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pookie
Joined: 01 Aug 2006
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Location: Mid-Wales
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 Posted: Wed Jan 18, 12 5:39 pm Post subject: Poultry Gallery 2012. |
 
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I thought maybe we could have an annual gallery for us to post pics of our current poultry and set ups.
Here are the first few of mine, please feel free to add yours too. 
Black/bronze turkey stag and bronze hens.
Bourbon Red turkey stag.
Cream Legbar breeding group.
Mixed coloured Geese
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Bodger
Joined: 23 May 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 12 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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Super pictures Pookie.  |
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Chez
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 12 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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Lovely! (You are so much more organised than me!) |
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sean
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 12 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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Is that possible? |
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Chez
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 12 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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So rude  |
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pookie
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Location: Mid-Wales
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 12 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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thanks both
I have all my breeding groups, each penned by four Heras panels in a square, so although they are confined in order to keep the breeds pure, they have plenty of space.
The turkeys have double the size as they need more ground.
The geese are free-ranging.
and I have a clipboard.....no spreadsheets in sight....
I will try and upload some more later, the uploader seems to have gone on strike....
and thanks for making it sticky Sean |
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Chez
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 12 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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Nice legbar cockerel from this angle - can you do a close-up? |
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Jamanda
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 12 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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Why do I have images of you lot asking the chickens to love the camera for you? |
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Chez
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 12 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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Like this you mean?
Salmon Faverolle and a (not quite mature) Barnebar hen - both very curious!
 
My legbar breeding stock:
 
Millefleur pekin cockerel:
I am hoping to get some more when I get a sunny day - the ones of the barnevelders are really out of date. |
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Frazzled_Barbie
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 12 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Lovely pics all - I am getting loads of ideas from your setups.
Pookie - what do you house your turkeys in please? |
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pookie
Joined: 01 Aug 2006
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Location: Mid-Wales
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 12 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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ok next lot.....
Cuckoo Marans
Partially related to Dark Brown Eggs Lines
The eggs from these girls will be a nice dark brown, and the cockerel parent bird was huge and weighed in at 6lbs dressed out.
Light Sussex
related to Bebo's.
Silver Sussex
(again courtesy of Bebo's genes) |
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pookie
Joined: 01 Aug 2006
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Location: Mid-Wales
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 12 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Chez wrote: |
| Nice legbar cockerel from this angle - can you do a close-up? |
Yes, he's very erect isn't he? and minimal brown on shoulders, I'm very pleased with him 
I will try and take a better pic of him tomorrow.
and just because I wanted to add this emoticon......
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pookie
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 12 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Frazzled_Barbie wrote: |
Lovely pics all - I am getting loads of ideas from your setups.
Pookie - what do you house your turkeys in please? |
I've got two groups in childrens wooden playhouses, and a third group in a large cabin.
The geese sleep in the summerhouse |
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Chez
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 12 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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I have a quintent, max, inside a pen made from six heras panels - it seems to work well and I didn't have to move them last summer, the grass kept up with them.
I'll be having two lines of legbars and two lines of barnevelders this season - the larger groups I am going to be free-ranging.
Having cut down the number of breeds, it means I can really focus on doing the ones I have kept properly. |
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pookie
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Location: Mid-Wales
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 12 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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Didn't get chance to take any pics today, but I'll try and get some done tomorrrow of the CL cockerel.
If anyone is after a Bourbon Red stag, please shout up, I have one surplus to requirements.
Collect from Welshpool area |
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