Waterfowl on the Web 2022 Class no 8 — White Runner
Waterfowl on the Web 2022 Class no 8 — White Runner Ducks Indian Runner Ducks are used on organic farms and vinyards for pest control; content in a large flock and not much given to flying, they are easy to manage. There is however, a huge following both in Europe and North America for showing […]
Waterfowl on the Web 2022 Class no 7 — Bantam Ducks
Waterfowl on the Web 2022 Class no 7 — Bantam Ducks Small ducks have become very popular as pets in recent decades. They are cheap to keep and are ideal garden pest controllers. Their popularity probably rose after the banning of wildfowl from exhibition pens in the UK. All four bantam ducks are represented in […]
Waterfowl on the Web 2022 Class no 6 — Light Ducks
Waterfowl on the Web 2022 Class no 6 — Light Ducks Light ducks are often regarded as the general purpose ducks and include some of the classic egg layers. The Indian Runners would fall into this category, but as they are so popular, they come into a class of their own. Presently standardised are: Abacot […]
Waterfowl on the Web Class 5 — Heavy Ducks
Waterfowl on the Web 2022 Class no 5 — Heavy Ducks Heavy Ducks are those which generally weigh over 3 kg in the duck and 3.5 kg in the drake. Heavy breeds presently standardised are: Aylesbury Blue Swedish Cayuga Muscovy Pekin Rouen Rouen Clair Saxony Silver Appleyard Class winner 5.45 Aylesbury from Stuart Wiliams Best of […]
Waterfowl on the Web Class 3 — Light Geese
Waterfowl on the Web 2022 Class no 3 — Light Geese Agile and active, light geese can be an ideal choice if space is limited. They will still do an excellent job of lawnmowing! Chinese Czech Franconian Pilgrim Roman Sebastopol Shetland Steinbacher Class winner and Reserve Champion 3.18 Sebastopol from Cathy Faulkner Best of breed: […]
Waterfowl on the Web 2022 Class 2 — Medium Geese
Waterfowl on the Web 2022 Class no 2 — Medium Geese The medium breeds are justifiably popular, both as exhibition birds, grazers and pets. It’s great to see examples of each of the four breeds here. Brecon Buff Buff Back and Grey Back Pomeranian West of England Class winner 2.13 West of England from Jenny […]
Waterfowl on the Web Class 1 Heavy Geese
Waterfowl on the Web 2022 Class 1 — Heavy Geese Most heavy geese are gentle giants and much loved by their owners. With ganders weighing in at well over 10 kgs, it is important that these impressive birds are treated with respect. All four heavy breeds presently standardised are represented here: African American Buff Embden […]
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
W is for wild, introduced or domestic? When we talk about wild waterfowl in Britain, we usually mean the birds ‘ordinarily resident’ here, in their wild colour and form. Some, like the Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) or Egyptian Geese (Alopochen aegyptiaca) have been released and have naturalised, but they don’t really belong here. Introduced species […]
Embden Goose
Embden Geese — Simon James Any white goose is not necessarily an Embden. There are many varieties of commercial geese which are white, but these are generally smaller, and also easier to breed because they have been developed as commercial crosses for a high output. Embden Goose — Stephen Lockett Heavy breed Domesticated Greylag Goose […]
