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    Week old chicks

    Not to confuse things further, but I would suggest if you are concerned about coccidiosis, you may at some point, want to start vaccinating chicks with a coccidia vaccine (paracox). It can be done up to 9 days of age and although it is mainly supplied in large doses, smaller aliquots can be...
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    hedgerow winery

    I have had great success with Tea wine, I think it is a nice one to start on!
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    Best climbers for bees?

    Clematis cirrhosa pretty good for flowers this time of the year!
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    hive vibrations as predictor of swarming

    Would that not mean you are too late to prevent the bees bogging off!
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    I'm making a hive and looking for a source for aluminium sheet and mesh floor

    Mesh is easy as thorns do it https://secure.thorne.co.uk/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/millhouse/thorne/shop/springer?ACTION=thispage&THISPAGE=page10051.html&ORDER_ID=212976991 , you sometimes can fine some in a local DIY shop. Alu sheet can bee harder to source, but a good local steel merchants may cut it...
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    Let's break the record for the pub!!!

    I think it was overloading the tech rather than your internet Ely
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    Beekeeping Forum

    Quite possibly, I think she kept a skep in her dress, hence why she was not amused by much, and why she never showed her ankles!
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    EU funding thread

    Definately good news, I hope that there is funding 'ringfenced' to help promote learning and good beekeeping at the grassroots level. In the UK we are reliant on us 'enthusiastic amateurs' and a number of professionals. Whereas I know in other parts of the EU and certainly in the USA...
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    Beekeeping Forum

    What about trying on Widow's Weeds, you get a nice thick veil with it, unfortunately the crinolines are not optional
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    Best time to move

    If you wanted extra security and feel you can move them in one go I did once get advised to pack the entrance with grass, similar to with nucs and by the time the bees have eaten their way out they are re-adjusted to their new location. I have not tried this myself, so if any of the more...
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    Forum promotion?

    I have mentioned the forum to a client of mine out in L'brough I went to today, and I marketed the forum quite well I thought!
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    growing sweetcorn

    You need pretty hight doses to stop the effects of warfarin and the 1st and 2nd generation rat baits. We have to buy vitamin K capsules in from abroad now to treat any dogs that eat bait, as Vit K tabs are no longer made in the UK
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    Sexing Chicks Video..

    He must have been pretty good if he won the Diamonds! That's why I like the New Zealanders, they can do something like winning at Henley and be as proud of that as being able to vent sex poultry!
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    got stung today and hand is now swollen.

    I agree that a prophylactic antihistamine (Piriton etc) would be the best idea for controlling the effects of the sting. The main reason that antihistamines are less effective in reducing the effects of stings after the event is due to considerable histamine release occuring in the first few...
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    poultry forum wanted

    If you need some advice re: disease, vaccinations, worming in chickens etc you can PM me as I like doing a bit of poultry medicine.
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