April 25, 2014
Avoiding sour ground
I have three hens which are in an ark attached to a pen which is 7’ 7”. The hens are let out every day and are in the pen/ark at night and the odd afternoon…
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April 25, 2014
Erecting a new building
Tim Tyne continues his look at buildings used for livestock housing
April 25, 2014
Red mite infestation
My chickens have an infestation of red mite and in their house, but I cannot seem to eradicate them. What course of action should I take now? And what I should apply to the chickens…
April 25, 2014
What is wrong with my cow?
Q - I have a Highland cow, who is breathing heavily. She is currently feeding a calf. She is eating well, with no other signs or symptoms, although she is perhaps a bit listless. My cattle are inside,…
April 25, 2014
My Polands get pecked
Q- I have two small (fullgrown) Polish, White crested black (Pricilla) and and a Pure White (Dotty). Although we love their eggs, they are really small. Is there a breed that will be happy to…
April 25, 2014
Goats and St John’s Wort
My sheep have developed what looks like sunburn on their ears. I understand animals can become sensitive to light after eating St John's Wort. Is this something you have come across?
April 25, 2014
Cyst
I am writing to you in the hope that you can offer some advice about a two-year old Sussex Utility hen which appears to have developed a cyst. In September 2005, I noticed a small…
April 25, 2014
Killing and butchering sheep
Feeding the family with produce from the smallholding is the ultimate goal for many of us. Tim Tyne gives a guide to slaughtering and butchering your sheep
April 25, 2014
Allotments – facts and figures
Nationally there are somewhere in the region of 300,000 current plot-holders, compared with a 1943 all-time high of 1,400,000, all resolved to dig, rather than bomb, Adolph Hitler into submission.
April 25, 2014
Vets Forum – Scouring
I remember a case of a hen with watery green/white scouring for which you recommended an antibiotic,but I can’t find the back number. My hen is about three years old. She’s been a little scoury…
April 25, 2014
Duck suffered prolapse
A while ago, I purchased a young female Indian Runner and at around a year old she developed a prolapse. The whole experience was very distressing and eventually she passed away. I am very anxious…
