Comments for Little Farm in the city http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com Vegies, chooks, kids, dreams of self sufficiency and dinners not even on the table yet! Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:14:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Sometimes you think you know a person by Lisa @ Retro Housewife Goes Green http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/sometimes-you-think-you-know-a-person/#comment-828 Lisa @ Retro Housewife Goes Green Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:14:20 +0000 http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/?p=2050#comment-828 That's funny. :) That’s funny. :)

]]> Comment on Just call him spotty by Greenfumb http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/just-call-him-spotty/#comment-826 Greenfumb Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:33:56 +0000 http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/?p=2046#comment-826 Oh dear, hope it's over quickly. What you need is a paddling pool, just sit in there all day. My kids got it at a wedding we went to in the UK so we ended up being in isolation for half the trip and almost not allowed to get on the plane to come home. What a nightmare! Think Wyandottes are great broodies, mine comes out every morning to eat and drink which is great, sometimes you have to make them I believe. Shame the other silly one has stopped laying though. Oh dear, hope it’s over quickly. What you need is a paddling pool, just sit in there all day.

My kids got it at a wedding we went to in the UK so we ended up being in isolation for half the trip and almost not allowed to get on the plane to come home. What a nightmare!

Think Wyandottes are great broodies, mine comes out every morning to eat and drink which is great, sometimes you have to make them I believe. Shame the other silly one has stopped laying though.

]]> Comment on News – spots and babies by simply.belinda http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/news-spots-and-babies/#comment-822 simply.belinda Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:26:51 +0000 http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/?p=2013#comment-822 Good Luck on avoiding the spots. Congrats on your future little boy. Kind Regards Belinda Good Luck on avoiding the spots. Congrats on your future little boy.

Kind Regards
Belinda

]]> Comment on Clucky – still! by littlefarminthecity http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/clucky-still/#comment-821 littlefarminthecity Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:37:14 +0000 http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/?p=2007#comment-821 Thanks for all the advice. I tried the cold water with no luck, so I decided to take her away from her 'nest' 24 hours. As teh Piggies have disappeared I popped her into in the old Guinea pig house and she has snapped out of it! (It is big enough for her to stand in and walk around but doen't have a comfy nesting spot.) Now the other GLW is clucky so she has now moved into it as she is my only egg layer. A neighbour has offered his roosters services - tempting very very tempting! Thanks for all the advice. I tried the cold water with no luck, so I decided to take her away from her ‘nest’ 24 hours. As teh Piggies have disappeared I popped her into in the old Guinea pig house and she has snapped out of it! (It is big enough for her to stand in and walk around but doen’t have a comfy nesting spot.)
Now the other GLW is clucky so she has now moved into it as she is my only egg layer.
A neighbour has offered his roosters services – tempting very very tempting!

]]> Comment on Clucky – still! by jacqui http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/clucky-still/#comment-820 jacqui Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:40:54 +0000 http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/?p=2007#comment-820 they can sit for months and if you're not worried about egg production it isn't really a problem as long as they don't forget to eat. I get ours up once a day, make sure they have water and something to eat and a dust bath and attend to other things. We just moved the girls back into the Dome and the change of scenery has snapped two of them out of it so if you have space, that's an option, but otherwise I'd just let her go and take advantage of lots of cuddles! they can sit for months and if you’re not worried about egg production it isn’t really a problem as long as they don’t forget to eat. I get ours up once a day, make sure they have water and something to eat and a dust bath and attend to other things. We just moved the girls back into the Dome and the change of scenery has snapped two of them out of it so if you have space, that’s an option, but otherwise I’d just let her go and take advantage of lots of cuddles!

