Jan 2025 Club Meeting – Racing and Fancy Pigeons with Brian Adamson
Meetings
Programme of Events 2024/2025 |
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| 16 Apr 2024 | Learn all about our local manufacturer and distributor of a wide range of animal feeds – Henry Cole and Co Ltd. |
| 21 May 2024 | Cluck ‘n’ Chat – Don’t count your chickens…… |
| 18 June 2024 | Summer BBQ |
| 16 July 2024 | The Chicken Clinic |
| 20 Aug 2024 | Infection Prevention |
| 17 Sept 2024 | Member’s Photographic Box Show |
| 15 Oct 2024 | The story of K & H Falconry – with services including wildlife management |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Agricultural Veterinary Bygones |
| 10 Dec 2024 | Christmas Meeting |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Racing and Fancy Pigeons with Brian Adamson |
| 18 Feb 2025 | Goat Soap |
| 18 Mar 2025 | AGM followed by ChickenAlia Auction |
Meeting Format
We meet on the third Tuesday of each month (except for December when it is the second Tuesday) at 19-30 for 19-45 at the Radnor Hall, Bodenham, Nr. Salisbury, SP5 4EQ. This venue is 2 miles south of Salisbury just off the Ringwood Road, A338.
We aim to start on time as the main speaker may have travelled some distance to speak to us. Refreshment is available either during an interval or after the main speaker has delivered his/her presentation. This is followed by a poultry matters forum – a questions and answer session usually about bird health, breeding and housing, but any subject matter can be covered, tapping on the wide knowledge of members.
We run an egg competition (see under competitions) at most of our meetings and it is wise to come early to place your entries before the main speaker commences. A raffle with members donations helps keep the club on a sound financial footing.
Coming up
The next meeting is on Tuesday 18th March 2025 and will be the AGM followed by ChickenAlia Auction. There will be no egg show tonight.
Avian Flu
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Sept 2024 Club Meeting – Photographic Box Show
July 2024 Club Meeting – The Chicken Clinic
May 2024 Club Meeting – Don’t count your chickens…
March 2024 – AGM and ChickenAlia Auction
Winner of Best Egg and Best Contents was awarded to Helen Mullens at last night’s AGM. This is the second successive Best Egg and sixth successive Best Contents win for Helen – congratulations Helen!
Our members need to bring along their eggs to the monthly competition to see if they can beat Helen’s entries.
The next egg show will be at our meeting on 16th April 2024!
The AGM was followed by the ChickenAlia Auction. Here are some fun facts from this auction….
February 2024
This evening, 20th Feb 2024, was a joint presentation by Anita and David Parsons. Firstly we learned about Anita’s anatomically accurate croched poultry – lots of different poultry breeds all finished to perfection. Secondly, David introduced us to the complexities of his thermal imaging camera and talked us through examples of how this can be used as a diagnostic tool.
October 2022 – Member’s Box Show
A new format for the show this year – no birds, but photographs of birds. And judged by the members themselves.
Sept 2022 – Club Meeting – How to reduce the risks of poultry infection
January 2020 -Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution
Laura Ractliffe came and gave us a very interesting talk about the work of the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) which is the oldest farming charity. RABI provide financial support to people in the farming community who find themselves in difficulty and even run two care homes.
December 2019 – Christmas Party
Another lovely Christmas Party with good food and friends.