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Pal-Mates …weekend web tip

Morag Jones — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 18:38:38 +0000

Pal -Mates ...weekend web tip

Y s for Yellow Belly and Yap Yap Yap!. The colour genetics of the Yellow Belly Call are not fully investigated, but these delightful little birds are certainly handsome. Topsides, that is above the waterline, they strongly resemble the wild Mallard colour. The ducks do have rich pinkish buff on the lighter parts of their faces. The 'Yellow' is maybe a little misleading, their breasts and bellies are actually pinkish buff. The Yellow Belly is not well-represented. Could you be a champion for the breed?

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Weekend Webbies — Just One Thing

Morag Jones — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 09:30:25 +0000

With our birds probably in flockdown, their drinking and bathing water might not be in the ideal pool. Movement can keep water open, but smaller volumes than usual may be prone to freezing if we get a really cold snap. Check to make sure birds can still get out if a rim of ice was to form around the pool.

Just one more thing... We encourage all bird keepers to register your birds with APHA, even if only kept as pets, so they can contact you during an outbreak. This is a legal requirement if you have 50 or more poultry (poultry includes chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, pigeon (bred for meat), partridge, quail, guinea fowl and pheasants).

You can also register for APHA’s Animal Disease alert subscription service to receive immediate notification of new cases and updated zones in GB.

B is of course for Beautiful. Clean water is essential for top quality birds like this Black East Indian, exhibited by the late Laura Ewen. Pic by Rupert Stephenson.

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Plump and pleasing

Morag Jones — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 09:55:57 +0000

One of our most popular show classes is the heavy Pekin Duck. We regularly attract a large number of entries and hope to see some of these great birds at our Champion Waterfowl Exhibition on Sunday 7th November.

Pekin Drake by Carl Donner

This painting by wildlife artist Carl Donner, from the Millennium Edition of British Waterfowl Standards, is one of four paintings of heavy ducks to be auctioned at the Exhibition. All four; Blue Swedish, Cayuga, Pekin and Rouen Clair will be on view at our Facebook 'At Home Live' with Billy Sumner, on 12th August.

The name 'German Pekin' stems from the exhibition strains becoming scarce in the UK and fresh blood being imported from Europe in the early 20th Century. Only the white is standardised for the show bench, but Appleyard markings look particularly striking too. American Pekins developed in parallel last century, but along a slightly different path.

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