And now

[Drinkstone]

My neighbours dog has eaten my chickens! Shotgun time! grrr

 

[Ely]

I wonder what societies view on 'moving the dogs out' would be. Prob just an 'oh dear, oh well'

 

[BBG]

My neighbours dog has eaten my chickens! Shotgun time! grrr

The threads today are all prime stress areas for this beekeeper!

BTW
Just put a shilling on "According to Pete" in the Grand National!

 

[Drinkstone]

No stress, chickens being replaced and much better news is that I have just rehived the swarmed bees and spotted the queen so all is well in the world again. Now to decide whether to progress towards getting the hive back together or let them continue to create a new colony.

 

[Les]

If your neighbours dog can get at your chickens how do you go on with foxes?

 

[Drinkstone]

They are locked up at night so no fox problem

 

[VEG]

Whats a shilling?

 

[MJBee]

Fox took 15 of mine sometime between 3 and 4.30pm!! He took one and buried one, the rest just decapitated

He made the mistake of coming back for the one he buried and is now stuffed - literally

 

[TOBY-3652]

the fox will take them anytime of the day especialiy this time of year cubs to feed

 

[Ziggymole]

Whats a shilling?

10 pence in today's money

 

[psafloyd]

You mean 5p?

 

[Ziggymole]

I do, gosh what a long time ago it was - real money back then.

 

[AnotherNewBee]

How did the dog get at the chickens?

Was it the dog, or the chickens, that was/were out of control?

 

[Luminos]

the fox will take them anytime of the day especialiy this time of year cubs to feed

I was led to believe that dawn and dusk were the times that the fox would take them - but mine have always been taken during the afternoon

 

[Frisbee]

Fox in my field 5pm one afternoon last week and 8am next morning.......neither dawn nor dusk. Vixen with cubs will hunt at any time. The only bonus with the chickens being out is that they go one by one and not all at once. But alas treating my place like McDonalds makes me take reciprocal action.

Frisbee

 

[Drinkstone]

Five actually mate ten pence is two bob

 

[parkranger]

Think you will find it's 5p in today's money!

 

[Erichalfbee]

BTW
Just put a shilling on "According to Pete" in the Grand National!

Poor bloody horse....I can't watch that race anymore

 

[MuswellMetro]

Five actually mate ten pence is two bob

Call it by its proper name 10p is a florin,

i can remember buying a gallon of petrol for 3/11 for my moped in the 60's with two florins and getting a penny change...thats about 4and a half P per litre

I also used to get a florin or half a crown for helping out on the farm harvest....slave labour....about 2p per hour

 

[Dusty Rhodes]

I won't watch it either.

How many died this year?

D