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 Topic: pigs and chocolate |
SteveP
Replies: 6
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 Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Tue Apr 25, 17 12:23 pm Subject: pigs and chocolate |
defra would not approve, all human food chain stuff is banned for piggies unless it has been officially pressure cooked with its own paperwork or has been diverted direct from a field.
as to toxici ... |
| Topic: pigs and chocolate |
SteveP
Replies: 6
Views: 33690
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Forum: Livestock and Pets Posted: Tue Apr 25, 17 8:26 am Subject: pigs and chocolate |
| I have some Easter chocs that i don't like. Are pigs sensitive to chocolate like dogs? |
| Topic: Put your birds inside |
SteveP
Replies: 55
Views: 399268
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Sun Dec 11, 16 4:00 pm Subject: Put your birds inside |
If anyone wants to track the H5N8 cases, a link taken from http://recombinomics.co/ has it plotted on google maps.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en&authuser=0&mid=1aNOepBDPUd0zdRn ... |
| Topic: Camera traps/trail cameras |
SteveP
Replies: 37
Views: 176254
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Fri Nov 18, 16 2:06 pm Subject: Re: Camera traps/trail cameras |
We would like to see what is visiting our garden at night
If it is two legged visitors then you need one with a sim card that sends the pic to you as soon as it is taken. |
| Topic: Tanning a hide- 10 easy steps to a well cured pelt or hide. |
SteveP
Replies: 97
Views: 1866630
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Forum: Shooting and Trapping for the Pot Posted: Sat Nov 12, 16 8:41 am Subject: Tanning a hide- 10 easy steps to a well cured pelt or hide. |
Sorry about re-awakening an old thread but how do you safely dispose of the salt and alum mix when you have a septic tank instead of mains drainage?
Tipping it onto the ground will kill it and the ... |
| Topic: Fox resistant run entrance |
SteveP
Replies: 20
Views: 110379
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Mon Oct 31, 16 9:05 am Subject: Fox resistant run entrance |
I'd manually open the gate for them in the morning but then you or someone, would have to be there to close the gate on them ASAP after they'd gone to roost.
Which is my problem. I currently work s ... |
| Topic: Fox resistant run entrance |
SteveP
Replies: 20
Views: 110379
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Mon Oct 31, 16 6:52 am Subject: Fox resistant run entrance |
Bodger's pen is constructed like mine except I use two strands of wire around the base. I have used that design for fifteen years and not had a fox get through.
Back to the original post. I still h ... |
| Topic: Fox resistant run entrance |
SteveP
Replies: 20
Views: 110379
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Fri Oct 28, 16 10:18 am Subject: Fox resistant run entrance |
a plank with a nail poking out tied on a bit of string so it dangles in the entrance is said to be fox resistant and the birds just push past it . im not convinced but some recon it works.
I have m ... |
| Topic: Fox resistant run entrance |
SteveP
Replies: 20
Views: 110379
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Fri Oct 28, 16 6:24 am Subject: Fox resistant run entrance |
| I need to devise a method for the chickens to exit and leave the new night enclosure in the paddock by a route that doesn't give acces to a fox. The enclosure resembles a pheasant release pen and is s ... |
| Topic: New Pi |
SteveP
Replies: 7
Views: 15018
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Mon Feb 29, 16 5:14 pm Subject: New Pi |
i still have a rather daft idea for "coursing"competitions for salukis and lurchers , a semi autonomous off road lure seems necessary ....
Sounds like single use tech. |
| Topic: A fox trap |
SteveP
Replies: 39
Views: 457238
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Forum: Shooting and Trapping for the Pot Posted: Mon Feb 08, 16 12:55 pm Subject: A fox trap |
Two types of cage trap. The treadle where the fox treads on the treadle and the other one is where the fox pulls at the bait and triggers the trap.
I can't see what advantage there can be in tying ... |
| Topic: A fox trap |
SteveP
Replies: 39
Views: 457238
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Forum: Shooting and Trapping for the Pot Posted: Mon Feb 08, 16 8:34 am Subject: A fox trap |
| When I baited a treadle trap I didn't rely on the fox standing on it. The bait (rabbit) was tied to a piece of bailing twine that was looped around the back of the trap and tied to the treadle from be ... |
| Topic: A fox trap |
SteveP
Replies: 39
Views: 457238
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Forum: Shooting and Trapping for the Pot Posted: Sat Feb 06, 16 10:39 am Subject: A fox trap |
Cover the base in soil or straw so it doesn't walk on the wires. Place bales at the sides and on top.
The fox will go into a hole more readily than an open metal trap. |
| Topic: Heated propogator |
SteveP
Replies: 4
Views: 7920
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Forum: Grow Your Own Posted: Mon Feb 01, 16 8:53 am Subject: Heated propogator |
This may be useful for choosing the temperature
http://tomclothier.hort.net/page11.html |
| Topic: Android Phone? |
SteveP
Replies: 13
Views: 24653
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Tue Dec 15, 15 2:09 pm Subject: Android Phone? |
So, you have nothing to lose by trying to fix it yourself. It is already a brick.
I re-found the site I used to root mine.
http://androidpixel.com/category/how-to-root-android/
There are prob ... |
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