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We have used Crovect for quite a few years and found it really good for actually killing the maggots if it was applied directly on them. ( jeyes fluid is no good for that job anymore since the formulation was changed) But we found sheep were still getting strike even after the preventive spray...

They are fantastic cattle originating in France. They are very hardy and suited to dairy and beef. We were using them for milking, but when we had to finish last year we decided to hang on to some of the better ones and let them rear their calves

I've never seen on calves either. We have black and white and red and white montbeliardes. They have shorter hair than the highlands so maybe that is why. We had a nasty fly strike on a lamb last week. It was touch and go for the poor thing for a couple of days. He seems to be recovering well now

I have my hives in the corners of my fields fenced off. That way they are not disturbed by grazing livestock. I have to trim behind the hives regularly as the hedge quickly fills up the gap I left behind.

Hello from Pontardulais, South Wales. Well done for rescuing them.

Beautiful. Well done for saving them both.

Wow, brilliant photos. That snake looks very long.

That's awful, nothing seems to be safe anymore. I hope he turns up safe and well

I'm hoping to be there

We had a borehole sunk a few years ago and I don't remember getting permission from anyone to do it. I think( but could be wrong) that an extraction licence might be needed if you were to extract a large volume of water. We just pump enough to fill a few water troughs for our livestock

I haven't seen your other posts, but are you sure that the swarm came from your hive?

I had about six swarms move in last year and I didn't use lures. I use an old hive with a solid floor with a small entrance and a few frames with nice old dark wax. I have used lemongrass oil but I have the same results without.

Dog particularly terriers, My wire fox terrier came first in her class at crufts a few years ago. I also have a bull terrier and a westie. Horses, although I don't have any at present. Reading Baking Sewing

I also have the Giordan 8 frame radial drill driven extractor from Agri Nova. I would also highly recommend it. I love it, so easy to use.

Good luck with the second part of your test on Friday. We are in a yearly tb test area and we have to pre movement test, so we can be testing every 60 days. That was fine when we had lovely placid milking cows. ( we are casualties of the recent milk price fiasco) Now we have large unpredictable...

Hi Adrian, I like my bees too. Welcome to the forum.

So very sorry to hear of Mabel's passing xx

That is a fair sized forager. Self propelled? I noticed the OP lives in carmarthenshire, the same as me and there are lots of different sized machines working around here. A lot of smaller farms around here don't have the access for the larger machines.

If you contact one of the local auctioneers, JJ Morris or John Francis ( ask for Martin Jenkins) they would be able to sell the silage for you straight off the field. That way you wouldn't have to bother with the baling etc. Price depends on the quality and the field access.

I think it's FERA