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    As jonah says, submerge in hot water. I light a fire under an old metal dustbin about two thirds full of water and dunk em in that. Though I don't do it anywhere near as long as 90 seconds - keep lifting them out and pulling on one of those tough feathers on the wing tips. If the feather doesn't slide out without any resistance the bird goes back in the water for another 5 or 10 seconds. As soon as you can easily pull out one of those wingtip feathers it's ready to pluck. Hang it upside down by the feet and rub vigorously with both hands and the bulk of the feathers will come away literally wi
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    I've only just seen this so it might be too late for this year - sorry. But I get 15 day old meat chicks early - mid August each year and take them on to Christmas. Dressed out the hens average about 8lb and the cockerels go anywhere from 10 - 14lb. I used to kill them at about 12 weeks, by which time the hens are around 5lb and the cockerels 7 - 8lb. But keeping them that bit longer I found they really piled the weight on. I get them from Poulet Anglais in Lincolnshire, who deliver all over the country (Speak to Simon Skinner - 01790 763066.) They send several thousand down to Devon every wee
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    Ducks and geese have very different feathers from chickens, turkeys etc so I don't think it would work on chooks. I scald my chickens and turkeys and then it takes about 3 or 4 minutes to completely pluck the bird (including the wings).
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    Anyone used one of these http://www.thebushcraftstore.co.uk/commando-wire-saw-269-p.asp ? Thinking it might be a useful thing to have in your pocket for cutting bits of branch, root etc.
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    D'you mean this one - https://www.alza.co.uk/fiskars-ergonomic-131400-d2361480.htm?kampan=adeupla-uk_produkty_hobby-a-zahrada&country=GB&gclid=Cj0KEQjw44exBRCu8vfS_bPEtNoBEiQACrt003DbHZ_sTh9CzWDvxpLBMTCJc9lndTR2-60rnSXZsyMaAq4n8P8HAQ
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    Precisely because they DO stray - the law says that once they're off the owner's property the owner isn't liable for any damage they might cause. Therefore in legal terms cats, and their owners, are treated differently from dogs, and their owners. Therefore no point in being able to identify a stray cat when its owner isn't legally responsible for it.
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    Working or not will soon be irrelevant as all dogs will have to be chipped by law. Not sure when it comes into force - maybe it's already happened? If not, it'll be happening soon.
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    The guy in Scotland used to come on here (jrearthdog) but don't know if he still does. He bred quite a few litters but hasn't bred for years now and I don't think he's going to breed again as he was very disillusioned about what happened to most of the pups. Skycat had a bitch that was pts recently because of cancer and there was a lad in Ireland who had a dog but I believe he had to give it away because of a change in personal circumstances. There's a guy I know of who's got a dog that's been a superb worker (and there've been a few pics of him on here - Buddy - that you'll find if you search
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    She play about most the time she was out, then just wanted to go around on the surface and not go down the hole, what can I do with her? Do you feed them rabbit? I was told by a fella at work to feed dry thru summer coz of the flies then winter time feed em raw rabbit wi fur n lot as their main food source then dont give em any for a day or two before hunting and they will be chomping at the bit. He also said its a fine line between hungry to hunt and hungry to kill and eat and stay down but thatll come with trial and error I guess. If you don't feed them for two days (or even one for tha
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    I've always liked the look of these kps. What height has the dog ended up?
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    What if the wind is wrong?feck you've got me there will it not scent the ground using its nose and before you say if it was raining and windy they have a great sense is smell They can only follow a line that's there. Mine will often be up ahead of me then disappear into the distance. Yet they find their way back across ground that I haven't walked on, regardless of wind direction.
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    If they'd eaten a rat you'd find the tail lying around somewhere - ferts won't touch that.
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    Can distemper act so quickly? I've no experience of it so don't know if it's a possibility, but I do know it will easily put paid to a ferret.
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    If secondhand you won't pay vat on it
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    Ideation - try martinhalli on here. I know he has a line of russell/beagles he's been breeding for a while, but I don't think he has any 3/4 breds. If I remember rightly his most recent litter, which are probably around 18 months-ish by now, are closer to 5/8 russell, 3/8 beagle. He uses them mostly for fox.
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    Collar

    krawnden replied to oz0707's topic in Bushing Dogs

    Matt, I suspect that's going to be the big stumbling block - if it's elasticated it'll get ripped off if it catches on anything. I can only see it working if the material is something that doesn't easily get caught on snags.
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    Have you been out with his pack?
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    Is Harry a mate of yours wi11ow?
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    Collar

    krawnden replied to oz0707's topic in Bushing Dogs

    This is an issue I've worried quite a bit about as I hate the idea of working them in collars, but at the same time I don't like the idea of them going missing without some sort of ID on them. Years ago I saw a lurcher get hung up by the collar and I've never forgotten it. Luckily we saw the dog run into a small patch of cover and not emerge, so we knew exactly where it was and when we got to it the dog was uninjured so no harm done. But if it had happened out of sight it could have been a different story. On the other side of the coin I've had uncollared dogs go missing after a hunt. The
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    Dog or bitch samba? Looks nice.
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    Holy shit!
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    Coming on well Rob. Powerful looking lurcher btw.
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    I've probably been ferreting for about 35 years and in all that time the most I ever had was 7, and that's only happened once.
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    A guy I knew had a deerhound around the late 1940's/early 1950's that used to take reds single handed, but I don't know if that was hinds, stags or both.
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    I think you're on the right lines there Tozer. By having a mixed pack they'll each hopefully have their own speciality and between them have all bases covered. For the exact same reason I may well add a cocker or cocker x terrier to my lurcher and whirrier cross at some point in the future.
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