A handy website.

Winnie · 11-03-2009, 03:14 PM

I've been meaning to add this for a while. It's a very handy site that covers all things smallholding, from starting a garden to preserving the harvest and keeping chickens. Hope you find it useful

Pal334 · 11-03-2009, 03:28 PM

Psst Winnie I think you forgot the site

Winnie · 11-03-2009, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Pal334

Psst Winnie I think you forgot the site

Oops!

I'll have another go then

http://www.allotment.org.uk/

your_comforting_company · 11-04-2009, 12:09 PM

Looks like a very good reference, though it isn't specific to my area. I'll be doing a lot of reading on there. Thanks for sharing!

winnie, aren't you the chicken expert here? I have been thinking of starting my own coop. Would you mind a few PM's on some specifics to get me started?

Winnie · 11-05-2009, 10:14 AM

Not at all YCC. pm away!

Rick · 11-05-2009, 11:38 AM

YCC, you can hit up Nell, as well. She's chicken....er..uh....I mean raises them.

2dumb2kwit · 11-05-2009, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by your_comforting_company

I have been thinking of starting my own coop.

You're gonna overthrow a gov't, by yourself???

(Snicker,snicker...I'm sorry...I couldn't stop myself! LOL)

Old GI · 11-05-2009, 05:08 PM

OK, here's another story that starts - Once upon a time in a forest called Uwharrie. A young and not particularly knowledgeable, Special Forces student was undergoing survival training. One particular task was hypnotizing a chicken before doing him in. I don't know why, but is was cool at the time. You place his head on the ground (beak down) and slowly draw a line in the dirt from his beak to about six inches. Continue tracing the line in the dirt for about 30-60 seconds and then slow to a stop, The chicken will not move from that position and you can place stick over his neck, etc.

HEY!!!!!!!!! I said I didn't know what it proved and still don't, but it was fun.

Rick · 11-05-2009, 09:43 PM

Old GI - Have I ever told you that you are a baaaaaaaaad man?

Winnie · 11-05-2009, 10:23 PM

Ah yes OGI but don't you have to "first catch your chicken"?

BTW Norma has been corresponding with the girls and they are now fully fledged drumsticko ninja chickens

That old flannel won't work I tell ya!

Boker · 11-05-2009, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Old GI

OK, here's another story that starts - Once upon a time in a forest called Uwharrie. A young and not particularly knowledgeable, Special Forces student was undergoing survival training. One particular task was hypnotizing a chicken before doing him in. I don't know why, but is was cool at the time. You place his head on the ground (beak down) and slowly draw a line in the dirt from his beak to about six inches. Continue tracing the line in the dirt for about 30-60 seconds and then slow to a stop, The chicken will not move from that position and you can place stick over his neck, etc.

HEY!!!!!!!!! I said I didn't know what it proved and still don't, but it was fun.

I wonder if thats the trick he used on his wife?

your_comforting_company · 11-06-2009, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 2dumb2kwit

You're gonna overthrow a gov't, by yourself???

(Snicker,snicker...I'm sorry...I couldn't stop myself! LOL)

been there, done that...

I got a machine and I took over the world... In one weekend. I did it because I was looking for a project, and it was either take over the world, or learn french. So I took over the world, and next weekend, I can learn french.
I got a machine and I took over the world... In one weekend...
BUT NOTHING CHANGED... BUT NOTHING CHANGED!
-Violent Femmes "The Machine"

11-03-2009, 03:14 PM	#1
Winnie Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Middle England Posts: 880	A handy website. I've been meaning to add this for a while. It's a very handy site that covers all things smallholding, from starting a garden to preserving the harvest and keeping chickens. Hope you find it useful __________________ Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde.

11-03-2009, 03:28 PM	#2
Pal334 Hall Monitor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,807	Psst Winnie I think you forgot the site __________________ We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it. Robert Baden-Powell

11-05-2009, 10:14 AM	#5
Winnie Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Middle England Posts: 880	Not at all YCC. pm away! __________________ Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde.

11-05-2009, 11:38 AM	#6
Rick Administrator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 19,351 Blog Entries: 1	YCC, you can hit up Nell, as well. She's chicken....er..uh....I mean raises them. __________________ Safe Zone LLC "The Most Trusted Name in Outdoor Gear". Check out our free Family Disaster Plan Buck 110 Folding Hunters are now in stock.

11-05-2009, 05:08 PM	#8
Old GI Post Less, Read More Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Shadow of Pike's Peak Posts: 226	Chicken Story OK, here's another story that starts - Once upon a time in a forest called Uwharrie. A young and not particularly knowledgeable, Special Forces student was undergoing survival training. One particular task was hypnotizing a chicken before doing him in. I don't know why, but is was cool at the time. You place his head on the ground (beak down) and slowly draw a line in the dirt from his beak to about six inches. Continue tracing the line in the dirt for about 30-60 seconds and then slow to a stop, The chicken will not move from that position and you can place stick over his neck, etc. HEY!!!!!!!!! I said I didn't know what it proved and still don't, but it was fun. __________________ When Wealth is Lost, Nothing is Lost; When Health is Lost, Something is Lost; When Character is Lost, ALL IS LOST!!!!!!! Colonel Charles Hyatt circa 1880

11-04-2009, 12:09 PM	#4
your_comforting_company naturalist primitive Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Southeastern Flood Plains Posts: 268 Blog Entries: 4	Looks like a very good reference, though it isn't specific to my area. I'll be doing a lot of reading on there. Thanks for sharing! winnie, aren't you the chicken expert here? I have been thinking of starting my own coop. Would you mind a few PM's on some specifics to get me started?

11-05-2009, 09:43 PM	#9
Rick Administrator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 19,351 Blog Entries: 1	Old GI - Have I ever told you that you are a baaaaaaaaad man? __________________ Safe Zone LLC "The Most Trusted Name in Outdoor Gear". Check out our free Family Disaster Plan Buck 110 Folding Hunters are now in stock.

11-05-2009, 10:23 PM	#10
Winnie Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Middle England Posts: 880	Ah yes OGI but don't you have to "first catch your chicken"? BTW Norma has been corresponding with the girls and they are now fully fledged drumsticko ninja chickens That old flannel won't work I tell ya! __________________ Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde. Last edited by Winnie; 11-05-2009 at 10:27 PM.