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  Topic: Oil pollution in pond
Foghorn

Replies: 22
Views: 47452
PostForum: Land Management   Posted: Tue Mar 17, 09 8:29 pm   Subject: Oil pollution in pond
The cavalry has arrived!

Scratch what I said earlier about the Environment Agency - apparently, their customer contact centre (why do they bother with these?) made a slight error when they said it ...
  Topic: Oil pollution in pond
Foghorn

Replies: 22
Views: 47452
PostForum: Land Management   Posted: Tue Mar 17, 09 1:18 pm   Subject: Oil pollution in pond
Thanks for the replies, folks - glad to get some moral support!

For info, the spillage is probably of the order of 10 - 100 litres, and it probably happened due to a leak, that the neighbour may no ...
  Topic: Oil pollution in pond
Foghorn

Replies: 22
Views: 47452
PostForum: Land Management   Posted: Tue Mar 17, 09 12:42 am   Subject: Oil pollution in pond
It's about 5 yards by about 15
  Topic: Oil pollution in pond
Foghorn

Replies: 22
Views: 47452
PostForum: Land Management   Posted: Mon Mar 16, 09 10:33 pm   Subject: Oil pollution in pond
Hello,

A neighbour has managed to deposit a quantity of heating oil (kerosene I believe), into our pond, via an old drain. Does anyone have any ideas about how to remove this oil? I'm tempted to ...
  Topic: Quick chicken/egg query
Foghorn

Replies: 13
Views: 7066
PostForum: Poultry   Posted: Fri Sep 26, 08 1:54 pm   Subject: Quick chicken/egg query
Final scores are in: one healthy chick, two died, one dead on arrival and one egg missing

The two that died seemed to have slid out of the nest and couldn't get back under the hen - impo ...
  Topic: Quick chicken/egg query
Foghorn

Replies: 13
Views: 7066
PostForum: Poultry   Posted: Thu Sep 25, 08 12:14 pm   Subject: Quick chicken/egg query
4 eggs hatched so far, one chick DOA, another died overnight, not sure why, final egg may be a non-runner. The hen is sitting on them, I guess because there is one egg left, when surely she should be ...
  Topic: Quick chicken/egg query
Foghorn

Replies: 13
Views: 7066
PostForum: Poultry   Posted: Wed Sep 24, 08 10:03 pm   Subject: Quick chicken/egg query
2 cute little chicks so far, and another one born with a malformed gut and perished soon thereafter. 2 to go...
  Topic: Quick chicken/egg query
Foghorn

Replies: 13
Views: 7066
PostForum: Poultry   Posted: Tue Sep 23, 08 11:44 am   Subject: Quick chicken/egg query
Thanks hippy, some great advice there.

One of the eggs has begun to hatch - a little hole had been pecked through this morning.

We will probably allow them out under heavy supervision, but then ...
  Topic: Quick chicken/egg query
Foghorn

Replies: 13
Views: 7066
PostForum: Poultry   Posted: Mon Sep 22, 08 10:05 pm   Subject: Quick chicken/egg query
Now you're asking...

Donated by a neighbour who has a small collection of mixed hybrids, silkies maybe, I haven't looked recently. Looking forward to finding out!
  Topic: Quick chicken/egg query
Foghorn

Replies: 13
Views: 7066
PostForum: Poultry   Posted: Mon Sep 22, 08 9:43 pm   Subject: Quick chicken/egg query
One of my hens is currently sitting on 5 donated fertilized eggs - I don't think I've seen her move for about a fortnight. Just wondering, based on the experiences of others, how many are likely to h ...
  Topic: Any basic advice on where to locate beehive?
Foghorn

Replies: 6
Views: 15372
PostForum: The Apiary   Posted: Tue Apr 01, 08 8:39 am   Subject: Any basic advice on where to locate beehive?
Thanks for the advice, folks - all very useful.
  Topic: Any basic advice on where to locate beehive?
Foghorn

Replies: 6
Views: 15372
PostForum: The Apiary   Posted: Mon Mar 31, 08 11:39 pm   Subject: Any basic advice on where to locate beehive?
First time beekeper wanting to know some very basic principles of where to locate a single hive - I am particularly concerned about putting it somewhere where it might be a nuisance to neighbours / ha ...
  Topic: Do you recognise this ailment?
Foghorn

Replies: 4
Views: 3126
PostForum: Poultry   Posted: Wed Sep 12, 07 9:57 am   Subject: Do you recognise this ailment?
No bugs, and they have been treated, nice and pink round the face and no moulting. The patches have been there for a good few months. Doesn't seem to bother the birds, so maybe it's just an aestheti ...
  Topic: Do you recognise this ailment?
Foghorn

Replies: 4
Views: 3126
PostForum: Poultry   Posted: Tue Sep 11, 07 11:42 am   Subject: Do you recognise this ailment?
(... that is, if it is an ailment)

For some time, both chickens have had a bald spot on their breasts, exposing red, raw-looking skin. Aside from being a bit unattractive, it doesn''t seem to affe ...
  Topic: Domestic wells and dowsing
Foghorn

Replies: 34
Views: 68564
PostForum: Land Management   Posted: Wed Apr 19, 06 8:34 pm   Subject: Domestic wells and dowsing
Thanks to all for your helpful replies - if I continue with my dowsing successes, I'll be sure to remember your kind offer, Cab
 
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