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That's why ours has a thick layer of straw all over the floor: and they love burrowing under it too. You might think it would be a real mess, but they have two toilet corners and only use them, and the rest of the straw stays clean. We lost an almost full grown kit many years ago when he fell from the roof of the hutch inside the court and he broke his back> lesson learned. I'd always kept my ferrets in fairly big hutches over the years at least 6'x2' with a separate run to go on the lawn to excercise in. Last year I converted one of my kennels almost exactly like the set up socks has. In
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If it's Walter from Great Yarmouth, his surname was Bane. I never met him, I'm friends with his son.
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I've just got in from work, I'm soaking wet, the water is running down my arse crack and gargling in the hole. If we are being over run by Muslims taking over our country does that mean their nice warm sunny countries are going spare? Is there much work for a forester in the Middle East? Bet there'd be loads of pork to eat too if those dopey barstards don't eat it! Now were are my chainsaw sandals........
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its about the only job any one get thanked for lol[/ The more I think about it the more I like it. I've got a shovel and a pickup. Just need a black suit. If anyone on here needs there nearest and dearest planted pm me. Price on negotiation.
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Not sure I follow? Undertaker doesn't sound a bad job mind. I'd be strictly cremations only, smaller hole to dig for those little pots of ash.
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I was right, it is who I thought it was. Everything you say is spot on about this guy. If you are mad enough to want a career in game keeping, one of the best in my opinion to learn it from.
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A number of members of the House of Lords with help in the commons lobbied to put gamekeepers in the same category as butlers, valets and other house staff. This was done to make them except from being covered by certain aspects of health and safety and employment law. Means they can pay you on a salary and offer you a contract where you agree to work the hours required to do the job. It's an archaic job where you get treated like crap for working your arse off from someone who would drop you at a moments notice because there's always some daft b*****d willing to take your place. In some peopl
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It's not who you are thinking of Perthshire keeper. I worked for the chap for just over a year during my chequered foray into game keeping. He is a nice bloke, hard and fair. His rearing is spot on and his work ethic takes some keeping up with, but as I said before, the harder you work the more you will learn. I'm not a keeper, tried it but couldn't grin and bear the cap doffing and snivelling. A couple of my best mates are now head keepers, I've seen how hard they worked and what they put up with. If that's the job you want 4 months in a caravan on minimum wage will be a walk in the park, if
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I recognise the address. I worked for this chap, be prepared to work hard, he is fair and very knowledgable. You will learn a lot from him, the more you work, the more you'll learn.
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I've said the same before and been shot down. I would much rather a pup from 2 working collie crosses doing what I want, regardless of percentage, than to start from scratch with unknowns. Bizarre? Makes sense to me, if I wanted a collie to work sheep I'd breed two working collies, job done. I certainly wouldn't spend a decades breeding two collie greys and keeping the pups which threw to the collie and breeding one that way. The sheep would of died or f**ked off by the time I got my dream collie. What's the difference?
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True, apologies for taking the thread of track with a daft reply. I fail to see the benefit of going back to the beginning with a first generation 1st x. The hard work has been done by lurcher owners over generations, surely there are enough quality collie crosses out there with varying percentages of running dog on to produce a quality lurcher to suit most peoples needs, assuming you know the lines to go for and the people that keep them. I don't, I've never had or seen a lurcher that's nothing but collie grey working. My introduction to lurchers was a first x Alsatian grey. I happen to
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I realise that a working sheepdog ignoring commands is a failure on the handlers part. If I put he sent the dogs on an outrun at the herd because he is a tenant and fed up at the estate not keeping the deer down and the damage they do to his fodder beet and young clover leys it would be a ridiculously long sentence without punctuation and an admission to flaunting the hunting act. We were genuinely surprised they caught it and it was pre ban and I had a rifle and I let it go and was sad for the deer.
