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Hi,has any one had a go at making there own automatic door opener/closer. Graham.

Hi, I have 12 turkey poults and need to make run to house them.I am completely new to turkey keeping.I only wanted 6 really but every egg in the incy hatched. what size run will i need,how is it best constructed I keep my geese and ducks in electric poultry netting,I take it turkeys will just...

Hi,I hatched some turkey eggs for the first time a couple of week ago.They are bronze turkeys.At what sort of age can they come off heat.I am using an electric hen. Thanks Graham.

Hi, my geese are in an orchard the top end has large bramley trees and the lower end has smaller lower trees.Am I correct in thinking the geese will strip the lower branches if I let them anywhere near them. Thanks Graham

Hi,I have now moved all my geese into a field well orchard.Should I give them additional feed on top of grazing and if so what and how much. Thanks Graham.

Hi,I am hatching some duck egg and some are for a friend and the will be moved to there brooder several miles away shortly after they come out of the incy. Has any one got any advice on moving young chicks several miles like this.Obviously my biggest concern is them getting cold.The furthest I...

Hi,I now have my geese out on grass full time.Its amazing just how much grass they are getting through.They are also grazing far ore thoroughly than the sheep. I keep my sheep at about 5 sheep per acer what would be a reasonable amount of geese to keep per acer. Thanks Graham.

Hi,I have electric fencing around my field,3 strands of cord to keep my sheep in.I have an electric Shepard 300 energizer box,which when I put my tester on the existing fence it flashes up 5000 volts the highest reading and when I touched it by accident it made me cry out loud as I cavorted...

Hi,I have some 6 week old gosling and I'm not sure what to do for the best with them. Ideally i want them out on grass during the day,but with the currant wet weather I am worried about them getting wet and then cold in all that rain.Because of this I have brought them in and am keeping them in...

Hi,I have 6 quail 5 hens and a cock that I hatched out last year.They are Jap type and they started laying about a week ago. I wasn't realy expecting so many eggs,I have got dozzens of them,my question is what an I do with them all. I keep large amounts of chickens and am used to having lots of...

Hi,cleaning eggs is not normaly something I do.But due to this currant weather,the snow has blow up into my runs and produced black mud,and I have some very dirty eggs.I have put in a thicker bed of clean shaving,this has now reduced the problem,I have read in one place use cold water in another...

Hi, dose any one here keep utility poultry,or are interested in it.If so what birds do you keep. I have hubbards a comercial hybrid,mainly bread for meat but I have found the hens to be very good layers.I also keep Indian Game, copper blue and a black marran,orpingtons,plymoth rock light sussex...

Hi,what are peoples views on humidity when incubating hens egg.I have been experimenting with running dry and had some surprising but good results. This is the results I came up with running dry right from start to finish.All the way through the hatch my hygrometer has read 35 to 38% The chicks...

Hi,I had two goes at hatching goose eggs last year with out any success. I intend to have another go shortly.I used a octogon 20 with both water channals filled from the start.The incy was turned automaticly on the cradle. The second time I used a lincu Avitec a dutch incy,the eggs were set on...

Hi,I'm Graham My family have always kept chickens,my farther kept mainly hibreds as a way of feeding the family 'but I would often got up the garden and see him with one on his lap talking to it or all around him as he dug vegtables. I have kept my own chickens for about 15 years,I started with...