Monday, November 9, 2009
Force fed to death
If you love animals you will never eat Foie Gras again- Try to look at the Foie Gras video for more than 4 minutes, I could not watch more than a minute.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Anatidaephobia ? Really?
Anatidaephobia — the fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you...
How To Get Rid Of Duck Phobia
How To Get Rid Of Duck Phobia
Duck phobia or fear of birds is also known as orinthophobia. The most humiliating part of the entire story is that several duck phobia therapies take months and even years to heal.
Cure Duck Phobia
At times, the patient is even frequently exposed to the condition of fear as an essential part of the treatment. However, such a therapeutic treatment is irrelevant and can bring about immense deterioration in the condition of fear in an individual. For an expert therapist, bird phobia can be successfully treated making use of the right therapeutic measures just within 24 hours.
Some of the common symptoms of duck phobia include:
* Shortness of breath
* Rapid breathing
* Irregular heart beat
* Nausea
* Vomiting
* Overall feeling of dread
You would come across multiple drugs meant for treating phobia of ducks widely available in the market. Unfortunately, the drugs are often accompanied by several side effects and once you stop taking them, your phobic condition may get immensely aggravated.
In reality, bird phobias cannot be cured by drugs only. At length the symptoms of the disease can be suppressed through chemical reactions for a negligible amount of time.
However, good news is that some contemporary, fast, drug free processes prescribed by NLP can completely cure your illogical fear of ducks.
Phobia of ducks is a creation of the unconscious mind. Maybe at some point of bygone days you may have come across unfortunate incidents in relation to birds, which ultimately took the shape of an emotional trauma. Phobic conditions can also be triggered by movies, television programs or traumatic experiences of life.
Relevance of NLP in treating Duck Phobia
NLP or Neuro Linguistic Programming teaches you how to cure yourself from unreasonable fears and stress. From NLP’s viewpoint, fear of duck is an inert condition of your psychology, which you have created yourself.
The best way to combat this condition is to reconstruct and reprogram your mind and eliminate the illogical fear of birds. In most cases, NLP interventions are quite rapid and effective.
Energy psychology is gaining popularity as a perfect remedy of eliminating duck phobia and several other conditions of fear.
Posted by Jan Heering
Master Coach, psychological trainer and author
Founder and President of the Morpheus Institute and
www.phobia-fear-release.com
Duck phobia or fear of birds is also known as orinthophobia. The most humiliating part of the entire story is that several duck phobia therapies take months and even years to heal.
Cure Duck Phobia
At times, the patient is even frequently exposed to the condition of fear as an essential part of the treatment. However, such a therapeutic treatment is irrelevant and can bring about immense deterioration in the condition of fear in an individual. For an expert therapist, bird phobia can be successfully treated making use of the right therapeutic measures just within 24 hours.
Some of the common symptoms of duck phobia include:
* Shortness of breath
* Rapid breathing
* Irregular heart beat
* Nausea
* Vomiting
* Overall feeling of dread
You would come across multiple drugs meant for treating phobia of ducks widely available in the market. Unfortunately, the drugs are often accompanied by several side effects and once you stop taking them, your phobic condition may get immensely aggravated.
In reality, bird phobias cannot be cured by drugs only. At length the symptoms of the disease can be suppressed through chemical reactions for a negligible amount of time.
However, good news is that some contemporary, fast, drug free processes prescribed by NLP can completely cure your illogical fear of ducks.
Phobia of ducks is a creation of the unconscious mind. Maybe at some point of bygone days you may have come across unfortunate incidents in relation to birds, which ultimately took the shape of an emotional trauma. Phobic conditions can also be triggered by movies, television programs or traumatic experiences of life.
Relevance of NLP in treating Duck Phobia
NLP or Neuro Linguistic Programming teaches you how to cure yourself from unreasonable fears and stress. From NLP’s viewpoint, fear of duck is an inert condition of your psychology, which you have created yourself.
The best way to combat this condition is to reconstruct and reprogram your mind and eliminate the illogical fear of birds. In most cases, NLP interventions are quite rapid and effective.
Energy psychology is gaining popularity as a perfect remedy of eliminating duck phobia and several other conditions of fear.
Posted by Jan Heering
Master Coach, psychological trainer and author
Founder and President of the Morpheus Institute and
www.phobia-fear-release.com
Monday, August 31, 2009
nutrient comparision duck eggs versus chicken eggs
Nutrients Chicken Duck
Water (g) 75.33 70.83 LESS, which is a good thing. This means they are more concentrated, Packed with nutrients.
