sara | February 23, 2011
Well I now have a real mix of ducks and drake here on the farmingfriends farm!
I have 11 khaki campbells (2 drakes and 9 ducks – one is a doubled breasted khaki) They lay white eggs.
I have a pair of magpie ducks (1 drake & 1 duck) and I think they lay blue/green eggs.
I have [...]
sara | February 22, 2011
I have been sent an email about Spanish cuisine, produce and ‘Eat Tapas Day’ which is on Monday 28th February.
The information I have been given says that,
The fiesta, which falls on a Monday, is dedicated to the great Spanish custom of accompanying drinks with a small plate of food or ‘tapa’. Tradition has it that [...]
sara | February 21, 2011
I have received a chicken feeder tip from Anthony Marriott from Marriotts Smallholding to help stop your poultry from tipping up their feeder.
Anthony says, “We have found that chickens like to scratch their feeders as much as the grass etc.
To solve this problem just get a couple of galvanised tent pegs and push one [...]
sara | February 20, 2011
One of our farmingfriends forum members recently posted about her poorly hen and was seeking advice on what might be the matter. She let us know as much information as possible about her hen by answering a set of questions, which I thought was very useful.
I thought that these were useful questions to consider if [...]
sara | February 19, 2011
I have been asked some questions relating to silkie chicks and hens. I don’t have silkie hens myself although a friend has some and they hatched some of my guinea fowl eggs and looked after the keets brilliantly so I know they make great mums!
Dear friends,
Hope you are doing good with your pets
I [...]
sara | February 18, 2011
I have received an email from Jenny asking for help regarding the temperature fluctuating in her incubator.
Hello,
My name is Jenny, I have an incubutor.. but I can not get it to hold it’s temperature… it’s up and down like a yo yo..
Can you help? I have now tried it twice and got nothing [...]
