Poultry and captive bird housing measures now in place for Northern Ireland
Housing measures are now in place in NI as part of the Avian Influenza Prevention Zone. This is in addition to measures in place for England, Scotland and Wales. All bird keepers now legally required to house their birds or take measures to prevent them mixing with wild birds. Review your Biosecurity requirements HERE. For […]
Congratulations Jed Dwight
Best in Show at the Virtual Poultry Shows’ Winterfest 2020. Championship judge, Tom Newbould commented ‘A stylish drake. Not the easiest colour but impressive here and looks in fantastic condition. Great head and bill too.’ Well done Jed!
Delays with our magazine
We were very disappointed to hear that the printworks contracted to produce our magazine suffered a major fire at their factory earlier this month. The team are pulling out all the stops to get this edition to you as soon as possible.
It’s Showtime again!
Just a week to get your entries in to The Virtual Poultry Photo Shows 2020’s Winter Fest. Simply join the group and submit your photos by following the instructions in the schedule. Our Vice President and President have sponsored nine gorgeous British Waterfowl Association rosettes for the waterfowl section winners. You need to send in […]
Did you enjoy our online show? Here’s another one!
Virtual showing has caught on with many clubs and societies, the Virtual Poultry Shows being one of the largest in the bird world. As a replacement for ‘The National’, VPS’s December show is a mega event and we will support them with rosettes for each waterfowl class: Best White Call Best Coloured Call Best Runner […]
Housing our birds is now mandatory
Due to the risk of avian influenza, new housing measures to protect poultry and captive birds will come into force on 14 December in England, Scotland and Wales. It will be a legal requirement for all bird keepers to keep their birds indoors and to follow strict biosecurity measures. We must house our birds in […]
Forest Ducks
The Forest Duck is one of Belgium’s most beautiful breeds. It was created in 1890 by Sir Herman Bertrand. Unfortunately, almost all the Forest Ducks were slaughtered and eaten during WWI, also so were many in England. Only in Belgium were there a few ducks who had survived that global war. In 1933 the official […]
Eyeing you up?
Very pale eyes seem to make that gaze all the more piercing! Though some species have pale eyes as an adult, they are often darker when the birds are young; Tufted Ducks and Goldeneye are good examples. This is the Raja Shelduck. There are two subspecies; most in collections are from the nominate New Guinea […]
Bird ‘flu is affecting more and more locations
An Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) has been declared across the whole of Great Britain to mitigate the risk of the disease spreading. This means it is a legal requirement for all bird keepers to follow strict biosecurity measures. Keepers with more than 500 birds will need to restrict access for non-essential people on their […]
Biosecurity review time
Two separate and unrelated cases of avian influenza have been confirmed in England, and restrictions are in place. Earlier this week low pathogenic avian influenza (H5N2) was confirmed on a small commercial poultry premises in Kent and also highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 in Cheshire. How is your biosecurity? We should all have a plan; […]
