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On 06/04/2021 at 13:00, markm said:
Looking to try hatching half a dozen white pheasants to line up with our poults arriving.
Seen small incubators and eggs on eBay.
Anyone had any success?
I would go with a Brinsea or similar.
There are lots of "cheaper" small incubators on Fleabay. Like most things, you get what you pay for. With Incubators, the more money you spend the more accurate the temp/humidity reading/settings seem to be.
I have heard "horror" stories of some of the cheaper ones. These range from eggs being cooked to the incubators catching on fire.
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Hi Fenny,
A friend and myself would be interested. I will pm you,
Thanks
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Is this still available?
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try different baits! Last one i had fell to frozen salmon. Wasn't interested in cat food or tuna. The one before (different location) liked trout. Also many people will tell you the bait needs to be fresh. The salmon was a week old before I caught the mink.
I would use a live catch trap and not a snare in case there are otter there.
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12 hours ago, treetree said:
I know of someone who did just that, and it killed them. I would urge caution if you don't know how / when it died.
What did he die from??
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I have been on the Rosguill, out of Malin Head. The skipper is Michael McVeigh. He was one of the first people to catch a bluefin (in UK) on rod and line, many many years ago and held the UK record for many years (may even still hold it?) He's a top bloke who has many good story's to tell! Although every other word is the F word! Literally!!
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I can highly recommend a Delongi. A bean to cup so you can use Aldi (cheap) or Coffee Pharmacies(not cheap) beans! Also no tree huggers on your case for the non-recyclable coffee pods.I have the magnifico which is about 6 yrs old and still going strong. Not sure what the equivalent model is now? Makes excellent coffee. Get one with the biggest (2ltr) water tank. Maybe see if they do a mains water fed one as you only get about 15 cups per fill.
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1 hour ago, Benthejockey said:
Whether they're wild populations or whether they're escapees from dodgy zoos and illegal wildlife trade i don't know but I think there's probably something out there in some shape or form whether it's a true big cat or if its some sort of hybridised feral moggy on steroids I don't know.
I caught a large black cat in the fox trap a few months ago!
It was very angry and was snarling/growling. It was a moggy but a big one! I was thinking, at the time, if it was in the middle of a field with nothing around it to compare its size to, that it could have been confused for something much larger.
I stood well behind the trap when i released it!
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3 minutes ago, JDog said:
No he didn't 're seed it. The sunflowers are perennials.
OK. Thanks. You learn something new every day! Apparently Sunflowers can be annuals or perennials! The small late flowering ones (as per photo) are perennials. Maybe ours didn't grow because the deer took a likening to them?
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12 hours ago, JDog said:
This strip has been in for two years now.
Last winter it was full of tweety birds. This July the farmer mowed the whole lot and it has come back very well. I particularly love the Chicory.
Did he not reseed it? Do sunflowers re-grow if cut?
This looks like one of the two year crops we have, but the sunflowers did not grow in year two.
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On 18/10/2020 at 19:04, swan40 said:
My son has purchased a fine Chinese plastic pretend incubator that worked for all of 2 days before it turned into a top quality egg cooker - cost of incubator £100 cost of rear breed eggs he will not tell me
However all is not lost as I have been keeping an eye on it ,which as he is at work could not do. A very good friend has lent me his incubator and hopefully some will be ok ( I live in hope ) As I have been monitoring things and when it all started going tittsup I transferred the eggs to the old proven incubator do you think the eggs have a chance.
If I sound ignorant it's because I am I know half of all about this -but I do know a cheap rubbish incubator is not the way to go .
So my question is --if you were going to buy a good quality incubator for poultry and game birds 100 - 200 capacity not money no object but good value that will last and work for a few years I would like some advice I'm thinking more basic than totally computer controlled but I'm open to any ideas from people who actually do it rather than would like to .
Hope someone can advise
Think this depends on what eggs they are, what temp they went to and for how long.
How old are the eggs now? You could candle them (if old enough). This would give you an idea if they are still alive and developing.
You won't go far wrong with a Brinsea
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8 minutes ago, NoBodyImportant said:
Oil prices will rise. And the extra bodies will be needed to draft soldiers from for future wars.
Isn't that why we are keeping you on side?? 🤣😂
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1 minute ago, NoBodyImportant said:
Oil prices will rise. And the extra bodies will be needed to draft soldiers from for future wars.
Why will oil prices rise? All the tree huggers are reducing consumption! Look at heating oil, red diesel, aviation fuel prices now that the demand is low!
Saudi have an infinite amount of oil, that is, in comparison, very cheap to extract. Its land based, shallow, a higher grade and labour is dirt cheap. It costs them about $10 a barrel to extract.
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6 minutes ago, NoBodyImportant said:
After one generation we were😁
I’m just saying Britain ruled like 1/5 of the world at one time. I wouldn’t be given up anymore territories. Because if you lose Scotland and Wales you would loose a lot of oil rights in the sea would you not?
North sea oil is one of the most expensive to extract. Its very deep in the middle of the sea. When Oil is $30-40 a barrel it is hardly worth pumping.
Scotland costs Westminster approx £3000 per year for every man, woman and child there!
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6 hours ago, enfieldspares said:
Yes. I can see any regaining of exclusivity in British waters being a pyrrhic victory for that reason. That and the red tape meaning that live caught langoustine are dead by the time they reach the continent and so then rejected at the markets.
But if the EU want fresh fish, where else would they get them from?
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Thanks for the replies. I'll put a camera out and see.
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What do you think made this track?
The track goes to the wood in the back ground and about 100m behind me into a cover crop? I can't find any foot prints on or near the track apart from the odd deer slot crossing it?
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54 minutes ago, Farmboy91 said:
Have you tried the fancy ones they do in Aldi, slow gin flavoured 👌
The sloe gin mince tarts from Aldi are awesome!
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Thats fine. Thanks
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56 minutes ago, ditchman said:
im not putting underfloor heating in a rental property...........
If its rented, shouldn't the landlord be dealing with the lino?
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Can i have 2nd,3rd and 4th pls? You have pm
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On slightly uneven wooden floor boards the norm is to put hardboard down. It would also act as a slight insulator. It is tacked to a wooden floor, so i would glue it to the concrete.
Or you could always go the whole hog and put underfloor heating?
I wouldn't put anything like the laminate floor underlay under lino as its compressible and when you put a chair lad or table leg on it, it would cut the lino.
Hardboard joints can be filled or covered with a few layers of gaffe tape
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Not sure if you can get "The Blacklist"? Well worth watching
Blimey, so that is why they are elected!
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Times and especially people have changed drastically.
Can you see Mr and Mrs Chav paying £50-100 more for a non Chinese product now?
People won't even pay 50p more for some UK grown lamb chops!