The Country Smallholder - April 2023

In this issue

Are you towing legally?
Considerations before you leave the smallholding.

From the Goat Vet
Recognising and preventing infectious diseases in our herd.

Your questions answered by experts
Can you get children involved in the smallholding? Grazing versus hay; Keeping poultry safe with electric fencing..

Wot no tomatoes?

Why smallholders are uniquely positioned to weather the supply chain storm. Liz Wright follows the ever-changing issue of food supply.

6 mins

A Common Interest in Rare Breeds

Rare Breeds Survival Trust Chief Executive Christopher Price celebrates people, places and their livestock

2 mins

Keep it Local for Livestock Welfare

Megan Perry of the Sustainable Food Trust, examines why small abattoirs are essential for farmers, smallholders and all those who value local food production

3 mins

Weighing up what you can drive

John Sones looks at driving licences and towing trailers

3 mins

Simple Elderflower Wine

Fiona and Hugh Osborne say you too can capture the flavour of spring by making this distinctive wine

6 mins

Flower Power - good for mind, soul and income

Andrew Oldham explains why you cannot have vegetables without flowers

5 mins

Bovine Abortion and Stillbirth Investigation

From Vanessa Swinson and Alan Murphy, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) Cattle Expert Group

5 mins

Top tips for choosing the right chick feed this spring

Joanna Palmer, Nutritionist for Smallholder Range offers advice on choosing the right feed for your chicks

3 mins

Have a healthy hatch!

Lisa Mancell, National Coordinator from Farmgate, gives her advice on how to prepare for hatching season

3 mins

Ready, Set... Go!

In the third in a series on chicken breeding using broody hens, Fiona & Hugh Osborne guide you through supporting your broody hen during the incubation period.

5 mins

Three Different Approaches...

Grant Brereton quite engaging weighs up the benefits of three methods of breeding

5 mins

Vet advice from an experienced poultry vet

David Parsons MRCVS says do have your say on the proposed registration of all poultry keepers

3 mins

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The Country Smallholder Magazine Description:

The Country Smallholder is aimed at the ever-increasing UK audience interested in living a cleaner, greener, and more sustainable way of life. From people already living on a smallholding, to allotment owners; from those with a couple of acres of land, to those aspiring to get more out of their garden or even window box. With 73% of UK residents claiming to want to live more sustainably post Covid, The Country Smallholder has something for everyone.

Every issue will carry; free vet advice; helpful practical features on all aspects of smallholding, from keeping chickens to crop rotation; information on poultry, pigs, sheep, goats, cattle, and alpacas; rural crafts; property; small tractors and machinery, as well as keeping readers up to date with all the latest news and innovations.