Poultry Keeping Information : a free resource for all poultry and waterfowl keepers

POULTRY AND WATERFOWL INFORMATION RESOURCE

Practical Affordable WATERFOWL AND POULTRY HOUSING available throughout United Kingdom

SMALLHOLDER SHOP
national mail order supplies of electric fencing, equipment, and incubators

Argyll JACOB SHEEP, raised here on the farm for their lamb, mutton, fleece and rugs

Full site map of all pages and topics

Ardchattan parish archive : the ecology, genealogy and social history of the area around us

Keeping Domestic Poultry : An Information Resource

produced by Kintaline Poultry Centre, Benderloch, Oban, Argyll PA37 1QS

These pages are part of a growing information resource inspired by, and based on, decades of helping domestic poultry keepers find the right solutions for their situation and our own experience breeding birds to improve selected UK pure breeds. No "out of the box, one size fits all" here. We recognise your individuality and have the experience, and the range of answers, to help you and your birds.

Keeping Domestic Poultry and Waterfowl

The pages on this site are dedicated to providing some of the information I have been passing on to customers here at the farm, over the phone and by email over the past decades.
It will be an ever growing resource, and I hope you will find some useful, down to earth, practical but honest, help.
Domestic poultry and waterfowl keeping has become a increasingly popular hobby, unfortunately much of the information and advice given is over generalised, out of date, misleading or just plain wrong. Several of the newly published books are certainly in this category.
We have many years of experience in keeping a wide range of birds, dealing with the problems in person, and in helping thousands of people to work out their needs, solve their problems and keep their birds in the best conditions.
We have learnt from some of the best poultry folks, and from making our own mistakes, and we continue to learn daily. Our experience is not limited to poultry, and our training includes animal behaviour, ecology, welfare and health.
Our main breeding interest has been in the breeds that started out as productive birds, but whose qualities are now much reduced by weak selection, and learning the skills to improve the birds that are left in our national flocks now. We have a pragmatic view of the commericial world and hope to share a wider perspective of the subject than the media like to use to gain attention.

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ALL QUESTIONS including whats to come.

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

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

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

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

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.