NHS Warnings About Worms: What Keepers Should Know
A child who cannot sleep because of an itchy bottom, tiny white threads seen around the anus or in the loo, and a household suddenly on high alert: this is usually the situation behind searches for NHS warnings about worms. For poultry keepers and smallholders, there...
Poultry Breed Guides for Better Flock Choices
A good flock starts long before birds arrive in the run. Poultry breed guides are useful because they turn a tempting photograph or a promising advert into the right questions: Will this bird suit the ground, the household, the existing flock and the reason you keep...
Last Honey Harvest Before Closing Down for Winter
A heavy super at the end of summer is satisfying. It is also where good beekeepers can make an expensive mistake. The last honey harvest before closing down for winter is not about taking every frame the bees have filled. It is about taking a clean, ripe crop while...
Point of Lay Versus Pullets: What to Buy?
A cheap young bird can look like a bargain until you have fed it for months, waited through winter and still have no eggs in the basket. That is why point of lay versus pullets is not simply a question of age. It is a decision about time, budget, housing, breeding...