A lot of the students I used to know were so thick a bit of lead poisoning would never be noticed.
Did it do you any harm?
A lot of the students I used to know were so thick a bit of lead poisoning would never be noticed.
Did it do you any harm?
I'm not aware there have ever been any organised shoots in our village rearing pheasants, but we have always had a few in the fields.
We shot one and it had a red ring on its leg it was released 2 years ago on a shoot 3-4mile away after abit of asking aboutReleased pheasants can stray a surprising distance, partridges even more so.
Yes, that is true. A lot of work goes on that is not only beneficial to pheasants but other species too.I don’t know about extinct but certainly rare, quite possibly becoming a protected species with no doubt many of those who would like to see shooting banned wanting more done to protect them ..............
Of course, with out shooting there would be no need for keepers or much of the cover they plant which has benefits for a lot of other wildlife too , shoots and keepers do a lot to maintain balance in the natural wildlife, without them the countryside would be a poorer place and I say that as someone who isn’t a big fan of shooting.
It came fromThe Pirbright Institute dirty water system.how foot and mouth started last time
There's an interesting thing called 'social learning' (though the animal behaviourists have another name for it). Some clever fellow in France trapped up the spare wild partridge males that would come around the laying pens and pop them in with a young covey. When release time came, the old bird would teach the youngsters all about predators, what to eat, where to get shelter, etc. The breeder got better establishment of reared birds.
They don't learn much about life in the wild inside a brooder.
Released pheasants can stray a surprising distance, partridges even more so.
Released pheasants can stray a surprising distance....
67 was before my time but it was first found at a relations farm not too far from here, and that’s an awful long way from .Pirbright.It came fromThe Pirbright Institute dirty water system.
Seems they didnt learn from a previous poor hygeine mistake....as in 1967 FMD escaped from there as well, through the ventilation system
Spit it out and hope your fillings are sound?
Luckily a hand held metal detector saves my old fangs and trips to the dentist.
the keeper will continue to medicate the birds all the way through to maintain there health and ensure plenty of birds
Multivits / antibiotics etc, added to pellets / water, there are a stack of ones used and various trade names, not unlike the medication we may use. In all fairness, im not an expert on meds nor keepering to be fair, but I have read with interest the bad press it has given the shooting community and sadly fuelled anti hunting arguments. Shoots on average get about a 30% return on what we release. Hope that helps.That's interesting. What medication would that be?
Multivits / antibiotics etc, added to pellets / water, there are a stack of ones used and various trade names, not unlike the medication we may use. In all fairness, im not an expert on meds nor keepering to be fair, but I have read with interest the bad press it has given the shooting community and sadly fuelled anti hunting arguments. Shoots on average get about a 30% return on what we release. Hope that helps.
Reports say that that one was caused by legally imported Argentinian lamb ?67 was before my time but it was first found at a relations farm not too far from here, and that’s an awful long way from .Pirbright.
Multivits / antibiotics etc, added to pellets / water, there are a stack of ones used and various trade names, not unlike the medication we may use. In all fairness, im not an expert on meds nor keepering to be fair, but I have read with interest the bad press it has given the shooting community and sadly fuelled anti hunting arguments. Shoots on average get about a 30% return on what we release. Hope that helps.