Heavy Ducks at High Noon — Saturday 13th Feb
Following his talk in the autumn that focused on heavy ducks, one of our council members, Tom Davis, will be doing a more general talk on domestic waterfowl and their husbandry on Facebook live. He keeps Chinese and Sebastopol geese; and on the duck front: Aylesbury; Pekin; Black Muscovy; the 3 colours of Rouen, White […]
Nest boxes suit Scaly-sided Mergansers
The Scaly-sided Merganser is one of the world’s most beautiful ducks, yet it is also among the rarest. The species, which is classified as Endangered, has a very small population, which is suspected to be undergoing a continuing and rapid decline as a result of habitat loss, illegal hunting and disturbance. Happily, there are more […]
The AGM is just a month away
2pm Saturday 27th February. The date and time are the same, but now we cannot gather together. Zoom is our plan B. All paid-up members will receive a log-in invite next week. Do we have your up-to-date email address? Our Winter Waterfowl magazine was sent with a ballot form for the AGM resolutions. Please contact […]
Leg ring survey
Members of the Poultry Club of Great Britain have asked for alternative rings for waterfowl. Would you pay for metal rings? The current production materials (coloured plastic) are not robust enough, with the lettering wearing off very quickly. Please take part in this survey to help them decide on alternatives here.
Biosecurity advice update from DEFRA
The latest biosecurity advice has been updated and gives us much greater information about wild and domestic waterfowl, kept as we do. On top of all our other worries, Bird ‘flu has been significantly more prevalent this year. Occurrances started some 6-8 weeks earlier than in previous years and nearly 300 positive cases have been […]
Gentle Giants
Toulouse Geese range tremendously in size and quality. Exhibition birds weigh 9-11 kg in the geese and 12-13.5 kg in the ganders. They are usually grey; pearly grey being preferred to dark- or brown-grey birds — this is accepted as being the same colour genotype as their ancestor, the wild Greylag. Both White and Buff […]
Poultry and captive bird housing measures now in place for Northern Ireland
Housing measures are now in place in NI as part of the Avian Influenza Prevention Zone. This is in addition to measures in place for England, Scotland and Wales. All bird keepers now legally required to house their birds or take measures to prevent them mixing with wild birds. Review your Biosecurity requirements HERE. For […]
Congratulations Jed Dwight
Best in Show at the Virtual Poultry Shows’ Winterfest 2020. Championship judge, Tom Newbould commented ‘A stylish drake. Not the easiest colour but impressive here and looks in fantastic condition. Great head and bill too.’ Well done Jed!
Delays with our magazine
We were very disappointed to hear that the printworks contracted to produce our magazine suffered a major fire at their factory earlier this month. The team are pulling out all the stops to get this edition to you as soon as possible.
It’s Showtime again!
Just a week to get your entries in to The Virtual Poultry Photo Shows 2020’s Winter Fest. Simply join the group and submit your photos by following the instructions in the schedule. Our Vice President and President have sponsored nine gorgeous British Waterfowl Association rosettes for the waterfowl section winners. You need to send in […]
