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    So when you say wet, d'you just mean you dunk em in cold water?
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    Rabid - how long does it take you to do a duck? D'you do em wet or dry?
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    The way to do it is to feed the handle through your belt then pass the end of the lead back through the handle so the lead's attached to your belt. Then when you want to slip just slide your hand down the lead till you reach the quick release clip. But I agree it's not that easy, which is why I asked if he does them with the toggle at the handle - far easier imo.
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    Under heat lamp from day old to 3 weeks (gradually raise the lamp higher and higher as they begin to feather up), then out on the lawn in a run that gets moved every day for 2 weeks, then free range until slaughter. I have them on chick crumb for the first 5 - 6 weeks, then switch over to layers pellets.
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    Can you do them with a slip toggle at the handle? Or only like in the photo?
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    Layers pellets. I tried growers pellets one year but they didn't grow anywhere near as well - average size was about 2lb smaller.
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    Nice looker - fingers crossed she comes good for you.
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    If you're trying to start out on the cheap you don't even need to shell out for a carry box. A bucket with a lid will work fine. The sort you can buy koi food or wild bird food in is fine. Just drill a few air holes in it and you're good to go. Some lads don't even bother with that but just use a pillowcase. And if you've got a running dog and your main aim is sport rather than catching everything you bolt then you don't need any nets either. Like every other sport or hobby there's all sorts of stuff you COULD buy if you want to throw money at it, but that doesn't mean to say you necessarily n
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    No, but I don't know what would be best I'm afraid. One year I raised 15 meat ducks and tried doing them the same way as the chickens and it was useless - they were a complete nightmare to pluck. I scalded the first one as usual then after about half an hour trying to pluck that one bird I gave up and ended up skinning all the rest.
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    About 10 years ago I met a guy who used to go fly fishing there every year. I had a feeling it was mainly brownies he used to catch, but having read what others have said here maybe I'm wrong and it was sea trout.... But either way I do remember him raving about what a fantastic place it was to fish. But be warned - he did say it gets very windy there so you need to be a competent caster.
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    Water needs to be between about 62 - 68 degrees C, hence the sugar thermometer to make sure it doesn't get too hot or cold. I use a dustbin stood over a fire. If you start with cold water it'll take a couple of hours to get up to temperature. But much faster if you use hot water to begin with. You want the bin about 2/3rds full of water, though if you're doing really big turkeys you might need a bit more. But don't overfill or the water displacement as you dunk the bird will flow over the top of the bin and put your fire out! Hold the bird upside down and completely submerge it so all the feat
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    To be honest it's so long ago I can't remember. It was before I could drive and I used to get a lift with a neighbour. Didin't pay all that much attention to where we were going! But for some reason Forty Foot Bank seems to ring a vague bell in the back of my mind, as does Little Ouse. Could either of those be right?
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    Enjoyed reading this and seeing the photos. I tried catching zander from fen drains around the late 70's/early 80's but all I caught were pike averaging around the 7 - 8lb mark. Did hook something once that fought a bit differently but I lost it without seeing it. I used to wonder if it had been a zander but will never know!
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    Joseph - try sending dirtwinger off here a pm - he's in the US and has runners that he uses on various types of hare (if you haven't already seen any of his posts check em out - superb photos and video footage of his dogs in action alongside his hawks. He follows the hunt from horseback). Don't know if he breeds himself, but if not he should be able to tell you where he gets his from. Also a lady called Teddy Moritz who certainly used to be big into lurchers, but I don't know if she still is. I know she hunts with dachsunds and birds of prey. I have an email address of hers from 2012. Don'
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    A few years ago I seriously contemplated making something similar but never got round to it. This looks a cheaper way of doing it from what I had in mind. Maybe I'll give it a go for next time....
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    Chicken_man - no, I've never bothered tying them.
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    I get day old JA787 from Poulet Anglais in Spilsby. They're similar to a Ross Cobb but don't go off their legs like the Ross Cobbs do. I used to keep them longer - probably about another 35 days, killing them just before Christmas. Found by doing that they really pile on the weight, with the hens averaging around 8lb but quite a few to 9lb, and the cockerels anywhere from 10 - 14lb. But one of my kids has gone off to Uni and the other one's become a vegetarian so it seemed pointless growing them on as big as that this time. There's only so much chicken me and the Mrs can eat between us!
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    Apologies in advance for the hideous formatting of this post. Something to do with me not resizing the photos properly. So bear with me! I've just killed my meat birds at exactly 100 days old. Had 15, smallest hen dressed out at 5lb 10oz, largest cockerel at 9lb 4oz. Average weight was 7lb 11oz and the cost per bird all in (cost of chick, chick crumb and all feed) worked out at £6.72. So less than £1/lb for free range birds with terrific flavour. To start out I stun them with a sharp whack to the head then upside down into a traffic cone so their head hangs out the bottom. Then cut the
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    Mole Valley Farmers giving a 20% discount on Grubs at the mo - http://search.molevalleyfarmers.com/ppc/Grubs?%26_$ja=tsid:55718&utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Grubs&utm_content=Save+20%25+on+all+Grubs+Boots&utm_campaign=1511+Grubs+Wellingtons
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    Dunlop not great - I've had 2 pairs recently, both of which split on the soles within 2 - 3 months
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    Doubt people would pay - training to a decent standard is time consuming and labour costs soon add up. That's why a trained gundog will set you back thousands. You see enough people moaning on here at pups advertised at £350 - d'you think they'd be happy to fork out a couple of grand instead....? Can't see there being enough demand for it to be financially viable.
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    I'm convinced that freezing, even for 6 weeks or more, won't kill ticks. All this summer mine were being fed on raw carcass from out the freezer, some of which had been in there for months, and they've just had a never ending succession of ticks. At one point when I ran out of stuff from the freezer i had them on dry food and the ticks stopped appearing. Then when I started them back onto stuff that had been frozen at least 3 weeks the ticks reappeared. Can't believe it's a coincidence - they weren't coming into contact with any other possible source The way to test it - which I haven't yet tr
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    Cheers .I was working the shit stuff the day before , near a penguin tourist attraction , had to pick my warrens to work, even if the dogs marked I chose to move on a few times, the landowner would not have been happy with a loose ferret , a lot of gorse and scrub on sand dunes and large deep warrens . Will give this place a better looking at with the ferrets in the winter when there at not so many young rabbits about. Until then I'll just shoot them . The guys I was with may have some pics I can post . A lot of young penguins get killed by feral/wild ferrets ... Germhound - I don't k
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    Yeah, I keep secateurs in the bag, but I don't think they'd go through something as thick as an inch, and certainly not on anything bigger. I liked the look of that wire saw as it's so small and light.
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    Thanks rex - for 99p I'll take a punt and see what it's like...
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