Energy (KCal) 149 185 MORE
Protein (g) 12.49 12.81 MORE
Fat (g) 10.02 13.77 MORE
Ash (g) 0.94 1.14 MORE
Carbo (g) 1.22 1.45 MORE
Minerals (mg) 486.58 674.36 MORE
Vitamin B6 (mg) 0.139 0.25 MORE
Amino acids (g) 12.49 12.99 MORE
Pant acid (mg) 1.255 1.862 .6mg more
Riboflavin (mg) 0.508 0.404
Thiamin (mg) 0.062 0.156 3x more
Vitamin A (IU) 635 1328 2x more
Niacin (mg) 0.073 0.20 3x more
Vit B12 (mcg) 1.00 5.40 5x more
Now you can see why I kind of refer to chicken eggs as cardboard eggs!
Water (g) 75.33 70.83 LESS, which is a good thing. This means they are more concentrated, Packed with nutrients.
Energy (KCal) 149 185 MORE
Protein (g) 12.49 12.81 MORE
Fat (g) 10.02 13.77 MORE
Ash (g) 0.94 1.14 MORE
Carbo (g) 1.22 1.45 MORE
Minerals (mg) 486.58 674.36 MORE
Vitamin B6 (mg) 0.139 0.25 MORE
Amino acids (g) 12.49 12.99 MORE
Pant acid (mg) 1.255 1.862 .6mg more
Riboflavin (mg) 0.508 0.404
Thiamin (mg) 0.062 0.156 3x more
Vitamin A (IU) 635 1328 2x more
Niacin (mg) 0.073 0.20 3x more
Vit B12 (mcg) 1.00 5.40 5x more
Now you can see why I kind of refer to chicken eggs as cardboard eggs!
Friday, July 31, 2009
Many sites to see!
I love the amazing sites out there and will try to feature many that I like. Please follow the links as they are informative as they are funny.
FORUMS ABOUT WATERFOWL
http://www.poultrycommunity.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=23
http://ponds.proboards.com/index.cgi#general
FAQ ON RAISING DUCKS
http://katihoza.home.comcast.net/~katihoza/faq/index.html
FORUMS ABOUT WATERFOWL
http://www.poultrycommunity.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=23
http://ponds.proboards.com/index.cgi#general
FAQ ON RAISING DUCKS
http://katihoza.home.comcast.net/~katihoza/faq/index.html
Aquaculture system with ducks
Our friend who recently got some of our Ancona ducks has started to use them in his aquaculture fish tanks. Check out his blog at www.donaldstreetducks.blogspot.com for some video on the system. I am sure he is going to update as they get older and more worked into the system.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Why should you pay more for eggs?
Why should you pay more for eggs?
Evans response-
The reasons are clear, first off the farmers need to take care of the birds. This increases costs above the standard 1.50 a dozen farm fresh eggs rule. We are not in the 1960 or 1970's and need to pay more to the farmers who spend so much time trying to feed people. If the costs continue the same and Corn and cheap feed continues to be feed to the animals the changes will be seen. The damage is being done to grow large amounts of Corn and Soy for the feed, the fish meal is not safe finding alternatives is growing local Soy for the feed, other crops like chickweed, amaranth, Quinoa, rotating the grazing pattens, all kinds off options are out there just becoming aware that it takes more than just CHEAP feed to give these domesticated birds a healthy humane happy life.
Rachel-
at 1.50/doz farmers cannot afford to cover their costs let alone get paid for their time and level of care. With these prices to compete with its no wonder small farmers convert to larger caged systems. They cannot afford preditor control on that many free-ranged chickens so they choose breeds that lay eggs even when confined, even tourtured. For 1.50 a dozen what could the chicken have been fed? Other subsidized crops like corn and soy which are intensively sprayed with chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides in their horizon spanning monocropped fields. As Joel Salatin says "chemical agriculture is like a drug trip, every year it takes more to get the same kick." and all these pollutants end up in our water.
Evans response-
The reasons are clear, first off the farmers need to take care of the birds. This increases costs above the standard 1.50 a dozen farm fresh eggs rule. We are not in the 1960 or 1970's and need to pay more to the farmers who spend so much time trying to feed people. If the costs continue the same and Corn and cheap feed continues to be feed to the animals the changes will be seen. The damage is being done to grow large amounts of Corn and Soy for the feed, the fish meal is not safe finding alternatives is growing local Soy for the feed, other crops like chickweed, amaranth, Quinoa, rotating the grazing pattens, all kinds off options are out there just becoming aware that it takes more than just CHEAP feed to give these domesticated birds a healthy humane happy life.
