Once again, I visited the National Poultry Show at Stoneleigh, one of the largest poultry shows in the UK with over 5,000 exhibits and more than 130 breeds of Large Fowl, Bantams, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, eggs and even poultry photographs on display. The Poultry Club of Great Britain now being led by their new president, Chris Parker seems to be doing a great job in continuing the good work, putting on a great weekend for poultry fanciers and families alike.
This year, the BBC were filming some birds at the show and talking to the Battery Hen Welfare trust's Ian Farrar for a program called "The Secret Life of a Chicken" which is due to be broadcast in

Ducks should be wormed, just like other poultry. Worming ducks is not difficult using a suitable product and usually simply involves mixing in a given quantity with their normal food ration. Many health problems can be avoided by worming twice a year. This is usually done after they have stopped breeding and again before they start laying, i.e. over the winter months since ducks will naturally find more earthworms during the wetter months and it is the earthworms that are the intermdiate hosts, carrying the worm eggs.