April 29, 2014
How can you eat your own animals?
MAR 11, 2014: How can smallholders rear animals ... then kill and eat them? Kate Humble says she gets asked this one a lot....
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Country Smallholding
April 29, 2014
Smallholders in DEFRA demo
APRIL 7, 2014: Smallholders and small-scale farmers are staging a demo in London to demand more of a say in our farming future.
April 25, 2014
Make your own fruit cage
How is your fruit doing this year? If the birds got there first, you may consider a fruit cage for next year! Smallholder Tracy Angove from North Devon made her own. See our Christmas issue…
April 25, 2014
Making your own country wine
Jules Moore shows you how
April 25, 2014
Vets Forum – Bad leg
I have a four week old chick with a bad leg and wondered if anything can be done to help it. The hock joint is slightly larger than on the other leg (I don’t think…
April 25, 2014
Word of warning on cockerels
Q- I have been told a cockerel will make my hens happier and more productive, but my children love collecting eggs, and I’ve heard cockerels can be aggressive. Could a person actually be harmed by…
April 25, 2014
Magpies pecking pigs
Q - I have three mini pot-bellied pigs, and local magpies have learnt to sit on their backs and peck away at the flesh, creating large wounds. Do you have any suggestions on how to…
April 25, 2014
Which predator?
I’m having a problem with my Pekins and mixed race small chickens and some cockerels who live in a shed at night. There don’t seem to be any holes for rats to enter, but every…
April 25, 2014
Sheep – select your breed
Mary Castell helps you decide on a breed of sheep
April 25, 2014
The smallholder’s cow
SEPT 18, 2013: Tim Tyne chooses another of his 'Best Breeds' ....
April 25, 2014
Commercial indoor systems can cause confusion
We have some free-range hens, but I am a bit confused about the difference between barn, perchery and deep litter systems. Are deep litter and perchery systems types of barn systems or are they different?
