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sara | July 31, 2009
I have been asked an interesting question about whether a guinea fowl hen can tell if the eggs she is sitting on are fertile.
My guinea fowl’s mate died about two months ago, but she’s been laying on eggs for a few weeks now. Would she be able to tell if her eggs were infertile? We [...]
sara | July 30, 2009
Did you know that one ostrich egg is equivalent to about 32 hens eggs! You can blow the contents of the egg out so you can decorate the shell, then whisk the eggy bit, put it into a 32 section ice tray, freeze it & take one section out at a time [...]
sara | July 29, 2009
I have been asked if my eggs are seasonal or if I have eggs all year round.
Do you have eggs all the year round. Or are they seasonal? If so, how many months of the year do you have eggs for?
Many thanks
Sally
This is an interesting question.
I have free range hens and the hen eggs [...]
sara | July 29, 2009
I have found that a clutch of quail eggs usually hatch about the same time if the conditions are correct.
Hi Sara, I’m hatching quail and one hatched yesterday about 6 o’clock but I got up this morning and no more have hatched yet. Is this normal? The one chick is still sitting lonely in the [...]
sara | July 28, 2009
My husband and neighbours who walk up the lane will often say they have seen deer on or around our farm. Unfortunately I rarely see a deer. In fact in five years of living here, I think I have only had about 5 sightings.
There are a number of signs to indicate that deer are in [...]
sara | July 28, 2009
I have been reading that the following plants are good to plant in a duck pen.
Sedge grass,
Montbretia,
Ornamental grasses, including pampas and ferns,
Evergreen shrubs
Dwarf varieties
Evergreen plants such as:
Cotoneaster,
Eleagnus,
Pyracantha,
Berberis,
Rhododendron,
Pieris ‘Forest Flame’,
Small ground cover plants such as:
Periwinkle,
Potentilla,
Rock Rose,
Heathers,
Hostas.
The source for this info was http://www.waterfowl.org.uk/docs/plants_and_pens.pdf
I am sure I have read somewhere that lily of the valley is poisonous to [...]
sara | July 27, 2009
I was emailed by a farmingfriends friend asking for advice about her duck who has started limping.
Hi Sara
I have not been on the website for a while but my duckling pictures are on your Duck Gallery. sox my black and white duck (supposedly a khaki but obviously not) started limping yesterday afternoon. All 5 ducks [...]
sara | July 26, 2009
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@reallybuffalo Thank you for the mention. I have been keeping guinea fowl for 5 [...]
sara | July 25, 2009
When do farmer’s prefer their cows to calve? We prefer to calve our herd of beef cattle cows after the end of February and through Spring.
Dear Sara, I am conducting some research and wonder if you might be able to help. Can you tell me when do farmers generally prefer their cows to calf and [...]
sara | July 24, 2009
Well I have just spent the afternoon baking for the porduce show and have to say that I don’t think I have any prize winners.
I have made a victoria sponge, butterfly buns, cheese scones and fruit scones. Everyone of them has had a disaster. The victoria sponge is as flat as a pancake, the butterfly [...]
