Neal
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Now that's a gorgeous looking bird! Is it true that the cocks have a fairly soft crow?
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My kelpie once retrieved a very heavy hand weight/dumb-bell which had been washed up on the beach. The silly sod carried it three miles home, rather him than me!
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Many thanks for all the replies, it's much appreciated. I've seen Old and New English Game mentioned on here before but not the Cornish so I'm pleased to get several people with first hand experience. The pictures are great too. I'll email the breeder now and see if they're still available.
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When I bought my first bantams, about three years ago, I was really taken by the appearance of the Cornish but presumed they'd be too "bolshy" to get on with others. However, after recently seeing an advert for a couple of Cornish bantam hens I decided to do a little more research on the breed. While most of my books claim that they've had the fighting instinct bred out of them one says they're best not kept with others. I currently have two bantam hens, a Welsummer and a Wyandotte, and I'm looking to increase my flock this year. I'd like to get these two Cornish but don't want to rock the b
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My first kelpie wasn't registered with the Working Kelpie Council and so was less than half the price of a registered dog...but as he can't read I'm not bothered either way. Not only is he the best dog I've ever had but he was the best man at my wedding three years ago and carried the rings in a leather pod from his collar.
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I think that you usually find the subject of collie x whippets raises two extreme views ie, "best little rabbiting dog I ever had," or "waste of time; why not get a greyhound cross as it'll be more usefull." However, you usually find that the former comment comes from those who've owned them whereas the latter comes from those who haven't.
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When I got my first bantams I also bought a massive bag of grit/oyster shell or whatever it is and none of mine have ever used it at all. I get the occasional soft shell but only from new birds and as was said above; if they're free range they get a much more varied diet, though some breeds are lazier than others.
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I've heard a lot of people who use the Mk 1 criticising the Mk3 but I think it's down to what you're accustomed to using. I've never used the former but I find the Mk 3 works fine.
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I have two boxes, both from the ferret box company (I think). One is their poachers' box and the other is the longer double box. I'm perfectly happy with both, especially the weight as I'm a bit of a weed and try to avoid carrying too much if at all possible...that's why I restrict my catch to a maximum of two per day. I agree with the above comment about keeping the boxes flat-topped, not so much for sitting on, more the ability to either stack them or put things on top when they're out of action in the shed from now until the Autumn.
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I'll never get to sleep tonight now; I have enough nightmares about rats as it is without that ruddy great monster haunting my dreams.
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Until recently there were a couple of Kune Kunes living in a fenced off area in a wood where I walk the dogs. They were very friendly and lots of locals brought out extra grub for them. Very cute but in an extremely ugly way: they looked in dire need of a dentist!
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I read once that reducing the height of the kennel can stop them messing inside as they can't stand in the "correct position."
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Hi Chalkwarren, my favourite photo is the one of her jumping off the edge of the pier: poetry in motion.
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A lot will depend on the breed too. Some lay well over 200 per year whereas other will be lucky to produce 100. Last season mine started just after Christmas but this year I'm still waiting...or at least I think I'm still waiting as one keeps emerging from some thick bushes and one of the dogs keeps "bushing" it and comes out licking her lips so maybe my crafty Welsummer's made her own nest.
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I think I must be the one suffering from Glaucoma: I couldn't work out why everybody was slating the condition of the run. I had to look three times before I realised it WASN'T footprints in the sand. D'oh! Does anybody know if the disease can be caused by environment as oppossed to being just hereditary as all the research I've done points to it only being the latter?
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It'll also be my 40th birthday!
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I know that it can seem like the hardest thing in the world to do but just try to ignore them and laugh it off. I always tell everyone at school what I do and have varying comments. Last year some girls in my class managed to get onto my laptop and put up a picture of a cute-bunny as my screen saver. I got them back by pretending to break the neck of a plastic toy rabbit I found at the bottom of my desk. I perhaps should point out that I'm actually the teacher...no; honestly, I'm being serious, so I tend to win the hunting verses anti arguments in my class.
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Thanks for the update.
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I saw a cream coloured one a few weeks ago but what concerned me more were the three kittens with it. She obviously didn't know it's supposed to be a bad winter. Incidentally, the three young were all the normal agouti colour (is that the right word?).
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Ginette, don't worry about the age. My kelpie was just shy of six when I started ferreting with him and he loves it. He did know what rabbiting was about before I took him ferreting though and had done a fair bit of bushing.
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I was quite interested in getting one of these last year but I heard that they become very heavy when wet. Can you let me know if this true or not. Thanks in advance.
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Lovely photos; they've really brightened my day. My son is just under five months at the moment and the first time I took him out in his off-road mountain buggy, a couple of months ago, we returnd with a rabbit in the basket with him fast asleep a few inches above it. I hope he goes on to enjoy it as much as your daughter does.
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I think it definitely depends on the type of collie used. My first lurcher, seventeen years ago, was a first cross beardie/greyhound out of Remus. She was very work orientated but, in contrast to what we were led to believe in the literature of the time, she was a complete tart and definitely not a one-man-dog. My next was from Hancock's third litter of 3/4 collie 1/4 greyhounds, sired by Richard out of Linnet and was a pleasure to own. I also knew of somebody at the same time who had a dog with the same blood but in the opposite extreme ie Taffy x Sally. This dog was, by all accounts, a
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Oops! Sorry Jigsaw! With a four and a bit month old son at home I'm loosing track of time.
