Shhhhh!! someone over here will think it's a good idea, and import them.
Then discover what else they eat, or what the snag was, when it's too late.

Gibsons and Kingsley Mill are the same place, on the road out of Kingsley eastwards. I pay just over £6 for 20kg of Smallholders, or 25kg of Gibsons (that my hens don't like as much). Last time I went prices had gone up, due to the floods and the increasing use of biofuels they said. So £6.50 or m...

Yes, it's ok to eat them (unless you are a vegetarian, maybe)

It must have rained hard in Cheshire last night, my arc was damp this morning too.
But they say if you put roofing felt on, it encourages red mite.

My daughter has moved into a house with a medlar tree, suspect we wouldn't like that either. (If they were nice everyone would grow them)

I thought we'd already had a quince thread, but I can't find it. I'm sure I said that I don't like the taste of quince jelly.

While googling for something else I came across the Veg Exchange I can't decide if it's a good idea for me or not. I've got loads of apples that are going to waste (but mostly the imperfect ones that won't keep). But do I want my address on a pin on a map for all to see? Anyway I joined and looked t...

Hi, welcome.
Lots of the people here have ex-bats, and have got them used to pellets, and treats.

Did you get your hens from Garden poultry?
I got 2 amber rockets, and 2 red rockets from them last September.
I get my pellets from Kingsley mill, but my hens have 'gone off' the own brand so I but Smallholder brand (20kg instead of 25kg in the bag, and slightly dearer too - fussy birds).

I dont put the food in the arc, it's too dark in there. In a bigger house with windows they might see to get up in the morning. Mine just make crooning noises in the morning and rush out when I open the pop-hole. I have 3 nest boxes for 6 hens, but they all lay in the one furthest from the door (dar...

Worth contacting the trading standards officer. I can understand you being sorry for the chicks and buying them, but if everyone does this you are letting him get away with it. And if he has lied to you on 2 counts, age and breed, you have something definate to complain about (condition of hens migh...

Lovely cats, our Pat looks like your Sooty.

surely they'd be too cramped?

I reckon that I keep fit walking round the orchard, picking fruit, and some gentle dancing twice a week. Mind you I'd like to be a little bit fitter, to be able to dance Irish Sets all evening without getting puffed, or cycle furthe up Gooseberry Hill before I have to get off. But I think your crick...

Word has got round that your a soft touch!