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           <title>Your poultry questions answered</title>
           
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  Have you got a poultry question for our Smallholder magazine experts to answer? Email your questions to: editorial@smallholder.co.uk
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           <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 07:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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           <title>How do I start to rug my young pony?</title>
           
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  Normally I would start with a flannel all over the body moving up to a towel and so on until I get to a fleece rug, is this the way forward with an Exmoor who was born on the moor? Or should I approach it differently? I don’t plan to rug him all year but I do want to get him used to wearing one if necessary.
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           <title>Point of lay hens problem - we answer!</title>
           
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  I’ve recently purchased six hybrid pol pullets and have had them two weeks. So far I have only had soft shelled eggs and today one of them has one eye closed and cannot stand. What shall I do?
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           <title>I was wondering if you could help me. How long do recently purchased adult runner ducks need to be kept in their run before release?</title>
           
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  Chris Aston replies The answer is (as it usually does), that it depends. It depends on their age and behaviour which will be based on their previous circumstances, as well as yourself and the area
  they are kept in . Personally, we keep birds in a securely fenced area to exclude dogs and foxes. Pig netting is not secure because it will let the ducks out through the holes.
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           <title>You Answer - how to make 'easy' home made bread on your smallholding</title>
           
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   Last month Liz Wright (Editor) said she would make bread if only she had time. C Roberts has written to say why not try the easy way – the so-called Doris Grant way!
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           <title>Does electric fencing on the smallholding have to be a complete circuit?</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[No! … this is the most common misconception in regards to electric fencing.  Luckily electric fencing can run for miles in one direction if so desired and doesn’t have to come back to itself.]]></description>
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           <title>How long do chicks need heat?</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[Until they are feathered enough to withstand the climate.  Gradually raise the heat lamp, checking all the time that they are not huddling under it (too cold).   Turn it off on warm days and then on warm days and nights until finally you transfer the chicks to a sheltered and safe house and run,  draught free but well ventilated.  Continue to check they are not huddling.   Remember ducklings too will need heat when they are in down (yellow and fluffy). 

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           <title>When is the best time to check the power in your fence?</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[You may not like it but the best time to check an electric fence is when it is raining! ]]></description>
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           <title>Do I need a cockerel for my hens to lay eggs?</title>
           
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  No, you don't, your hens will lay regardless of whether the eggs are fertile or not. If you don't breed and you want to dispense with noisy crowing, then don't have a cockerel. It's particularly
  unnecessary to have a cockerel if you are keeping hybrid hens for laying.
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           <title>British Asparagus Festival Cancelled Due To Lack Of Early Asparagus</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[This weekend’s (6 and 7 May) British Asparagus Festival has been cancelled due to a severe shortage of asparagus being available. The incessant rain and floods has had a double whammy on Worcestershire’s quirky festival that normally sees thousands descending on the Vale of Evesham over the festival period.

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