Non-layers 1:
Look for
meerkats &
mongooses
S
ir ~ in reply to Mr
Stegman's letter, ('My
koekoeks arent laying
well,' March 2018) we have a
problem with meerkats and
mongooses.
If Mr Stegmann can lock up
his flock in a SECURE coop
(meerkats can dig and climb!)
for about a week, the eggs
will be laid inside the coop,
thus foiling the egg stealer(s).
Dogs also love eggs...ours will
steal the nests bare if not
watched.
Susan
East Rand
lead to them no longer laying
eggs.
It's quite a palaver to get rid of
them, but it can be done –
diatomaceous earth usually
works.
Ramona Vos
Pomona
MAILBAG
the need for recirculation and
saving of water.
In spite of this Tshwane has
consistently refused to allow
landowners like ourselves to
split water into fresh, grey and
toilet sewage and to set up
local sewage plants to
facilitate reuse, as is practised
in Windhoek etc!
ir ~ In response to
Incredible, to say the least, in
George Stegman's letter
a world short of water,
about his koekoeks
resulting in the present Cape
(March 2018), I was wonder-
Town problem!
ir ~ Reading your
ing if he has inspected them
We need intelligence and
comment 'Our water
for mites?
crisis' in the Smallholder, encouragement to people like
Infestations by these horrid
ourselves who wish to
February 2018, I add the
tiny creatures can lead to
following: The head of Water recirculate!
serious depletion of the health Affairs has for years preached Harald E Dybwad
of the chickens and can also
Tshwane East
Non-layers 2:
Look for
mites
S
Tshwane’s
recirculation
refusal
S
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