sara | May 28, 2008
Guinea fowl prefer to nest outdoors in natural surroundings.
Outdoor nesting sites are usually on the ground and well hidden in hedgerows or amongst nettles or tall grasses.
Egg laying in guinea fowl may begin as early as the end of February in the UK, but usually from March through to September or early October.
Guinea hens can [...]
sara | May 27, 2008
The Khaki Campbell duck eggs I had in the incubator started hatching on Thursday which was 4 days early. It looked like it would be a disastrous hatch as I hadn’t even taken the egg turner out and then we did and this obviously changed the temperature and humidity in the incubator just at the [...]
sara | May 26, 2008
I am pleased to let you know that Cagney is over the worst and has returned to her usual gentle and happy self. She has been in the farrowing crate since Friday when we realised that she had mastitis and was not very well at all. The farrowing crate made it easier to inject her [...]
sara | May 25, 2008
I received an email about rearing day old partridges
Rearing English partridge from day old all set to go two questions.
Heat lamp should it be a Red glowing infrared lamp or white.
Why have I been recomended to make sure no daylight is can be seen and for how
long.
These birds are just to be released to the [...]
sara | May 23, 2008
They say bad luck runs in threes and with animal husbandry I have unfortunately found this to be the case this week.
The week started badly when on Monday night only 28 of my 29 guinea fowl returned to their hut. I thought this was strange so did the rounds of the hedgerows thinking that she [...]
sara | May 15, 2008
For the last three days one of my guinea fowl has been demonstrating unusual behaviour. The guinea fowl in question is called Lightening The II. She is a pure white guinea fowl hen and the only white guinea in my flock.
On Monday Lightening The II didn’t look very well. She was reluctant to come out of [...]
sara | May 14, 2008
Hatty the Hen was recently egg bound. Unfortunately I had been out all day and when I returned and went to put the poultry away Hatty was not behaving normally. It looked like she was repeatedly trying to go to the toilet. As luck would have it my father-in-law was around and I asked for [...]
sara | May 12, 2008
The TopVeg website always provide me with excellent seed sowing information.
Farming Friends & TopVeg have now collaborated to create a How To Grow Runner Beans growing card.
Click on the image to enlarge and if you wish to print off this growing card, right click on the enlarged image and then click print picture to print out a copy.
If you would like this [...]
sara | May 10, 2008
Asparagus Spears
The first asparagus spears have grown in the last week so we have been harvesting the asparagus and eating it fresh.
I decided to make asparagus soup and it was delicious and simple to prepare.
Asparagus Soup (Serves 2)
Ingredients
3 or 4 asparagus spears per person.
Butter for sweating the asparagus.
1 and a half pints of vegetable or [...]
sara | May 9, 2008
During Autumn and Winter the Charolais cattle are kept in the fold yard and are fed silage twice a day. Here is a video clip of the Charolais cows and bull eating the silage.
It is interesting to note that the bull is at the front end of the trough and this is where he always [...]
