Practical Affordable WATERFOWL AND POULTRY HOUSING available throughout United Kingdom
SMALLHOLDER SHOP
national mail order supplies of electric fencing, equipment, and incubators
Argyll JACOB SHEEP, raised here on the farm for their lamb, mutton, fleece and rugs
Full site map of all pages and topics
Ardchattan parish archive : the ecology, genealogy and social history of the area around us
This image is from Colin Dicks website, award winning ducks in the Scottish Borders
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; whiterump 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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Our hardy PLANT NURSERY where we grow interesting and unusual perennials, herbs and lots of rhododendrons
Full range of BOOKS and DVDS's on poultry keeping, other smallholding topics and related gift ideas.
Let the white campbell drake lead you into the world of DUCKS
Click on Louis to find out about traditional utility breeds of CHICKENS
Around the garden we have a G scale Garden Railway track. Tim is delighted to meet fellow enthusiasts
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