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My best mate keeps sheep and beef. He has 2 collie bitches, mother and daughter at the moment, he's bred his own from his fathers dogs before him. Proper working collies, I've seen them take a kick of a beef animal, somersault through the air and be back on its heels before you can blink. One evening we were walking checking stock when a herd of around 20 fallow got up out of a spinney and ran across the field. Both bitches took off and no amount of hollering would stop them, if it had been sheep or cattle they wouldn't of moved without command. As the deer straight lined across the f
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Hot smoking is more about adding flavour as you cook so you can put the meat straight in. If you want to do ham or bacon your looking at cold smoking so need to cure the meat first. There's loads of good info online I got a good book years ago with cures and ideas, I'll dig it out and find the title for you.
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Good stuff! Looks like it would work as a hot smoker too? I need to knock up a bigger smoker. Best one I had was in a cottage when I lived in the Cotswolds. It was the old stone 'long drop' puts some bars across for hanging bacon, hams and fish. Made some shelves for sausages, was a perfect cold smoker. Got a couple of 45 gallon drums to make one, they work but not as nice to look at.
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I get the odd one on a 'blackbirds fancy' when I can. This one was from a friend, he catches more than he can eat, not something I've ever managed!
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Cooking as I type. Trout, spuds and corn on the cob for tea!
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Mate that's fine. I don't mind being a bell end. How people are going on you would think I've bullied f**k out of the bloke and hurled abuse at him. I've made a few observations and given my opinion. That's all it is. My opinion. If you don't care then that's cool. But why am I the bad guy? The whole point of THL is that people can share their experiences like iww and others like yourself can express an opinion. In this case yours in my opinion makes you a bell end. On other threads I've enjoyed what you have to say and you seem a decent sort. Since getting an iPhone I've been o
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Gaz, I don't know you from Adam, like my opinion of most members on here, my opinion of you is based purely on what you choose to put up. On this particular thread, based purely on these posts you come across as a monumental bell end. This chap could wander Shropshire with his whippet, a stuffed ferret and the same frozen rabbit taking photos to post on here. So what, he's happy, the photos are nice and his posts are civil. If he won't answer your question via pm, it's probably because you come across as a bell end to him too? I'm sure you're lovely in the real world, but on this
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Thats something I've always fancied a go at....................................what timber is the best ? I mainly use over stood hazel that has been coppiced to bring it back into rotation. I've used most types of hardwood and all seem to work. If I'm cutting and the wood won't make 2.3m it's 'waste' so keep it for charcoal. The best stuff is about 3 to 4" diameter in the round. That way you don't have to split it just cut to length and there's less waste on the burn as there's no edges to catch. You want to be driving the moisture and impurities out the wood to leave pure carbon b
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If your having a BBQ make sure you use local made stuff. Burns hotter, lights easier and helps keep a roof over my head (not that I'm ever in the house if I can help it).
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If you can weld trivets are easy to make. I saw a horseshoe one at a show for £25. I asked the farrier when he was doing the bosses horses if he could spare some old shoes and he gave me a bucket full. I brought the spit and motor but you can pick up everything you need for outdoor cooking from scrap bins, car boots and charity shops. My hog roast is a water trough, a sheep fodder beet feeder, old drill discs, a g clamp, a length of inch steel rod, some corrugated sheet and some bolts so it all dismantles to store in the shed. Bit of time and ingenuity and we fed 150 guests at our wedding. Ano
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Sorry for the multiple posts but couldn't get all the photos on one post. This ones been on before, a grill is another essential bit of kit for cooking a trout or toasting a sandwich when I'm working.
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Trivet I made out of horseshoes and some scrap bar. Perfect for the kettle or the pan. Goes in with my chainsaw gear when I'm working in the winter.
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This is my fire pit at the end of the garden, that's a leg of venison on the spit from some time last summer. We cook out there every weekend if the weathers dry. Cooked a joint of pork yesterday, nothing better than cooking outdoors. Get a decent cast iron pan, kettle and a good sized pot and you'll never want to use your kitchen again. My eldest daughter is 2 and she loves sitting outdoors eating round the fire. Built myself a hog roast out of bits I found on the farm. It's 8' I can cook 2 pigs at a time with the heads off, hoping I can get a dexter or a veal calf on it for my 40th in a few