POULTRY AND WATERFOWL INFORMATION RESOURCE
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.
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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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Argyll JACOB SHEEP, raised here on the farm for their lamb, mutton, fleece and rugs

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Keeping Domestic Poultry & Waterfowl : the Domestic Situation
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KEEPING BIRDS IN THE DOMESTIC SITUATION.

Keeping chickens and ducks in the garden is probably one of the fastest growing hobbies in the country. Its an incredibly satisfying pastime, but requires careful preparation and some daily duties.

We will explore some of the basic considerations needed to help you make the best decisions for you and your new birds.

Gardens can be wonderful places for birds, but can also be harsh environments. Being outside is entertaining and interesting but also has some significant hazards. Its up to us to try and give the birds the best environment we can and protect them where we can.

Shelter is a major consideration for birds outside in all parts of the country. For many of us the weather has become much more unpredictable, and that tends to mean wetter, or at least more showery. Chickens are not fond of the rain, ducks quite like it in moderation. For chickens its vital that they have plenty of places to get under cover, and all year around. Deciduous bushes are fine in the summer but scant shelter in the winter. Trees are a windbreak but most do not protect from getting wet.


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

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

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

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

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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.

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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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