KINTALINE FARM PLANT AND POULTRY CENTRE Benderloch by OBAN Argyll PA37 1QS Scotland
2010 is a year for re-evaluating all our values and working to improve our personal sustainability, there has never been a better time to get our gardens working harder for ourselves, growing our own food: meat and eggs, recycling more, breeding more useful types of birds, and helping each other.
Our websites are full of experienced advice, from decades of breeding and rearing and eating, and well researched, reliable, state of the art products for the domestic environment.
We look forward to helping you get more out of your garden or smallholding, and your birds, for a fulfilling 2010.
PLEASE read our CONTACT US page for our opening times.
We are very busy outside these days so, sometimes, the office is not manned.
Please email any queries about purchasing and we will get back in touch with you as soon as we can.
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poultry coops and housing for ducks geese and chickens


Practical Affordable WATERFOWL AND POULTRY HOUSING available throughout United Kingdom

smallholder supplies mail order


SMALLHOLDER SHOP
national mail order supplies of electric fencing, equipment, and incubators

information about our jacob sheep flock


Argyll JACOB SHEEP, raised here on the farm for their lamb, mutton, fleece and rugs

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Full site map of all pages and topics

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Ardchattan parish : Benderloch, Barcaldine, North connel, Bonawe - Past and Present
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Waterfowl : Utility Breeds of Ducks: Aylesbury ducks : Exhibition Breed Standard
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exhibition aylesbury from Colin Dicks websiteThis image is from Colin Dicks website, award winning exhibition ducks in the Scottish Borders.

There are breeders all over the country. Sadly there are very few who are working on utility strains any more. So few are good meaty birds, most are either pets, cute but not productive, or selecting for the exhibition qualities which are very different.

the perfect Aylesbury duck :-
from the British Waterfowl Standards book 1999 - includes all ducks and geese; showing scoring; faults; superb paintings of the perfect bird for each breed;
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few birds will come up to this very high standard.
feature drake and duck
head Strong and powerful
carriage Horizontal, parallel with the ground
neck Average length, a good even width from head to breast, white
breast Full and prominent; white
body long, broad and very deep; white
back Straight, sloping slightly from shoulders to tail,
Keel well defined, straight from breast to stern; white
rump white
tail short - only slightly elevated; white
wings Strong and carried close to the sides, fairly high but not meeting across the back; white
feathers Bright and glossy - resembling satin
legs, feet and webs very strong with thick bones, set to balance a level carriage
Bright orange
bill Long and broad
Pink - white (more commonly orangey in commercial stock)
eyes Full ; set near the top of the skull; Blue


Tim and Jill Bowis
Kintaline Mill Farm, Benderloch, OBAN Argyll PA37 1QS Scotland
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information about our hardy plant nursery


Our hardy PLANT NURSERY where we grow interesting and unusual perennials, herbs and lots of rhododendrons

poultry waterfowl livestock books videos and gifts mail order


Full range of BOOKS and DVDS's on poultry keeping, other smallholding topics and related gift ideas.

let the white campbell drake take you into the world of ducks at Kintaline


Let the white campbell drake lead you into the world of DUCKS

poultry waterfowl button leading to traditional breeds of hens, ducks and geese and poultry park


Click on Louis to find out about traditional utility breeds of CHICKENS

garden railway G scale


Around the garden we have a G scale Garden Railway track. Tim is delighted to meet fellow enthusiasts

Here at Kintaline Plant and Poultry Centre we have very full days with our birds and plants outside, guests and customers visiting the farm, as well as email and phone customers.
Please email with your daytime and evening telephone numbers if you are having difficulties getting hold of us by phone. We will return your call as soon as we can.

Local Origins Rural Network Oban farmers market Argyll

Here at Kintaline : Local Farmers and Crafters Market - every first and third Thursday of the month, March to Decemberfor producers from Dalmally to Oban, Glencoe to Kilmelford, Lismore and Kerrera.

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