Thought some of members might find this article interesting, looking at the traditional ways of evaluating egg production and health amongst layiing flocks. Most of the information contained is taken from books around the 1930s and 1940s, some very interesting stuff there indeed! :D...
Couple of chicks from a recent hatch...took me a while to realise a naughty cockerel had got into the breeding run...as these sweeties are not pure faverolles! :D :D
One lovely lavender and white Muscovy drakes needs a home, happy to deliver a local radius if anyone is interested, too fond of him and his personality for the pot! :)
Hope everyone is managing with this wind and rain...especially if you are based in the SouthWest. We were flooded yesterday and the worst is to come today, very heavy rain and hight winds forecasted around 3pm.
Take care everyone!!!
Just to say we will all miss you while you are in France setting everything up, and wish you the very best on luck in your new venture.
We have all read with interest, admiration and indeed a certain amount of awe your posts which have given us all an insight into the tremendous amount of...
Just had a look at the weather forecast for our neck of the woods (near Bristol..) and wow!!! 20 degrees
centrigrade! :shock: :D :D So lots of gardening, digging over the veggie patch maybe? hmmmm...might be a bit too much like hard work? Think there is a bee convention in Wales OH wants to...
Very friendly, well organised 2 day exhibition of beautiful bantams, lots of interesting stalls with all things chickeny, poultry for sale and a good restaurant for a natter ( inbetween mooching around the birds)....so who's going? :D :D
More details in our events calendar see link,,note 2011...
I always feel chuffed when the pullets come into lay! :D
These young ladies, think you may remember the young chicks from last year? :D
http://poultrykeeperforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=3162&hilit=faverolles
Well the young ladies are now laying well.. :-)08
Just some more help on resizing and posting photos onto the forum, will be adding one around how to use photobucket later!
Hope it helps! :D
1. Find the photo you wish to load onto the forum in your "pictures" folder on your PC. Right click and the "open with" option will come up. Click on...