Louise Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Lesley all phenolic disinfectants are deadly poisonous to the cat family even diluted They absorb it through the skin even the pads of their feet Phenolic disinfectants all turn the water white so they are easy to work out which has phenol in it Ministry approved disinfectants as an alternative are: Virkon (powder which turns water pink but has to be changed every couple of days as it goes off) When it goes off it smealls like stale bleach Fam (iodine based) brown liquid to be diluted which will stain everything Hyperox (peroxacetic acid) Great disinfectant but it is pure evil in its concentrated form you may struggle to find a farm supplier that sells it as the regs on transporting it are so strict. It is oxidising and very corrosive even when dilute you need a mask and goggles to mix it none of them are nice are they Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 Thanks for that Louise - would the cats go near the Jeyes Fluid though? doesn't the smell put them off? I'd better go and move it out of their way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Uh oh! I love the smell of Jeyes Fluid - strange I know, but I just do! On another note (but still disinfecting) I've got a trial size of Stalosan for use in the eglu, and it's fab - less poo-pong and nice and dry too. I am also using it in the bunny house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 23, 2007 Author Share Posted January 23, 2007 I love the smell of Jeyes Fluid as well - it doesn't smell like it used to though No, I'm not pregnant - although I was Spring Cleaning at the weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 No, I'm not pregnant - although I was Spring Cleaning at the weekend Perish the thought Lesley! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 23, 2007 Author Share Posted January 23, 2007 I could be in all the papers and make some money though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 I could be in all the papers and make some money though True enough...but you are nowhere near old enough to be the world's oldest mother. You are about 20 years too young! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 23, 2007 Author Share Posted January 23, 2007 - I don't think so - 8 years perhaps but mine would not be assisted I've had to go and check - the oldest mother is 67 but all the older ones had fertility treatment. They must be mad - I'm shattered from having Lauren all day as she was poorly, and Jake after school until 5.30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 23, 2007 Author Share Posted January 23, 2007 Back to the farm............ We had another phone call to ask if we wanted another 20 tons of scalpings - so now we have another monster sized pile of blackstuff I'm hoping Matthew will come and spread it with the small digger - or my son will be kept very quiet for the next few weeks with a wheelbarrow and shovel After the day he's had repairing the roof of a new build house, he might not mind - he was so cold today that he couldn't feel his hands at all. He watched all the new houses being built in the village and said last year, as they were nearing completion, "the first real wind we have will see all the roofs off" - he went to repair one today - and has ended up with 5 more jobs - I think they were queuing up at the foot of the scaffold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 That's good news, that he's busy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 We've got 2 of these - we were hoping they were hens - they're not are they That means that all of Big Buffs eggs (she was sitting on eggs acquired from others!) were cockerels We told Jake he could keep Doodle - the enormous Cuckoo Maran cockerel - but his crow is so loud We had to remove the little bantam - Bossy - as he is about three times bigger than her Than the hen that Lauren had chosen also appears to be a cockerel - and she's upset that we can't keep any more cockerels. To top it all - Carl wants to keep one of theWelsummer cockerels - that means Jake's cockerel will have to go as well They are all so beautiful Here is a Welsummer with the Maran and the 'oddbod' one - they are both bigger than the big Buff Orpington. The little black one to the left is a hen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Blimey, they're enormous, but so beautiful Have Barnie or Herbie started crowing yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 No, not yet. They are in with others which have started crowing. Nothing happens to them until I've seen and heard them crow - just in case The Welsummers haven't crowed yet - nor has Spangle (Lauren's 'hen') The Welsummers are small - but then I remembered that Pearl probably had bantam Welsummers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 She did. I loved them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 I've just found this on a site posted by Chelsea - Devon Traditional Breeds - apparently it is a Copper Breasted Maran - it looks very familiar Do you think it might be one of these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 The "Welsummer," is beautiful The Welsummer (same site) does look similar to Maran Is the black cockeral part black orpington maybe? We saw some crosses and they were a lot slimmer than the black orpingtons next to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 That's one beautiful bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Oh Lesley hope you're around for the 17th of feb love to pop and see you after the market. Will be PM'ing you BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 4, 2007 Author Share Posted February 4, 2007 The Welsummers have started crowing now - one will be moving to the holding pen where the cockerels have a different diet of two thirds mixed corn and one third pellets. We are going to sort out some of the very manky cattle stalls today so that, should the need arise to keep all our layers covered, then we can move them into there. We have masks ready -and the Jeyes Fluid and the power washer and generator - I'd better get my trousers tucked into my socks then We are not worried at all but it is a beautiful day today and I would rather work today than in a howling gale some other time. We are not able to cover the long runs that they are in at the moment so this seems to be the best option. We will also be able to move them if we get any more rain and the runs become impossible to walk in, and all the grass disappears. The DEFRA vet was unconcerned when he visited us recently, and said he was happy for them to remain outside. We are registered with DEFRA even though we have only recently gone over the 50. The cockerels would become dinners a bit more quickly than we anticipated if the situation changes - no-one is getting their hands on my dinner We have just ordered our next lot of weaners. We found some near to where Kate lives so we will go and inflict our company on Kate before we pick them up We were going to have an 'in pig' sow so that we could have our own tiny piglets but it is an expensive option and that will have to wait for next year We chose the English Lop as we want pink piglets, but have now chosen to have 2 English Lop at 10 weeks old instead and we will also have a couple of others - probably Oxford Sandy and Blacks again as they were such lovely pigs. New pigs to arrive in April -and hopefully, lambs to be born on the farm in late May/early June Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Lesley you are so lucky! I am sooooo ! I would love a couple of pigs, but don't have the room yet and OH won't let me! Come on AnnieP get your piggies soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Vicarious piggy ownership is the way to go my dear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Suppose I will have to settle for that *sulks* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 We're in the same boat Christian - no chance of moving to anywhere with more land - but it's amazing how many chickens you can get in the back of a suburban garden - we started with four, now have nine plus 2 bantams and are going to get about 8 more ex batteries in the spring where there's a will there's a way and, we get to go to AnniePs and admire her piggies and drink her wine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Does she charge you for that Mel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 No charge, but they have to bring Blue so she can come and sit on our window sil and look pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
