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These babies were on their first trip to the water today. We had to stop traffic both ways on a busy street so they could cross to the pond.
Considering keeping ducks? Read our simple duck keeping tips for beginners on everything from suitable breeds and shelter to what to feed them.
Touring a new Permaculture farm including a look at the transformation of a polluted pond, rare breed chickens and livestock, and honeybees
What do geese eat? What they eat in the wild, what to feed geese on your local pond, feeding geese kept at home and grass control with your geese.
Geese are more than just very large waterfowl. They have a particular purpose on the farm as geese make excellent watchdogs for a flock of ducks. If you are raising waterfowl for eggs or for meat, it is always a good idea to have these "guard" birds handy.
One of the most popular uses for geese on a homestead is using them as guard geese to protect chickens and other fowl.
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Geese aren't difficult if you're prepared. Find out what makes them different from other barnyard birds and decide if they're right for you
Raising her trunk, three-legged Mosha salutes her new prosthetic limb, which means she can get back on the jungle trail. She lost her leg at age 7 months in a landmine accident. Now she is 3 years old and has grown so much that she is now on her second 'jumbo-sized' artificial limb. See many more photos and a video too about this heartwarming story . . . here. I wish someone would arrange a photo shoot with the giant tortoise I blogged about recently with a most unusual artificial front leg. Doctors who treat injured animals are heroes in my book.
Did you know that geese are good guard animals? Learn why in this an excerpt from The Modern Homesteader's Guide to Keeping Geese by Kirstein Lie-Nielsen. The Farmer's Alarm System Geese have been used as guardian animals for centuries. Why? Because they are uniquely suited to the task. Not
Shot is best viewed Large! Added to Cream of the Crop as my most favourited shot. Since this shot has had such a huge response - which I honestly wasn't expecting - I've had quite a few people ask me for some more information about the shot. So ... here goes. Location: I took this shot just along the edge of a [man made] lake not too far from my house. Riding my push-bike, it takes me about 10-15 minutes to get there from my house. I quite like taking my camera down there, and I've got a few other shots from around the same lake here! Equipment: I used a Canon Powershot G6 for this shot, together with the WC-DC58N wide angle converter. I recently bought a new DSLR [Canon 20D], but at that moment I didn't have any lenses wide enough for this sort of shot. I think that the G6 still did a reasonably good job though. Technique: I put my camera flat on the ground, and then just grabed a small stick from nearby to prop it up slightly [IE - so the camera was actually angled up towards the sky a little bit as well.] It's a somewhat crude method I know, but I was improvising, and it seemed to do the job well enough at the time! ;) All I did then was set the camera to macro mode, and I was good to go.... As a matter of getting the ducks into the right position, I did nothing more than putting some small piles of bread on the ground where I wanted them to be. They all came over quite quickly, and provided that I didn't make any sudden movments to spook them, they really didn't seem to have any problems with getting right up close to the camera. [Probably less than a foot sometimes.] Since I was only using the compact G6 [and not the DSLR], I had to rely on the cameras autofocus for the shot which proved to be a little bit tricky at times, especially because the ducks were always moving around [and quite quickly too]. I sat under that tree for probably half an hour, just repeating the process over and over again. I worked through probably a quarter of a loaf of bread, and in the end I had to stop because the poor ducks were getting so full that they were losing interest in me. I think that the poor things are probably morbidly obese now! :P Anyway ... that's the story of me and my ducks!
The 232nd. annual Wolsingham Show, staged by the Wolsingham and Wear Valley Agricultural Society.
Farm fresh eggs are better for you but did you know there is a difference between types of eggs? Chicken, duck, goose, quail, guinea and even turkey eggs have different nutritional content.
Raising ducks and geese together? There are a few reasons why these birds get along well and are fine to keep in the same area. Learn why in our latest blog!
A medium-class, sex-linked breed, the Pilgrim has distinct coloration and produces fine meat.
