sara | July 16, 2011
The Right Colour (a novel about a cow) by Andy Frazier
Andy Frazier has been writing books for two years now, from his base in South West France. He started life farming with his father and brother at Coningswick farm in the English Midlands, which in those days specialised in quality beef and pork. After a [...]
Category: Books |
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Tags: Books, Cattle, Farming, Farming Stories
sara | July 14, 2011
The New Way To Keep Chickens From Oakdene Coops!
Oakdene Coops are renowned for their well designed, British made chicken
coops.
Their latest chicken coop mounts onto a fence, garden wall or even a
tree! This new concept of keeping chickens has many advantages over using a
conventional chicken coop. This chicken coop takes up virtually no room in
your garden [...]
Category: Hens |
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Tags: Chicken Coops, Hen Houses, Hen Huts, Oakdene Coops
sara | July 8, 2011
I have been asked what is the incubation period for pekin ducks.
Hi, I just wanted to ask about my peking duck. She has become broody and is laying on her eggs, but I am unsure how long the incubation of these are.
Pekin duck eggs take 28 days to hatch from time of incubation. If your [...]
Category: Ducks |
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Tags: Hatching Duck Eggs, Incubating Duck Eggs, Pekin Duck Eggs, Pekin Ducks
sara | July 7, 2011
Duck keepers often wonder what is the best combination and ratio of male to females and I am often emailed about the numbers of drakes and ducks in a group and whether they will get along ok.
Carolyn has just emailed as she has two draks and two ducks.
The ducklings I got at Easter have turned [...]
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Tags: Drakes, Duck Management, Ducks, Keeping Ducks, Mixing Ducks