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…
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Country Smallholding
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
Choosing the right livestock
Advice for smallholders, from Adam Henson
April 25, 2014
Why would hens open their eggs?
Q- Why would hens open their eggs? I read that hens may open eggs they are sitting on for hatching before the due time. Why would they do this?Ellen Cooper, via email
April 25, 2014
Safe eggs?
I wonder if you can help me please – I’ve three bantam chicks, living with their mother and two other hens in an Eglu. We leave out chick crumbs for the chicks and layers’ pellets…
April 25, 2014
Scandal of our allotments
In the second feature in her series on allotments, KATIE BEAT looks at their history, and at the growing threat to allotments, despite their supposed legal protection. She argues that their wholesale loss has become…
April 25, 2014
Why keep livestock?
Alan Beat looks at the pros and cons of keeping animals on a smallholding.
April 25, 2014
Portable and temporary buildings
Tim Tyne talks about the uses of portable and temporary buildings on smallholdings
April 25, 2014
Why do hens crowd into just one nest box?
Why do all my hens try to crowd into one nest box even though I have provided four for my six hens? Keith Maslem, by email
April 15, 2014
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