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Reports, Results and Photos of Poultry Shows.

 

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Hannover Poultry Show

Deutsche Junggeflügelschau 17th-18th October

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BWA National Waterfowl Show

Solihull 1st November

Domestic Waterfowl Club Show

Stoneleigh, 8th November

 

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The National Poultry Show 2009

Stoneleigh, 28th-29th November


When are the shows? Check our Events Calendar: Poultry Shows 2010. Do you have results or photos of a show you can share?

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We have completed the Goose Breeds Section - Check out our Goose Selector! The Chicken Breeds section is next... If you have any photos we can use we would be grateful.

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A Cheap Chicken or Duck House

Written by Tim Daniels   
Saturday, 06 March 2010 15:53

cheap-chicken-houseThe 'cheap' Chicken or Duck house costs about £25 to build, yet they are the most sturdy, well insulated houses I have! Normally my advice to people looking to buy a chicken house is not to buy too cheap since they will end up either having the fox get in to it, or after a few years will be buying again but building this chicken or duck house, if you pardon the pun, goes against the grain. You must be thinking by now that this all seems too good to be true, but there is one key ingredient to this house that keeps the cost down, and that is, the frame underneath it which is a surplus wooden packing crate.

Last Updated on Saturday, 06 March 2010 19:57
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Changes in Legislation for Flubenvet.

Written by Tim Daniels   
Monday, 22 February 2010 17:01

flubenvetMost poultry keepers use Flubenvet for worming chickens since this is the only licensed wormer that can be mixed with feed and is effective against all common worms found in poultry, however changes in legislation have been introduced under the Veterinary Medicines Act which means the Flubenvet 2.5% 240g pack most of us like to keep in stock can no longer be sold by vets or merchants unless they have registered as category 8 distributors. These registered distributors can sell to domestic poultry keepers (that have no commercial benefit) but they cannot sell to commercial keepers unless they are also registered with the VMD.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:26
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The Chocolate Orpington

Written by Tim Daniels   
Thursday, 18 February 2010 00:00
chocolate-orpington-bantam-cockerel-matt-hansonThe Chocolate Orpington is a relatively new colour of Orpington and currently to my knowledge only exists in bantam size although I'm sure it won't be long before they are crossed into large fowl. The choc gene responsible for the chocolate colour was discovered by the late Dr. Clive Carefoot around 1993-1994. It is a rare Sex-Linked Recessive gene that is basically a dilution of black pigment. This means that out of a pair of genes, the female will be chocolate with just one copy of the gene but the male requires two copies of the choc gene to look chocolate. This also means that black males can look black, but be carrying the chocolate gene.
Last Updated on Thursday, 25 February 2010 21:15
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Self Sufficiency Hen Keeping Book Review

Written by Tim Daniels   
Friday, 30 January 2009 00:00

 

Self Sufficiency Keeping Hens (Softback)

by Mike Hatcher

  • Publisher:.New Holland Publishers Ltd
  • Edition Published: 25 April 2009
  • Softback: 128 pages
  • ISBN-10: 1847734200
  • ISBN-13: 978-1847734204
  • Available from: Amazon
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Self Sufficiency Hen Keeping by Mike Hatcher is one of a number of new books I have seen appear on the shelves recently and I decided it was time to read it and let you know what I thought. More and more people are starting to keep chickens and if that's you, as a beginner, you will find this book contains everything you need to know to get started.

Read more... [Self Sufficiency Hen Keeping Book Review]
 

New Chick Box Plastic Nestboxes

Written by BEC Chick Box   
Saturday, 06 February 2010 00:00

Chick-BoxChick Box is a new plastic nesting box that looks promising in the fight against Red Mite. BEC, the makers of Chick Box have sent us this information about it:

A new all plastic poultry nesting box called the Chick Box is set to dramatically improve the way thousands of keepers can care for their birds. The Chick Box, from BEC, takes just seconds to clean, ending hours of work for poultry keepers struggling to keep boxes free from harmful red mite and other pests and bacteria.

Last Updated on Saturday, 06 February 2010 13:58
Read more... [New Chick Box Plastic Nestboxes]
 

A Goose Keepers Frustration Hatching their First Goslings

Written by Andrea Heesters   
Sunday, 10 January 2010 00:00

pipped-tufted-american-buff-eggThose last few days were so exciting: would we get goslings? I was driving my Belgian friend mad with my phone calls and questions, he said "You're in joyful anticipation" and he was right.

It was so wonderful to see how our Carmen took care of her eggs, how she covered them with straw and down when she went off for ten minutes to eat, drink or to take a bath. It seemed like Carmen had a clock inside of her body because she knew exactly how long she could stay off her nest for. After those ten minutes she walked in a special way back to her nest and I could tell if she was going back to her nest or not.

Last Updated on Friday, 05 February 2010 07:44
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