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Thanks folks for all the great replies!! Duty calls, dog waiting for walk across the fields! Look forward to reading and digesting your replies when I get back, will check out the websites too. Let you know tomorrow how I got on! Thanks again, your help is much appreciated! Have a good evening!

Hi, Buying a new torch for walking dog over fields at night, have to spot foxes before he does! Some torches mention using 14500 battery for a stronger beam, have not the faintest idea what these are! Have just bought a new battery charger for AA and AAA batteries that I have been using on...

Hi John, the container has wooden flooring except for an area which presumably is where it is lifted. Thinking in terms of it being for the roof, make it stronger and gives an air pocket for insulation, felting to go on top! Had flat pallets, solid type, on there but rotted away now. Wood...

Thanks Burnerman/John, that sounds useful stuff! Have a number of little jobs - and big ones to do, worth getting and then all set ready for a couple of fine days - now wonder where I can get them? lol Sure they will come, working south facing so plenty of sun when it's out. Take care and many...

Hello, thanks for the tip, have a blow torch. Getting there with great suggestions from members- very grateful for the time and knowledge! Have some off cuts of torch on mineral felt. Looks like can get a decent job done, which is difficult at this time of the year with the weather! :) Have...

Thanks John, will look for the tape is it like gaffer tape? Have a container which I use as a field shelter, approx 40 x 8 foot , started to get rusty on roof so painted with bitumen. After several years two nail head size hole appeared, son visits and said he would do the roof for me and...

Hi folks, had excellent answer to my roofing problem from a member, very grateful got the gear and ready to go! However, the boy- only 46, said got a chap is going to do the roof on container/ shelter for you Ma, will be over with him to fix it! Lovely, know where this is going don't you!! Must...

Thanks Gerald! Doesn't matter that much, use Forestlands when there is a Bunty already existing on a site! Have a lovely day! Keep thinking of a hamster going round and round in it's wheel when i see your name!:LOL:

Golden Guernsey goats with Max, far left, Cashgora goat used for harness work. Billies on leave! lol

Whoops, not Bunty on here!

:LOL: Excellent advice! Got 2 nasty springs, hope you still have all your paws! Must practice setting and give them another try. Think I have elephant moles! Regards Bunty.

Hi, have moles galore! In my back garden, about 2 acres, where I keep my goats and a few elderly sheep, I have been inundated with moles! Tried various mole traps including tunnel mole trap. I'm told tunnel traps are good, however, they are very hard to set and a strong pair of hands are...

Hi Nigel, thanks, a brill idea! Have an old fashioned type store 6miles away, like the old iron mongers used to be, sells everything! Assistants were green overalls, coat type, can remember every nut, bolt, etc. ever made! Quite quaint! lol Found the bitumen paint worked well on small holes -...

Hi, have a container converted into a field shelter for my goats. Roof wearing thin in places,have been using bitumen paint, worked well! Son offers to put some roofing felt on - they type you have to heat, sweeps and digs about making small holes larger. Rust removal he said, now not enough...

Thanks Andy excellent point! Kind regards!

Good man Donrkebab - WTG! Feeding kids on raw cabbage, carrots and barley straw! :lol:

Hi Andy, The info, help and money laid out will be very helpful - not just to me, to help out friends in the same predicament! Can be very hard when you have cattle housed in winter and lights go or lambing in a poll tunnel, happy to loan to friends! Thanks for your thoughtful comment...

Hi RF Lighting, Sorry to trouble you. Can I use LW bulbs in the lighting, I only have 5 lights in piggery so would want to reduce energy if all 10 have to be used! Have placed order, hope to collect tomorrow, need expert advice as not available at Screw fix week ends! Thank you, again, very...

Hi Andy No lol, have had turkeys these are Ross or Cobb chickens. Have had turkeys, need to start early in the year! These are a few reared for family and friends, get a good life with plenty of room and access to grass on good days! Have a pet gander that lives in the garden keeps...