The First Tufted American Buff Geese in Europe |
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Written by Andrea Heesters
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Tuesday, 29 December 2009 00:00 |
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Andrea Heesters and Peter Jacobs in The Netherlands are believed to be the first people to import Tufted American Buff geese from the USA into Europe. Here is their story...
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 January 2010 20:02 |
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A Goose Keepers Frustration Hatching their First Goslings |
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Written by Andrea Heesters
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Sunday, 10 January 2010 00:00 |
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 Those 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.
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Last Updated on Friday, 05 February 2010 07:44 |
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Butterfly Poultry Saddle Review |
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Written by Tim Daniels
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Thursday, 17 June 2010 16:12 |
 Around this time of year, many hens that are kept in a flock with a cockerel start to look bare on their backs having lost feathers from his constant attention. Small flocks suffer the most but even in a large flock, a cock will have his favourites who will are no doubt the birds who have lost the most feathers!
To protect hens backs and give feathers a chance to re-grow, poultry saddles can be used which are usually made out of a tough material that protect the back but still allow the cock bird to tread the hen successfully.
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Remembering when to worm with Flubenvet |
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Written by Janssen Animal Health
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 00:00 |
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Worming is one of those healthcare routines that, unless you are very organised, can sometimes be tackled in a bit of an ad hoc way. But not only can this open the door to disease, it's also an inefficient way to worm poultry. Now Janssen Animal Health, manufacturer of Flubenvet®, has come up with a simple way for small scale chicken keepers to keep to a regular routine: simply remember that if you have 20 chickens each time 12 bags of feed are purchased, one 60 gram pot of Flubenvet will be needed.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 01 July 2010 05:11 |
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Llamas as guardians for chickens! |
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Written by Michelle Garner
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Saturday, 05 December 2009 12:43 |
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Michelle Garner of the Battery Hen Welfare Trust keeps two llamas in her field with her chickens and has seen them chasing off foxes and dogs that have enter the field. She tells us a little more about her llamas and chickens.
O.K - so you want some hens, but you have a family of foxes next door? You have a large flock and can't keep them in a secure run? Your land makes electric fencing difficult and unreliable? There is another solution - ever thought of Llamas?
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Last Updated on Sunday, 27 December 2009 21:45 |
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