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Hi - this is my first year with adult geese so a few questions if I may First egg appeared this morning, they have been making a bit of a nest and the gander has been mating at least one for a while now. I automatically picked the egg up and took it to the house to admire. Should I have left...

Just found this on-line calculator for poultry costs, but I was too scared to fill it in :D all the best Sue http://www.ruleworks.co.uk/cgi-bin/PulletCost.exe?Guide=Poultry&t=Chicken%20Cost%20Calculator

Hi has anyone kept crested polish, I thought I could remember some discussion about them on this forum in the past. What are they like to keep? Being crested are the difficult to hatch or raise. How many eggs do they lay a year, and how many hen to cocks etc. Many thanks for any info Sue

Amazing I just went to have a last look round, and gave the tap another test, as it has been thawing all day here, and guess what :D running water again. Doesn't it make you appreciate those things you just take for granted each day :D No more carrying buckets of water up the bank :D :D :D...

For Sale - Lovely Gander and Two Geese - Worcestershire I bought these as Flemish Giant goslings in May this year, and they have grown amazingly quickly on just grass with a handful of wheat when they go to bed. The gander is already 6 kilos - I suppose they would grown a lot more before...

Oh - no stopping me now. :D The African was hatched at end April, only egg to hatch so had to buy some young companions, they are (apparently) Flemish Giant. This is the first time I have ever kept geese, and must say I like them and they grew phenomenally quickly Here goes with photos again...

Yup - made the last photo work, so flushed with success here is one of my Rouen ducks hatched May this year Sue Dark Brown Eggs

Hi All - Having just worked out (i hope) how to post pictures and having had the camera out for photos of a cockerel I thought I would put on some photos of my ducks They are just such nice friendly characters, and I am hoping to increase the flock this next breeding season All the best Sue...

Hi All - I have recently acquired a young cockerel from a top breeder, as I want to introduce a little new blood to my otherwise closed flock. It had a longish journey in a travelling box in a car boot (not mine I hasten to add) and when it was first shown to me the first thing I noticed was...

Hi - My Marans are laying well, and the colour is still around 4-5 on the official chart, though they were much darker earlier in the season. They are good layers, and I am still getting around 5 eggs a day from 6 hens. My Aug hatch came off last week and fertility was good with plenty of...

Hi all - Just thought I would introduce myself. I am Sue and live on the Worcestershire/Herefordshire borders - lovely Elgar country. I have kept the old traditional English Cuckoo Marans for many years now, just concentrating on getting them to lay plenty of good, large, dark brown shelled...