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Ask Trev: How to buy Belgian Duccles?

This question comes from Maddy in Melbourne: Dear BigFarmerTrev, I have had many breeds of hens since starting my hen owning journey. The Belgian Duccles are my favourites. I decided that if I continue with hen ownership it will only be Belgians. They’re a true bantam, easy to care for, quirky, loveable and cute!  I presently have 4 girls , 2 of which are Belgians and getting on in years. I…

Ask Trev: How to buy Belgian Duccles?

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Ask Trev: Hassle of a Broody Hen

Ask Trev: Hassle of a Broody Hen

Dear Big Farmer Trev, I had been warned about this with Silkies and it’s happened. I have a broody hen. I spent all weekend watching her trying to figure out why she is so grumpy. She’s been laying an egg every day and getting mad as hell when I collect them. Then she started walking about shouting and sulking and now she is mostly staying in her coop looking very upset. I checked her over trying to…

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Ask Trev: Chicken Perching Problem

Ask Trev: Chicken Perching Problem

Today we have another chook question from Maddy in Melbourne:

  Dear Big Farmer Trev.

Firstly I would like to acknowledge and thank you for being instrumental in this city kids foray into pseudo ‘country life’. Ok I’m over stating things, into suburban hen keeping.

The little silkies did prove a complex hen to care for and I subsequently found myself down from two to one. The bird vet said ‘they…

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Ask Trev - Chickens: the balance between pet and livestock

Ask Trev – Chickens: the balance between pet and livestock

Dear Big Trev,

No vets in Melbourne know anything about hens. Except for one who is two hours away and deals with prize winning pedigrees and expects you will want to spend lots of money doing anything you can to save a crook chook.

The online forums offer some basic advice but it’s so difficult to know what’s wrong with a sad hen.

There seems to be a fairly common theme of ‘cull her’ amongst the…

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Ask Trev: Fun & Romantic Treasure Hunt

Ask Trev: Fun & Romantic Treasure Hunt

Today we have another question from Lucielle, all the way in South Africa!

Big Angry Trev, how do you plan a romantic fun treasure hunt for your other half’s bday?

  Well Lucielle, a fun treasure hunt usually involves items hidden all over town.

A romantic treasure hunt usually involves items hidden all over your body.

So how to combine the two?

Easy!  Don’t use your body.

The face of romance

If…

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why are you still going out of your way to drag crystal two years later

Anon, today at work I was helping a customer who was purchasing backsplash to match her new kitchen countertop. She had brought a chunk of her countertop to the store to help her match it to a backsplash of her liking. She worked with a kitchen department associate, browsed our selection, made her decision, and I was now ringing her up when a customer in the adjacent line turned to her and complimented her countertop.

My customer was suddenly elated.

She began talking excitedly about it and the selection process and her kitchen remodel in general. But then, as she lifted up a piece of her backsplash to show Other Customer, OC was no longer paying attention because my coworker was now attending to OC. 

My customer was suddenly dejected.

The quality of her backsplash had not changed, nor had it’s appearance nor anything about it. It was the same as it had been when she excitedly chose it ten minutes prior. And yet, she seemed taken aback. But nonetheless she went on her way, an adult pushing a cart of carefully selected purchases, and in a week or maybe even a day I bet she will have forgotten about this exchange with OC. Maybe she has already! And if someday somewhere they happen to cross paths again, I’m almost certain they won’t recognize each other, let alone recall their last encounter. And my customer will probably love her countertop and backsplash just as much as when she first selected them, perhaps more so. And even if over time she has come to loathe them, it will most certainly have nothing to do with OC. The hatchet won’t be buried; it was never lifted. And the hill she never died on will be the site of many a tasty meal, or maybe a few nasty ones. And meanwhile, I will have long since forgotten that I ever told you this story.