digger71

Thanks folks ill try the beer trap

I can get wessex but will have to travel. I agree about the eggs mine seem thin shelled so far will they thicken or are yours still thin shelled

Fancy a day out with me

Spot on there socks, just a different approach

Was considering crossing them with the wessex supreme,the supreme i think is gaining in popularity for flavour over here. What ya think.

Is the beer trap really as good as they say, guess ill have to give it a go.

Hi lads got some terrible news this week. Doctors told me any hard work is over for me and that includes ferreting. Im totaly devastated about it. Since the first day headind for 40 yrs i made my debut,i still look forward to every ferreting trip as the first. Even family members are pressing me now to quit,i said id take a couple of weeks to decide on it,maybe the decision is made for me. How can i not hunt again and only you lads would understand looking out a window on a frosty cold morning, how hard that would be to bare. Maybe with a bit of sun on me back for the summer might change thing

Ha wouldn have been as funny, if you left the door ajar.

Id guess you need to start a new topic to find the answer to that buddy. Please do inform us when ya find out.

I think the fleece or fine netting is the best option. I usually leave one or two cabbage unprotected to attract the pests, giving them the easier option just in case they find some little way to get into my protected crop.Believe it or not every year them couple of cabbage get invested but due to all the pests being concentrated on these couple of cabbage its easy pickings for birds and predators and they completly clean them out.

Might just try them drakes thanks

Ha i wont make that mistake so. I have this thing in my head they solve my slug problem. If i left them in the plot in the spring of the year before planting would they clean out all slugs do ya think.

bought two la bresse hens today and a cock, just wondering any of you lads out there keep these chickens. At the moment i have them locked up in the shed at the moment as there my first chickens not sure when to let them out. If anyone has keep this breed a little info on there temperment , egg laying capabilites etc would come in useful.

I have spuds,parsnip,carrot,turnip,cabbage and onions down no soft fruit, would it be wiser to let the veg get well matured before letting them in, or wait till all are lifted..

Quick question lads, i know ducks are great for cleaning up slugs but how do chickens far out in gobbling up these pest in the veg plot.I would prefer to buy some hens if they done the job..