A really very silly question - if I may please ?

[scooby1]

D'you pluck 'em?

Not any more. Back in the day (61 years ago actually) I was a student at an agricultural college and you could take Proficiency Tests and I gained my gold badge because I passed eight of them, one of which was poultry plucking and trussing. Incidentally, one of the main aspects of dressing poultry correctly is to make sure that the sinews of the legs have been removed. I don't think anyone does it anymore because every time we have poultry to eat, including the Christmas turkey, the legs have still got the sinews in them and that spoils the eating of them.

 

[scooby1]

Nominate a life-guard!

But any such position would require EU Standard training surely ?

 

[Wayners]

Try Milliput to fix bowl.

 

[Tigercubrider]

If you want to carry on using it for sentimental reasons, take the bowl to a kitchenware shop and find a plastic bowl that fits inside. It doesn’t matter about height, diameter is then important thing. Slightly loose to allow for ice expansion.
If too tall you could trim the top down.
Glue the dog bowl back together but it will break again.
Putting a squash / tennis ball in the bowl will help prevent ice from expanding to break anything.

 

[scooby1]

Try Milliput to fix bowl.

Thanks. I'll investigate that tomorrow.

 

[scooby1]

If you want to carry on using it for sentimental reasons, take the bowl to a kitchenware shop and find a plastic bowl that fits inside. It doesn’t matter about height, diameter is then important thing. Slightly loose to allow for ice expansion.
If too tall you could trim the top down.
Glue the dog bowl back together but it will break again.
Putting a squash / tennis ball in the bowl will help prevent ice from expanding to break anything.

Uesful ideas there. Thank you.

 

[endecotp]

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Fine for pheasants but too deep for small birds. Plant pot saucer, as suggested above, is better for them.

 

[scooby1]

Fine for pheasants but too deep for small birds. Plant pot saucer, as suggested above, is better for them.

Yes, I thought that and so today I have cut a piece of sandstone that fits in the bottom of the bowl and with a flat surface on the top of the stone the little birds can sit and have a wash/drink/whatever they want. One problem will be that they will probably use the loo while they are on top of the stone which will land in the water and I shall have to clean the bowl out more often.

 

[Tigercubrider]

Birds have pretty strong guts, but will poo in a birdbath/bowl because in nature, there’s more water around.
You’re supposed to clean a bird bowl /bath daily. All you really need is a full watering can nearby and a better clean weekly.

Although birds tend to poo almost without thought, as a kid my neighbours had a South African Grey who was let out of his cage daily. He’d be placed on the fire guard over a sheet of newspaper and told “Do It”.
He’d poo and then they knew he was ok to fly around the room without redecoration.

 

[scooby1]

Birds have pretty strong guts, but will poo in a birdbath/bowl because in nature, there’s more water around.
You’re supposed to clean a bird bowl /bath daily. All you really need is a full watering can nearby and a better clean weekly.

Although birds tend to poo almost without thought, as a kid my neighbours had a South African Grey who was let out of his cage daily. He’d be placed on the fire guard over a sheet of newspaper and told “Do It”.
He’d poo and then they knew he was ok to fly around the room without redecoration.

Thanks for that @Tigercubrider. I do clean the bowl out regulary but we will see how it goes.