]]> Comment on Clucky – still! by Lottie http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/clucky-still/#comment-819 Lottie Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:53:57 +0000 http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/?p=2007#comment-819 Hi, just stumbled on your blog by accident but it just so happens I know a little about chooks. When they are really clucky they are only stimulated to get off by the hatching of eggs eg. chicks, or until she really gets sick of it which can be a looooong time. To break broodiness if you are not going to use her to hatch, you need to cool her temperature down. I find putting them into a small wire bottomed cage somewhere shady and breezy (with food and water available obviously) for about 3 days works. The longer they have sat, the longer they may need. The dunking in water probably works on the same principal of cooling them down. If you are not going to use their broodiness it's best to break them of it as soon as you can. First off it's easier and secondly they don't spend a month or two losing condition, which means they take longer to come back on the lay again when they do come off the brood. Good luck! (and wear gardening gloves to pick her up, they don't often part with their nest easily!) Hi, just stumbled on your blog by accident but it just so happens I know a little about chooks. When they are really clucky they are only stimulated to get off by the hatching of eggs eg. chicks, or until she really gets sick of it which can be a looooong time. To break broodiness if you are not going to use her to hatch, you need to cool her temperature down. I find putting them into a small wire bottomed cage somewhere shady and breezy (with food and water available obviously) for about 3 days works. The longer they have sat, the longer they may need. The dunking in water probably works on the same principal of cooling them down. If you are not going to use their broodiness it’s best to break them of it as soon as you can. First off it’s easier and secondly they don’t spend a month or two losing condition, which means they take longer to come back on the lay again when they do come off the brood.
Good luck! (and wear gardening gloves to pick her up, they don’t often part with their nest easily!)

]]> Comment on Clucky – still! by Tricia http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/clucky-still/#comment-818 Tricia Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:26:30 +0000 http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/?p=2007#comment-818 I have a few stubborn hens that will sit on the nest for months if I let them. I have had to resort to dunking them in a bucket of cold water a few times (a hint from my Gran). It sounds awful - but it works. I simply dunk them in a bucket (all the way under) and then lock them outside their pen in the garden so that they cannot get back to their nest. Some times I had to do this a few days in a row. Good luck :-) I have a few stubborn hens that will sit on the nest for months if I let them. I have had to resort to dunking them in a bucket of cold water a few times (a hint from my Gran). It sounds awful – but it works. I simply dunk them in a bucket (all the way under) and then lock them outside their pen in the garden so that they cannot get back to their nest. Some times I had to do this a few days in a row.

Good luck :-)

]]> Comment on Clucky – still! by greenfumb http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/clucky-still/#comment-817 greenfumb Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:23:58 +0000 http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/?p=2007#comment-817 I don't know the answer but try Andy Vardy's BYP site, there is no end of information on there. Or maybe Chris will know. Hope you are "glowing" x deb I don’t know the answer but try Andy Vardy’s BYP site, there is no end of information on there.

Or maybe Chris will know.

Hope you are “glowing” x deb

]]> Comment on A post of goodness by GoingGreen http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/a-post-of-goodness/#comment-815 GoingGreen Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:13:11 +0000 http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/?p=1998#comment-815 it looks great, we all cant have that fab huge garden that produces enough for the table all year long, how ever it would be nice. a little is better than none, we may have the fruit trees but i dont even have a veggie garden yet so yours looks awesome to me it looks great, we all cant have that fab huge garden that produces enough for the table all year long, how ever it would be nice. a little is better than none, we may have the fruit trees but i dont even have a veggie garden yet so yours looks awesome to me

]]> Comment on A post of goodness by Chris http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/a-post-of-goodness/#comment-813 Chris Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:52:56 +0000 http://littlefarminthecity.wordpress.com/?p=1998#comment-813 It's good to see something growing in the local area, LOL. The herb garden does look rather spectacular. Gotta love those plants which self-seed. Corriander always does that around here. I think I need to find a cooler place for it in the garden. It’s good to see something growing in the local area, LOL. The herb garden does look rather spectacular. Gotta love those plants which self-seed. Corriander always does that around here. I think I need to find a cooler place for it in the garden.

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