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Friday, May 31, 2019 Words by Niall Greenan from the SmartBunker ®
SmartBunker® can help to lessen part of the risk of equine influenza on large yards

Feeding horses is done more safely from their own feed storage unit, so why not use a SmartBunker ®

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The High life

Friday, June 21, 2019
Katrine Lisa, one of Donald and Lindas Highlands, with her bull calf Romeo

After meeting five years ago, Donald Hendry and Linda McFadzean now breed Highland cattle, as well as rare Whitebred Shorthorns. Julie Harding visits them on their scenic holding in Dumfries & Galloway to find out about their venture

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Guide to showing sheep at local agricultural shows

Thursday, June 20, 2019
Championship line-up at a small show (photo: Tim Tyne)

Local agricultural shows are the ideal forum at which beginners to the circuit can show their sheep, says Tim Tyne, who also advises on stock selection and preparation

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Thursday, June 13, 2019
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Ad Feature The benefits of using an automated door opener for your chicken coop

Friday, June 7, 2019 Elizabeth Hartland
Eglu Cube MK2 Coop with the Hentronix iPhone control

Edward from Hentronix talks us through why an automatic door opener can keep your chickens safe in their coop - and make looking after your brood easier

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How chainsaws revolutionised smallholding

Friday, May 31, 2019
Stihl was at the forefront of creating chainsaws back in the 1920s

Stihl has been making chainsaws since the 1920s and smallholders with timber simply love the Farmboss, says Kevin Alviti

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Thursday, June 13, 2019
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Your first sheep

Keeping sheep is not as straightforward as some might think

Killing and butchering sheep

Tips for sexing goslings

White goslings: darker grey fluff (saddleback pattern) in the female

Erecting a new building

Farm buildings

Meat from sheep: lamb, mutton and hogget

Roast leg of hogget

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ANIMAL VIDEOS

See a selection of lovely animal and poultry videos. Many thanks to smallholders Jack Smellie and David Chidgey at www.relaxed.ltd.uk for these. Jack and David have a 10-acre smallholding in Devon and provide bespoke web design for the education and not-for-profit sectors.

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