OneGuyFromBarlick

Boiled potato peelings don't smell very good! The hens I have at the moment are a Rhode Island/Light Sussex cross, they are still the lovely rich brown colour but with a touch of black on their tail and neck feathers.

If that is an arm sticking out the angle suggests it should be holding or supported by something.

I mix it with a chopped straw product which slows down the eating time. Sparky can't chew hay anymore so I try to make sure his feed lasts as long as possible.

I'm working my way through Chris Aspin's "The Water Spinners" at the moment looking for clues as to what might have happened to Earby corn mill when it turned to cotton spinning then disappeared without trace. A weighty tome but packed with information! The library managed to find a copy for me but ...

Stanley wrote: ↑

08 Dec 2019, 09:08

Yes I know but I was up and working at 02:30, Not everybody's cup of tea but good for communicating with all my kids in Oz.

Are you seeing any daylight at the moment?

I used to help feed the hens on a farm near Summerbridge where we kept our caravan in the late fifties, that smell of wet mash was wonderful! The hen food we use now is all pelleted for convenience. I am using a mash for the ponies which is largely linseed husks and sugar beet, mixed with hot water ...

Oh dear, that's not good news. Hope you are getting some good physio advice on developing muscles to support your knee.

How are you enjoying life in Foulridge Kev? Needing a 4wd to get out??

We changed our 10 year old diesel Skoda Fabia Estate for a 3 year old one earlier this year... zero road tax and well over 50mpg. Have to admit that I drive the Ssangyong 4wd which has considerably lower fuel consumption!

Dinner and bed? It's not even 9am yet .....what a strange time zone you exist in!
Not so bad here, we managed a pleasant walk in between showers, even the wind dropped for a while.

A critical look at the recent BBC programme about eating meat. https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/environment/myth-buster-the-bbcs-anti-meat-programme-examined?utm_content=bufferf0743&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR2HveLTJvkyTvwvx_48TPG7hZCSPlarxDLvAw7Uxe4q5x5hK9LPd...

Wendyf wrote: ↑

08 Dec 2019, 07:14

No problem with BBC Sounds here Stanley!

Ah, when I googled BBC Sounds and went directly to it there was no problem but through the BBC website, clicking on the Sounds tab, there was.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_fourfm

No problem with BBC Sounds here Stanley!

Arnold Laver who started the Bradford based timber firm my dad worked for bought a farm in the Midlands, I forget where. It must have been the thing for Yorkshire millionaires to do! They produced turkeys, and everyone who worked for the company received one as a Christmas bonus!

My mum's diaries show that she and her friends were charmed by a group of Italian POWs in Wyke where she lived. They met up in the local woods and had sing songs around a campfire....

Shetland wool?

Sue, did you want any more information from the Widdup Pedigree in Colne Library or just confirmation that it was Doreen's work? I checked today and it definitely was.

Mum had one but she hated wearing it round her neck and kept it on the wheeled walking aid she used around the house. Completely useless if she had fallen and couldn't reach it!

Wrens like to live in holes dry stone walls. We have one who comes into Col's workshop in winter through the sneck hole.

It will be Doreen Crowther Sue, she drew up family trees of many local families. More than happy to check for you on Wednesday.

Doreen Crowther?

Sorry to hear that Ian, condolences to you and your family.

Stripping hairs from hide?

A drawknife for taking the bark off timber?