Mandatory Housing Measures starting
From 00.01 on October 12th 2022, all poultry and captive birds should be housed in Norfolk, Suffolk and parts of Essex. The housing order legally requires all bird keepers in these areas to keep their birds indoors and to follow stringent biosecurity measures to help protect their flocks from Avian Influenza. This is for all […]
Pal-Mates … weekend web tip
Pal-Mates … weekend web tip Talking about the status of a wild species and its abundance in the wild, we refer to the International Union for Conservation — IUCN. A good example is the Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera, which is suspected to have a small population that is experiencing a continuing decline, owing […]
Avian Influenza vaccine
We do get asked about vaccines for bird flu; the Head of Virology for APHA was on Farming Today yesterday. You can listen to the broadcast on BBC Sounds. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001cp3m We asked APHA for comment, they are fully behind the content of this broadcast and confirmed that all research on vaccines is being monitored. It […]
Avian Influenza Prevention Zones
A second UK region is now subject to mandatory enhanced biosecurity measures. Today at noon, Norfolk, Suffolk and parts of Essex became and Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ). This means that it is a legal requirement for bird keepers to follow strict biosecurity measures to protect their birds. Earlier this month, although the restrictions over […]
Pal-Mates … weekend web tip
Confident you know your geese? The Grey Geese is the collective group of species including the Greylag, Pink-footed and Bean Geese. The Black Geese includes the Brents and Barnacles. As migration season approaches, the BTO have re-issued a video guide, aimed at birders, to identify geese arriving to winter in the UK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHh1swq_BOs […]
Grateful to You
Today is World Gratitude Day and we want to celebrate the element of the British Waterfowl Association we are most grateful for – our members. Whether you have joined as a seasoned waterfowl keeper and enthusiast or you are new to this world and simply have an interest, our members are the backbone of the […]
Pal-Mates … weekend web tip
Clearing excess plant growth in bird enclosures reduces areas where rats may hide. In the process though, your grass gets trashed if you leave the job too late. Grass takes a lot of punishment if you have waterfowl. Early autumn is a good time for reseeding, giving a few weeks of growth to get sward […]
Pal-Mates … weekend web tip
Marmite ducks? These colour variations of Carolina, Aix sponsa and Fulvous Whistling Ducks, Dendrocygna bicolor, and other colour mutations are still popular, but has the boom passed? If mutations are kept with the normal wild colours they will of course interbreed. Some of the youngsters may look normal, but carry a latent (hidden) gene, […]
Pal-Mates … weekend web tip
Table manners! Sitting on the food not necessarily reccommended. What’s the state of your feed bins? Mites and mould can proliferate in warm weather if pellet and grain are not used in rotation, or if poorly stored. Keeping your feed dry is essential to prevent mould. Diatomaceous earth is a very fine powder of fossilised […]
Sadly our live show is cancelled
Even if there is a brief easing of the restrictions on bird gatherings, we have many breeders who would not wish to take the risk anyway. We do hope you will take pictures of your birds and enter our online show. We will promote it here, on Facebook and Instagram, but the pictures and the […]
