556+01:00PS
That would be great on the seeds. :O)PS<br />That would be great on the seeds. :O)Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560812716080117867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-64802667125324766442015-06-03T15:28:19.196+01:002015-06-03T15:28:19.196+01:00I totally agree chickens can be quite cruel to eac...I totally agree chickens can be quite cruel to each other! Good you put her away from the others. I agree they would have probably pecked her to death. I love having them but I hate how mean they can be.Right now we have few animals so nothing much going on with them. Knock on wood.Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560812716080117867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-14436391680513241402015-06-03T10:42:48.310+01:002015-06-03T10:42:48.310+01:00I once placed a lasso round a so called sick heife...I once placed a lasso round a so called sick heifer and she dragged me round the field. I have seen some great home made holding pens made with farm gates and motorway crash barriers.northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-42469491106033906592015-06-03T09:21:15.048+01:002015-06-03T09:21:15.048+01:00Yep! Chickens escaping because they (her singular)...Yep! Chickens escaping because they (her singular) is the smallest of the flock and can squeeze through the fencing! Plus the older 3 hens making a racket when they find a newbie in the nest box! They are waking me at 5am to be let out, I try to get back to bed but, then the squabbles start. <br />I shelled out a fortune to buy a expensive brand of hen coop and run. (Reminds me, must do a review on it with some things they may not like). This particular coop has one nest box and as you know, hens like dark, warm and privacy when laying. 2 of the older hens have even started 'complaining' now when the other is in the nest box.I tried putting in a small washing up bowl in the coop area each morning, in the darkest end of the coop, away from the nest box but, none of them used it! The older hens were never this noisy last year!<br />I am so tired, have seriously been thinking of letting them go! Sandies' Patchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11022362234675324965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-31965521989279180982015-06-03T07:49:17.474+01:002015-06-03T07:49:17.474+01:00touch wood all is fine, purple spray is great, if ...touch wood all is fine, purple spray is great, if one needs it I find others want to join in the party, luckily ours are all fairly easy to catch and will come to food, makes it easy for me on my own :-)Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05213759909336433460noreply@blogger.com