Rachel-
at 1.50/doz farmers cannot afford to cover their costs let alone get paid for their time and level of care. With these prices to compete with its no wonder small farmers convert to larger caged systems. They cannot afford preditor control on that many free-ranged chickens so they choose breeds that lay eggs even when confined, even tourtured. For 1.50 a dozen what could the chicken have been fed? Other subsidized crops like corn and soy which are intensively sprayed with chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides in their horizon spanning monocropped fields. As Joel Salatin says "chemical agriculture is like a drug trip, every year it takes more to get the same kick." and all these pollutants end up in our water.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Our Vet- Dr. Fricke
Our Vet- Dr. Fricke
Best Vet for Ducks, Chickens and Exotic birds, also dogs and cats, specializes in natural care methods-
Dr. Fricke received his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Washington State University in 1994. Dr. Fricke began practice at McKenzie Animal Hospital in 1995. His areas of special interest beyond general practice are Exotic and Avian Medicine, Surgery, Acupuncture, and Alternative/Complementary Medicine. Dr. Fricke's interests outside the practice are his wife Katharine, soccer, snowboarding, wildlife rehabilitation, and home improvement projects. Dr. Fricke is the past President of the Lane County Veterinary Medical Association (LCVMA), serves as an Executive Board Member at Greenhill Humane Society and is the OR VMA delegate to the Wild West Veterinary Conference. His office website http://mckenzieanimalhospital.com/vets.htm
Accreditation-McKenzie Animal Hospital is accredited by The American Animal Hospital Association. Nationwide, less than 12% of all small animal hospitals receive this certification. In order to achieve this honor, McKenzie Animal Hospital is required to participate in a comprehensive evaluation of our facility, equipment, medical records, practice standards and health care. Evaluations are conducted every two to four years by The American Animal Hospital Association. We are currently accredited for four years - the highest level recognized by AAHA.
Best Vet for Ducks, Chickens and Exotic birds, also dogs and cats, specializes in natural care methods-
Dr. Fricke received his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Washington State University in 1994. Dr. Fricke began practice at McKenzie Animal Hospital in 1995. His areas of special interest beyond general practice are Exotic and Avian Medicine, Surgery, Acupuncture, and Alternative/Complementary Medicine. Dr. Fricke's interests outside the practice are his wife Katharine, soccer, snowboarding, wildlife rehabilitation, and home improvement projects. Dr. Fricke is the past President of the Lane County Veterinary Medical Association (LCVMA), serves as an Executive Board Member at Greenhill Humane Society and is the OR VMA delegate to the Wild West Veterinary Conference. His office website http://mckenzieanimalhospital.com/vets.htm
Accreditation-McKenzie Animal Hospital is accredited by The American Animal Hospital Association. Nationwide, less than 12% of all small animal hospitals receive this certification. In order to achieve this honor, McKenzie Animal Hospital is required to participate in a comprehensive evaluation of our facility, equipment, medical records, practice standards and health care. Evaluations are conducted every two to four years by The American Animal Hospital Association. We are currently accredited for four years - the highest level recognized by AAHA.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Duck House Construction
Duck House Construction
Keeping the panels individually separted creates areas for the individual bird flocks to be separted and kept extra clean. The bottom is raised up about a foot and individually filled with coated 1/4 inch wire. We still use the deep litter method here it is modified to allow the underside to be vented to allow air to pass underneath to help with the deep litter not molding too much. Water tends to be the biggest problem I see in other buildings, keeping it of the ground allows for the structure to dry out quicker.
ABOUT THE FLOORS
Raising ducks requires building a place for them to get locked away at night so predators especially raccoons cant get them, our structure can hold 25 ducks with separated pens and about 10 nesting boxes.
The floor and roof are the most important part of a duck house.The floor must be free of any obstacles they can trip on.
VENTILATION (UNFINISHED TOP PANELING!)
Keeping the panels individually separted creates areas for the individual bird flocks to be separted and kept extra clean. The bottom is raised up about a foot and individually filled with coated 1/4 inch wire. We still use the deep litter method here it is modified to allow the underside to be vented to allow air to pass underneath to help with the deep litter not molding too much. Water tends to be the biggest problem I see in other buildings, keeping it of the ground allows for the structure to dry out quicker.
ABOUT THE FLOORS
Raising ducks requires building a place for them to get locked away at night so predators especially raccoons cant get them, our structure can hold 25 ducks with separated pens and about 10 nesting boxes.
The floor and roof are the most important part of a duck house.The floor must be free of any obstacles they can trip on.
VENTILATION (UNFINISHED TOP PANELING!)
GOT DUCKS??
It recently came to me that another website has a poll running with our campaign slogans as one of its options as a tshirt. All I can say is make the tshirt, even though it is still our campaign to have people get ducks over chickens. The website has three other choices to go with and they might be better off choosing one of them.
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