chartpolski
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Yeah, I understand that, but isn’t it strange that the Bedlington gene keeps popping up like in Fettle ? Cheers.
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Upon Hull ? Cheers.
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So is it the bull or the saluki that gives the modern day coursing bred the staying power and tenacity, or did they both add to the breed ? Cheers.
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I honestly don’t know mate, I’m only talking chickens , the first cross seem better producers than the parents; the second cross not as good, but that’s only egg production. Maybe i over think things ? Cheers.
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For the last few years I’ve bred my own layers, they are Black Leghorn x Bovan Goldline; both prolific layers and I think I’ve hit on some hybrid vigour and they lay huge eggs every day. I’ve some second generation and they are laying slightly less, smaller eggs ? Can this be correlated to lurcher breeding ? Im also breeding some gamefowl that are massively inbred, it will be interesting to see if they are as good as the original stock . Cheers.
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Yes, farmers use chemicals. Right or wrong ? I don’t know enough about it, but they couldn’t grow enough without it. I try to be as “organic” as possible, not because I’m some woke lunatic, it’s all economic to me; I make most of my own compost, I use home made garlic spray on my veg and use beer traps and copper tape for slugs. My poultry is fed on natural food and they have plenty room to forage. Three people I’ve given eggs to today have said they are far better than supermarket eggs. Today for my dinner I had pigeon breasts and vegetables, all shot or grown by me , pro
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I know it’s on a micro scale, but with allotments we have to rotate crops. Different crops take different nutrients out of the soil, so crop rotation is a must and we have to add different nutrients according to what we want to grow. It must be the same on farms , albeit on a macro scale ? So some years you will have winter wheat; other years you will have spring wheat. Id guess the harvest would be around the same time ? Cheers.
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Now this is a complete guess, so please don’t quote me. Perhaps a field has been used for a slow growing crop, so for crop rotation the next year it’s planted with winter wheat. Ir a field had been planted with a fast growing crop, and again , for crop rotation, it’s then planted with spring wheat ? I don’t know mate, but I look forward to someone with more knowledge of the subject informing me ! Cheers.
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I said “ I’d guess” mate. Ask a farmer, I’m an engineer ! LOL ! Cheers.
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I don’t know mate, as I said , I’m not a farmer either. I’d guess, but could be wrong, that it’s to get two crops a year. Someone like Don will give a far better answer than me . See, it’s easy to say you don’t know ! LOL ! Cheers.
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Neither am I, but as an allotment grower I know there is winter cabbage and spring cabbage I also have a good idea as someone who walks the land what crops are growing and when ! Theres an old saying that goes something like; “ it’s better not to comment, and be thought a fool, than to comment and confirm it” ! LOL ! But don’t worry, I haven’t given up on your education, even though it now seems more of a penance for my past deeds than a charitable contribution ! Cheers.
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You didn’t know the difference between winter and spring wheat ? Do you not know the land you are running on ? Cheers.
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I’m sceptical, but if the majority of escapees/ releases were “ black panther” or melanistic types, I’d expect the sightings to be of “ big black cats”. Who knows ? I won’t knock the believers, and I’d like to be convinced, but I’m still erring on the sceptical. Cheers.
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Get the right quail and they spit the eggs out ! I had four that were laying five eggs per day ! But you do need a dozen for a small omelette. They are also nice boiled in an Indian curry . Cheers.
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Aaaand STRIKE ! Its to easy mate ! LOL ! Cheers.
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He couldn’t climb out of a trench, never mind sprint across “no-man’s land” ! Imagine him leading the charge up Mount Longdon ; “ Let’s stop here for a brew lads, ‘till I get my breath back “! PMSL ! Cheers.
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How do you know that ? Do you think we divulge everything on here ? Cheers.
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Didn't take mine either ! LOL ! Cheers.
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Last year the barley seedlings in the fields behind my house were washed away in the rainstorms and had to be re-seeded, so it was late again last year. Cheers.
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Depends on the weather mate. Two years ago it was the third week in September when the wheat came down This year it looks to be very early. Also depends on the crop, last year we had loads of oilseed rape, this year not so much, mainly wheat. As for the ground , what’s the difference between “dry hard” and “frozen hard” ? You use your common sense when to run a dog. Cheers.
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It’s sometimes late September when the crops come down here, but it looks like it could be in the next couple of weeks ! Stubble bashing getting earlier and earlier ! LOL ! Cheers.
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I know …..I’m devastated at my lack of self control. Truculent children should be treated with kindness, understanding and patience. I will endeavour to keep my emotions under control in future. Cheers.
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Wasn’t this a few days ago ? Monday, I think. Cheers
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Wasn’t the 60’s huge for drug culture ? LSD and other hallucinogenics ? It’s nothing new, there was “The Great Binge” of the late 1800’s to just before the First World War; everyone off their heads on opium, even Queen Victoria was hooked on laudanum . Cheers.
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One of the very few advantages of age is that you can look back to when things were “different “. I remember when there were very, very few beggars in Newcastle. One was a blind veteran, playing an accordion, dressed in a shabby, but clean suit complete with his medals. The place he stood, outside Fenwicks on Northumberland street is now occupied by drug addicts and Romanian illegal immigrants with their hands out. I was too young to give to the blind veteran, but my parents did, and had a chat with him, I very much doubt they would fund the lifestyles of his modern counter
