Tony C

Who am I to say Les Kilshaw was wrong BUT...... lol Did Les go for winter breeding or perhaps pair up in March? I would say it makes a difference.

Leave be till the morning, best left undisturbed.

You could try putting a couple of warm dummy eggs in the nestbowl and lock the hen in the nestbox but I'll doubt if she'll sit them. If she doesn't sit them tonight remove the dummy eggs and let them go down again under their own steam.

No wellingtons required, a wooly jumper here ;D

Inform your relative to contact DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) for advice.

I printed of a copy of this to help me decipher some of the posts put on here ;D http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/general/scots.html

Manageable numbers is the order of the day, 40 would be plenty enough for a novice.

Is that your winning ways with women. Your after making next years stud book ah you rascal ;D

Its very unusual for this to happen so if it happens again to another pair you'll have to look for another reason. Hope its just a one off.

My hunch is that the egg hatched today whilst the cock was sitting, when it was the hens turn to sit the nest she was wary/uncertain of the newly hatched chick so much so she didn’t cover the nest.

Is it a yearling hens first nest?

Try resizing the photo in you photo editing software then save the photo as save as. Reduce the size by 50% to start with and if that dont work reduce it by a further 10% and so on.

He's bigger than me, I just pi$$ in he's coffee

The photo was taken by my son-in-law, he's a twitcher and a Ranger over at the marshes, you can imagine the heated discussions that go on in this house when he's over.

Its like a summers day here.............. $hit!

Nowhere's safe it seem. This pair were photographed on Rainham Marshes not 2 miles from me

24 w/hood cocks 7 pair of naturals I like to have between 35-40 y/birds trained up for the first race.

A custard pie for me please....................... food fight

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

You sure know how to find my funny bone ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

I'll try sleeping on a bed of rice and see if that helps

Something like. one for me one for you....one for me one for you....one for me one for you... >

I think I'm an Insomniac, lets just hope I can sleep it of.

I'm going to write the first thing that comes into my head. Here goes...............sausage eggs bacon beans...... gosh! I must be hungry

Cold pressed oils are best, the vitamin values are reduced in other processes.