sara | August 31, 2008
Does ringing pigs work? This is a question I was recently asked,
I have three one year Kune Kune pigs. They have started rooting the ground, something which I was told Kunes generally do not do.
It is very distructive and I fear for the newly planted trees, so I have confined them to a small plot.
I [...]
sara | August 30, 2008
If you are raising guinea fowl from 6/8 weeks old then they don’t need to have heat and can go outside. I free range my guinea fowl during the day and then put them in a hut to roost at night although guinea fowl will naturally roost in trees if you don’t train them to [...]
sara | August 29, 2008
If you are incubating guinea fowl eggs then here is some information about rearing guinea fowl keets once the eggs have hatched.
Guinea fowl keets can stay in the incubator for up to 24 hours as they can survive on the yolk sac that was in the egg with them. You can take them out earlier than [...]
sara | August 28, 2008
Sallie has sent me some more photos of her quail.
Hi Sara, Just a few photos of the quail. 2 very odd coloured ones!!
Put them out today as so mild.
This is the piebald one.
Sallie’s White Japanese Quail
This one is a complete mystery.
It is interesting to see and hear about sara’s quail as I learn so much [...]
sara | August 27, 2008
Now that it is not raining, the land work has resumed. In the last few days my husband has been busy with the farm work. He has been:
combining,
bailing,
drying corn,
muck spreading,
ploughing,
power harrowing,
drilling rape,
rolling
It is important to get the wheat & barley crops combined before they ruin and the rapeseed needs to be drilled so that it will [...]
sara | August 26, 2008
I currently have 28 adult guinea fowl that enjoy free ranging around the farm during the day. They eat a diet of grains and the daily access to the farm’s grassy pastures produces eggs with a deep yellow yolk. These eggs have a thicker shell than ordinary eggs which protects the rich and flavoursome yolk. The Hugo House guinea [...]
sara | August 25, 2008
I have just filled a paddling pool with water for my 7 khaki campbell ducks who seem to be scared of it. It is an inflatable pool so all that huffing and puffing is to no avail at the moment and I bet I miss the moment when they decide to dive in!
Ducks love water. [...]
sara | August 25, 2008
I was wondering if anyone could help me. One of my japanese quail is having trouble standing up. She is feeding and drinking well but she cannot stand and support her body. She cannot seem to easily get her legs underneath her and will shuffle along.
I wondered what was causing this could it be the [...]
sara | August 24, 2008
Prolapse is when the insides of the laying quail comes out of the vent area. This can be treated and the quail can survive, although sometimes the prolapse is so bad that the only answer is to cull the bird.
If a quail gets a prolapse it is important to wash the area and check that [...]
sara | August 23, 2008
One of my readers nils, who is a quail breeder, emailed me some information about quail layers mini pellets which I thought was useful information.
“Hi all,
I am a quail breeder based in Hampshire and I wanted to let you know that Quail Layers Mini Pellets are now available which are specifically made for quail.
These [...]
