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 Topic: Geese |
niko
Replies: 22
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 Forum: Poultry Posted: Wed Jan 11, 06 12:31 pm Subject: Geese |
| check out ashton waterfowls web site http://www.ashtonwaterfowl.net/ chris ashton is very high up in waterfowl community (helps to set breed standards etc)she has a book (advertised on web page)w ... |
| Topic: Egg thief ! |
niko
Replies: 5
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Sat Oct 29, 05 7:55 pm Subject: Egg thief ! |
There wasn't a trace of the eggs when I got back, no broken shell or yolk or anything !  yep it's the maggies i've seen them peck in to an egg and fly away with there beak stuck in it (and if they ... |
| Topic: Safe rifle shooting |
niko
Replies: 16
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Forum: Shooting and Trapping for the Pot Posted: Wed Sep 07, 05 8:02 pm Subject: Re: Safe rifle shooting |
| Thanks niko, that's the sort of details i'm after. Even if I get an old hand to show me the ropes it's good to have an idea of what you're doing. Even as an absolute beginner at our local shooting clu ... |
| Topic: Safe rifle shooting |
niko
Replies: 16
Views: 57668
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Forum: Shooting and Trapping for the Pot Posted: Wed Sep 07, 05 12:37 pm Subject: Re: Safe rifle shooting |
please do not take the risk
That's the whole point of the post. Everyone says use a safe backstop but nothing actually say what one is! A rifle-range would have a solid bank that the bullet would e ... |
| Topic: Safe rifle shooting |
niko
Replies: 16
Views: 57668
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Forum: Shooting and Trapping for the Pot Posted: Wed Sep 07, 05 9:53 am Subject: Re: Safe rifle shooting |
| I've been looking at a few places recently that I could shoot over. There are ample rabbits and, if possible, I would like to use a .22 rifle or similar. However, most of the land is reasonably flat s ... |
| Topic: advice on keeping geese (and should i) |
niko
Replies: 64
Views: 37435
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Wed Sep 07, 05 9:15 am Subject: advice on keeping geese (and should i) |
Sadly we lost dear Dolly ...she died as a result of Wilma pouncing on her...Jo is on his own now! He seems to be OK! but still sad here!  so sorry to hear your news hope your ok ,will you replace he ... |
| Topic: advice on keeping geese (and should i) |
niko
Replies: 64
Views: 37435
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Thu Sep 01, 05 5:01 pm Subject: advice on keeping geese (and should i) |
| hi there just to let you know my geese arnt full grown (there 17teen weeks)the gander should gain another 6 or 7 kgs yet,and as for adapting six days to be following me around and eating out my hand i ... |
| Topic: advice on keeping geese (and should i) |
niko
Replies: 64
Views: 37435
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Thu Sep 01, 05 9:47 am Subject: goose update |
| just a quick update on the geese! i am amazed how quickly the geese or getting tame and how quickly ... |
| Topic: advice on keeping geese (and should i) |
niko
Replies: 64
Views: 37435
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Sun Aug 28, 05 10:06 am Subject: advice on keeping geese (and should i) |
| here's some goose pics will add flint update later(sorry about pic quality Had to re size a lot to get them to fit |
| Topic: advice on keeping geese (and should i) |
niko
Replies: 64
Views: 37435
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Sat Aug 27, 05 12:01 pm Subject: got my geese!!!!!!!!! |
| hi there just to let you all know picked up my geese yesterday,got brecon buffs in the end (lovely birds)so far so good with gsd and geese ,the dog (flint)is fascinated by then but not trying to chase ... |
| Topic: advice on keeping geese (and should i) |
niko
Replies: 64
Views: 37435
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Sun Jul 31, 05 10:41 pm Subject: advice on keeping geese (and should i) |
Can only speak from experience..................
placid
approachable
clean
if you want embden...............I will find them for you!
Trust me!
D thanks for kind offer as soon as i make my ... |
| Topic: advice on keeping geese (and should i) |
niko
Replies: 64
Views: 37435
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Sun Jul 31, 05 10:25 pm Subject: advice on keeping geese (and should i) |
| GO FOR EMBDEN!hello again ! any particular reason for embden? i have been looking and pure embdens are very hard to find ,loads of look alikes(farm geese)but the only proper ones iv'e found in deven!! ... |
| Topic: Rats |
niko
Replies: 8
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Sun Jul 31, 05 10:21 pm Subject: Rats |
| hi there one thing i found good to put rats off(temporary measure)is peeing on there runs ,do it every day until long term solution is done .(works with rabbits to) |
| Topic: advice on keeping geese (and should i) |
niko
Replies: 64
Views: 37435
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Sun Jul 31, 05 9:46 pm Subject: re geese |
| just to keep any one interested updated ,i visited 'ashton waterfowl ' yesterday ,great place loads of ducks and geese .and a very knowledgeable owner (chris).wow what an eye opener that was . ... |
| Topic: How do you stop a two legged fox? |
niko
Replies: 46
Views: 37515
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Forum: Poultry Posted: Sun Jul 31, 05 9:32 pm Subject: How do you stop a two legged fox? |
| What a horrid thing to be happening. I'd be inclined to move the poultry out of their shed for a while and put something scary in there for a while - like a mean dog! What a shock they'd get and a bon ... |
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