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Boost for 2012

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:53:30 +0100

We finally got some Silver Laced Wyandottes in from Germany and Holland this brings us to having 4 cockerels and 8 hens in our breeding program for 2012 along with some young pullets that will be added later in the year . I will post pictures of some of the young birds tomorrow and also update the site a bit more. I hope 2012 will bring good things to all keepers and happy hatching to everyone.

The site will again be undergoing a face lift and major update as we have been busy preparing the breeding pens.Soplease bare with us.

2012 Breeds For Luggacurren Poultry

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:53:04 +0100

Silver Laced Wyandottes
Partridge Welsummers
Silver Duckwing Welsummers
Buff Orpingtons
Black Orpingtons
Barred Plymouth Rock
Rhode Island Red
Light Sussex

All the Above are large fowl and the pictures will be posted in the coming weeks.

Breeds For 2011 Season

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 09:39:19 +0100

The Breeds for this year are,

White Orpingtons, Buff Orpingtons, Jubilee Orpingtons, Barred Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, White Wyandotte, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Black Minorca's, Partridge Welsummer, Silver DuckWing Welsummer,Light Sussex and Buff Sussex all large Fowl

A Quick Update

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:26:30 +0100

Hi,

So now we are well in to June and we have growers taking up 4 pens now and we have turkey poults and some crosses we bred for our freezer all doing well. We hope that this year we will have enough chicken to supply our own table as well as eggs and we have also put a large amount of time into our veggie patch . Keeping us and the hens with plenty of greens. Between here and my work in the fire service I have been very busy so apologies for some of the late e-mails I have caught up on these now. So hopefully now we concentrate on updating this a little more frequently.

Glen,

Chicks and young birds

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:53:56 +0100

Hi , we have been very busy over the last few months and have not been able to put time aside to update the site that often. But now we have gotten back on track and are looking forward to getting back to our old routine . I have had lots of help with looking after our chicks from my daughter as she loves feeding and changing the water in the chicks every day before and after school. We currently have around 200 chicks varying in age from dayolds to 4 wks . We have hatched alot more this year because we have new breeds and are trying to improve the quality of them . The breeds we have available are Jubilee Orpington, Barred Plymouth Rock, Light,Buff, Speckled Sussex at the moment with some more breeds due to hatch this week so please get in contact to find out whats available as its changing on a daily basis. We will be updating the site on a daily basis from now on and hopefully will put up our new pages too , but for now Happy Hatching

General Chit Chat

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:29:52 +0100

Hi all, we have set our first batch of eggs from pens 1 to 4 to test fertility so all going well we will know this day next week if fertility is good. The grass in the runs has benefitted from the bird manure put on it from late last year giving the grass the much needed food for the winter. We have treated the houses again before we took them back out of the shed, where they were stored over the winter. We have to make some new gates for some new runs this week to make room for some new breeds and hopefully a larger shed for growers this year. It has been a busy few days here as all our birds are nearly back out now , just the odd few left in the winter shed now as the houses are being made ready for the breeding season. We have a few birds left for sale including a handfull of sussex pullets and a few spare cockerals if any one is interested please send me an e-mail. Well thats it for now I hope to update this on a more regular basis from now on hope you enjoy the site and thanks for looking from all of us here happy breeding for 2010.

Glen,

New Stock from the Uk

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:40:45 +0100

Today will see some new birds arriving in from the UK these are breeding stock from some very good breeders based in England and Wales. Birds arriving today are Speckled Sussex, Buff Sussex and Light Sussex these will add some good new blood to our breeing program for this year they will be kept seperated for 2 weeks and given a wormer and a high end antibiotic to be on the safe side. We have housing ready for these birds that is well away from our current breeders for now untill we are sure that NO disease has been brought in. I will post some Photos of these birds early next week .

Pens

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:51:14 +0100

Well the breeding season is finally here and we will soon be collecting our first hatching eggs, some of the first eggs will be Buff Sussex, Jubilee Orpingtons, Welsummer, Barred Plymouth Rock and Indian Game with Light Sussex, Speckled Sussex, Blue Orpington, Buff Orpington, Splash Orpington and White Wyandottes to follow later next month as its so early anybody looking for eggs we would ask you to wait a month or so , so we can check the fertility of our eggs. We will be putting eggs in our incubators over the coming weeks so please bear with us , I hope that this year fertility will be good as we are to have a really hot summer . I will post more about eggs and chicks over the next few weeks we hope to have birds for sale starting in late February.

Nothern fowl mite

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:28:06 +0100

Nothern Fowl Mite
The northern fowl mite has been shown to cause economic damage on poultry by causing anemia, lower egg production and even death to birds. Also of considerable importance, the mites will bite man (egg handlers) causing itching and irritation to the skin.

Life Cycle

There are 4 stages in the mite life cycle--egg, larva, nymph, and adult. The adult female mite lays eggs on the host bird. Depending on the temperature and humidity, the eggs will hatch in 1 to 2 days. The larvae which hatch from the egg do not feed and molt to the nymphal stage in about 8 hours. The nymph has biting mouthparts and pierces the bird's skin for a blood meal. The nymphs mature to adults in 4-7 days. Adult female mites take a blood meal and complete egg-laying in 2 days. The number of eggs laid average 2-5 per female mite. The complete life cycle from egg to egg-laying female can take place in 5-7 days or longer depending on temperature and humidity. Adult mites spend most of their lives on the host, but will also wander to the eggs and rafters. The mite prefers to remain on the host in the vicinity of the vent, although the back is also a preferred site.

Transmission

Mites are normally transmitted from bird to bird by contact or by the mites simply crawling to new hosts. Mites may be introduced into a "clean" house by introduction of new infested birds, by wild birds, or from infected egg flats which are hauled from farm to farm. Northern fowl mites severely infest young wild birds in the nest. Young fledglings feeding in or around poultry farms may be an important factor in the transmission of mites from house to house.

Control

None of the recommended materials will kill the eggs of northern fowl mite. Since the mite will go through a generation in 7 days, it is necessary to re-treat the birds in 4-7 days to insure effective control. Some pesticides cannot be applied more often than once every 4 weeks or pesticide tolerances in the eggs will be exceeded. It is therefore advisable to alternate chemicals when scheduling miticiding operations.

Updates

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:59:02 +0100

New pages up and running are the buy and sell section , coming soon pages keeping people up to date on the work and breeds coming up also we have a load of photo's to add to the gallery page. And the projects page will be updated as soon as I get a chance . Please keep the e-mails coming we are happy to help in any way we can. This year we will be breeding a small amount of birds as we will be trying new lines and also some new cockeral so we should see some lovely birds emerging in 2010 also if any one is interested in Bantams all pure breeds they should check out Irish fowl as Robert has some of the best birds and knows what he's talking about. He is very helpful to the beginner and is always keen to help people with any query they might have. Thats it for now I hope you enjoy the new pages.

Glen,