Farmers, Smallholders Warned Not to Feed Kitchen Scraps to Animals – The Poultry Site

UK - The Animal and Plant Health Agency is warning farmers and smallholders not to feed catering or kitchen waste to livestock such as pigs and poultry, even if they are being kept as pets. Source: Farmers, Smallholders Warned Not to Feed Kitchen Scraps to Animals - The Poultry Site

Oswestry Poultry Auction 25th April – Market Report

OSWESTRY POULTRY AUCTION SATURDAY 25TH APRIL 2015 MARKET REPORT   The weather report for the weekend wasn’t good, with the fine sunny weather reported to be turning cold and wet. It was certainly cooler but the rain stayed away in the main. The other thing that was cooler was the volume of birds entered. A …

Comfort Food 101

Now this is one I need to try... looks wonderful!

Scottish Television on the hunt for urban pig and poultry keepers

Is that you? It could well be as I know quite a few folks who read or follow this blog fall into that urban farming category. To cut a long story short I've been contacted by Will Steel of STV via Jane Perrone of The Guardian (ok, ok, name dropping... did I mention I was …

Chicken Nugget – Eclipse Plumage

In wild forms of the chicken such as the Red Jungle Fowl a moult can occur in two stages effectively giving the impression of two moults. It is particularly evident in the males. Firstly they will moult their brightly coloured body and head feathers replacing them with more subdued tones more akin to the females. …

10 things you wanted to know about chickens but were afraid to ask – 9#

More space doesn't always mean better welfare A stimulating debate was aired recently on BBC Countryfile which then spilt over on to various websites, agriculture press and social media. It wasn’t a humdinger but because there was a chicken element involved that I found myself following it quite closely, and became interested in the questions …

BBC Countryfile

A couple of blogs ago I mentioned I'd been out a few of the Royal agriculture shows working with The Rare Breeds Survival Trust promoting the UKs rare breed poultry as a part of their 40th Aniversary celebrations. Even with all the recent food scares and the general greater awareness of the public with regard …

10 things you wanted to know about chickens but were afraid to ask – 4#

ASSISTING IN A HATCH Hatching season is now upon us and if you decide to try your hand at hatching this year for the first time then the first rule of thumb is ‘sit on your hands’ during the process. Many folks find their first venture into incubator hatching doesn’t quite turn out as it …

Free-range poultry diseases & disorders

Husbandry of poultry is very much 'by eye' and only by spending time around your flock will you pick up on potential problems.  Chickens, like many of the avian species are very good at disguising illness, which is quite possibly a survival mechanism to mitigate the risk of predation. Sick birds may emerge from the coop in a flurry …

Chicken nugget – Muscovy duck (ok, its not a chicken either)

The Muscovy is one of those birds you cannot fail to notice and often it can bring out mixed responses in terms of admiration because of its distinctive looks. Originally fromSouth America this duck is unlike the others we see today as it originated from the wild Musk Duck and not the wild Mallard, consequently …