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from Janet Baraclough .. contains
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from Jaques d'Alltrades contains
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My (now retired) barber used to dig the hair clippings into his garden,
and grew prize vegetables on the diet.

He probably wasn't doing much chemical hair treatment. These days, the
sweepings from hairdresser's floors are probably classifiable as toxic
waste.

Hmmm. Just look where Hempnall is, and you won't be surprised when you
meet a horsedrawn lorry laden with wicker baskets of fuller's earth.....

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The message
from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

/snip of familiar tale/

A mechanical barrier, in our experience, has been the only effective
prevention of fox ingress, it works where all the chemical ones haven't.

My fiend the Head Keeper surrounds his ¾ acre of rearing pens (where he
keeps several thousand laying pheasants) with two strands of electric
fencing wire, and that certainly does work.

If you want details you could ask him - you'll find him in z.local -
name of Mark Howard.

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The message
from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

/snip of familiar tale/

A mechanical barrier, in our experience, has been the only effective
prevention of fox ingress, it works where all the chemical ones haven't.

My fiend the Head Keeper surrounds his ¾ acre of rearing pens (where he
keeps several thousand laying pheasants) with two strands of electric
fencing wire, and that certainly does work.

If you want details you could ask him - you'll find him in z.local -
name of Mark Howard.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

The message
from Janet Baraclough .. contains
these words:
The message
from Jaques d'Alltrades contains
these words:


My (now retired) barber used to dig the hair clippings into his garden,
and grew prize vegetables on the diet.

He probably wasn't doing much chemical hair treatment. These days, the
sweepings from hairdresser's floors are probably classifiable as toxic
waste.

Hmmm. Just look where Hempnall is, and you won't be surprised when you
meet a horsedrawn lorry laden with wicker baskets of fuller's earth.....

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
...
The message
from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

/snip of familiar tale/

A mechanical barrier, in our experience, has been the only effective
prevention of fox ingress, it works where all the chemical ones haven't.

My fiend the Head Keeper surrounds his ¾ acre of rearing pens (where he
keeps several thousand laying pheasants) with two strands of electric
fencing wire, and that certainly does work.

If you want details you could ask him - you'll find him in z.local -
name of Mark Howard.

I don't know why I waste my breath sometimes. I said that we HAD solved the
problem and that electric fencing wasn't suitable in our situation.

sigh

:-)

Mary

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

The message
from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

/snip of familiar tale/

A mechanical barrier, in our experience, has been the only effective
prevention of fox ingress, it works where all the chemical ones haven't.

My fiend the Head Keeper surrounds his ¾ acre of rearing pens (where he
keeps several thousand laying pheasants) with two strands of electric
fencing wire, and that certainly does work.

If you want details you could ask him - you'll find him in z.local -
name of Mark Howard.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
...
The message
from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

/snip of familiar tale/

A mechanical barrier, in our experience, has been the only effective
prevention of fox ingress, it works where all the chemical ones haven't.

My fiend the Head Keeper surrounds his ¾ acre of rearing pens (where he
keeps several thousand laying pheasants) with two strands of electric
fencing wire, and that certainly does work.

If you want details you could ask him - you'll find him in z.local -
name of Mark Howard.

I don't know why I waste my breath sometimes. I said that we HAD solved the
problem and that electric fencing wasn't suitable in our situation.

sigh

:-)

Mary

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

"Nick Wagg" wrote in message
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Mary Fisher wrote:

We don't go on holiday but we spend quite a bit of time away from home.
The hens go with us. Spouse made a travelling coop which fits in the
back of the estate.

A sort of chicken coupé?

No wheels and a hard top but a nice one anyway :-)

Mary
--
Nick Wagg

"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
...
The message
from "Mary Fisher" contains these words:

/snip of familiar tale/

A mechanical barrier, in our experience, has been the only effective
prevention of fox ingress, it works where all the chemical ones haven't.

My fiend the Head Keeper surrounds his ¾ acre of rearing pens (where he
keeps several thousand laying pheasants) with two strands of electric
fencing wire, and that certainly does work.

If you want details you could ask him - you'll find him in z.local -
name of Mark Howard.

I don't know why I waste my breath sometimes. I said that we HAD solved the
problem and that electric fencing wasn't suitable in our situation.

sigh

:-)

Mary

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

"Nick Wagg" wrote in message
...
Mary Fisher wrote:

We don't go on holiday but we spend quite a bit of time away from home.
The hens go with us. Spouse made a travelling coop which fits in the
back of the estate.

A sort of chicken coupé?

No wheels and a hard top but a nice one anyway :-)

Mary
--
Nick Wagg

"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
...



I know that's a possible solution and very suitable for a larger piece
of
land, I've tried persuading Welsh daughter to have one. But for us no,
we
don't want a dog. When we go off the hens take up enough room in the
back
of
the car,

You have aroused my curiosity. Do you take them on holiday or just
shopping?

We don't go on holiday but we spend quite a bit of time away from home. The
hens go with us. Spouse made a travelling coop which fits in the back of the
estate.

We rarely go shopping - hate it - but when we do the hens stay at home. Why
should they suffer too?

Mary

"Nick Wagg" wrote in message
...
Mary Fisher wrote:

We don't go on holiday but we spend quite a bit of time away from home.
The hens go with us. Spouse made a travelling coop which fits in the
back of the estate.

A sort of chicken coupé?

No wheels and a hard top but a nice one anyway :-)

Mary
--
Nick Wagg

Mary Fisher wrote:

We don't go on holiday but we spend quite a bit of time away from home.
The hens go with us. Spouse made a travelling coop which fits in the
back of the estate.

A sort of chicken coupé?
--
Nick Wagg

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:55:47 +0000, Nick Wagg
wrote:

Mary Fisher wrote:

We don't go on holiday but we spend quite a bit of time away from home.
The hens go with us. Spouse made a travelling coop which fits in the
back of the estate.

A sort of chicken coupé?

and not a mobile co-op for estate owners? :-)
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:08:24 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"Nick Wagg" wrote in message
...
Mary Fisher wrote:

We don't go on holiday but we spend quite a bit of time away from home.
The hens go with us. Spouse made a travelling coop which fits in the
back of the estate.

A sort of chicken coupé?

No wheels and a hard top but a nice one anyway :-)

Would a chicken toupée keep the foxes away?
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad