by admin | 4 Jan 2021 | Erinrac Farm, planners record keeping, Poultry
I am now offering the poutlry record books on Amazon so they are more readily available. Full details of these indispensable books can be found at this page Amazon.com
by admin | 23 Aug 2020 | planners record keeping, Poultry
Here is a selection of journals and planners I have used and developed over the years. For general journals, planners and task managers checkout the main page here Hardcover, Paperback, or Coil Bound available from Lulu...
by admin | 16 Mar 2020 | Horses, Publishing and Websites, reviews - dog books and dvds
Need a book review on your horse book or horse dvd or your dog book or dog dvd? I love reading and I love to share the best titles with other folk so I have always enjoyed reviewing, and now I am ready to start doing this again! cost to you: If you send me (at no...
by Jan Irving | 10 Apr 2017 | PHOTOS NEED TO BE ADDED, riding and horses
Having lost Saadia to cancer and her lovely filly being caught in a fence in 2011 (our first such loss ever) we have rethought our riders’ ages and needs, and decided a Welsh Cob would suit the farm better. After a bit of a frustrating search, we came across our...
by Jan Irving | 10 Apr 2017 | PHOTOS NEED TO BE ADDED, riding and horses
Jan Irving’s Purebred Arabians was established in 1999 with the purchase of Regency Park Saadia from Debbie Yeo (Nar Nar Goon, Victoria). Prior to Ash Wednesday, my parents Barbara and David Irving had owned and bred from a number of Part Bred Arabs, in fact...
by Jan Irving | 10 Apr 2017 | PHOTOS NEED TO BE ADDED, Sheep
LINCOLN LONGWOOLS are a product of the English county Lincoln. Similiar in age to the English Leicester breed, the Lincoln, however, did not warrant the degree of attention that their cousins did from Bakewell. The development of the Lincoln has depended largely on...
by Jan Irving | 10 Apr 2017 | PHOTOS NEED TO BE ADDED, Sheep
These are a few of the bits and pieces we have collected over the years
by Jan Irving | 10 Apr 2017 | Brac Lincoln Longwool Sheep, PHOTOS NEED TO BE ADDED
note: FLOCK SOLD AUTUMN 2016 registered British Breed of Sheep no colour established 1976 registered flock 590 BRAC LINCOLNS was founded in 1976 with stock from the famous Airlie flock owned by the late Jack Christie. Airlie was the top flock and respected worldwide....
by Jan Irving | 10 Apr 2017 | Angora Goats (Mohair), PHOTOS NEED TO BE ADDED
Collected here are some illustrations from early sources Save
by Jan Irving | 10 Apr 2017 | Brac Angora Goats (Fine Mohair), PHOTOS NEED TO BE ADDED
This flock was established in 1959 by Barbara Irving; today it is solely based on the now extinct flock of Banksia; one of just a handful of such flocks in Australia or anywhere in the world. I pride myself on producing classical ultra fine mohair with top grade...
by Jan Irving | 10 Apr 2017 | Angora Goats (Mohair)
A is for the Angora Goat that grows mohair fleeces B is for the Buck the pride of the Angora Breed C is for Character and Classing the Clip D is for Doe, Angora of course, the core of the herd E is for Evenness of the flock and the fleeces F is for Fineness of the...
by Jan Irving | 10 Apr 2017 | Brac Angora Goats (Fine Mohair)
Dissolve in one (1) litre of water 1 teaspoon cupric sulphate 4 teaspoon ferrous sulphate 2 teapsoon cobaltous sulphate 1 teaspoon zinc sulphate 2 teaspoon magnesium sulphate 2 teaspoon manganous sulphate 1 teaspoon potassium iodide use a 5ml teaspoon and use level...
by Jan Irving | 23 Feb 2016 | Brac Lincoln Longwool Sheep, Sheep
The time has come for the owner to retire from sheep farming, the flock was placed on the market in February 2016. The Brac Lincoln Longwool flock has been sold as a whole in March 2016 and will be based in north central Victoria … we wish the new owners a...
by Jan Irving | 19 Feb 2015 | Dorking poultry/chickens/fowls, general Dorking information, poultry
now in full colour! Description: DORKING POULTRY, FOWLS & CHICKENS is the first book solely dedicated to the ancient British breed of poultry in decades, if not 100 years or more. Synopsis: Compiled by Australian breeder Jan Irving it draws on the expertise of top...
by Jan Irving | 20 Jan 2015 | general Dorking information
A selection of Dorkings from the past, sorted by chronologically and colourings SILVER GREY 1865 Australia: Dorking Fowls at Melbourne Poultry Society Show. News clipping The Illustrated Australian news August 25, 1865 (see State Library of Victoria) 1894...
by Jan Irving | 10 Oct 2014 | riding and horses
I recently had a moment to sit on the edge of the mounting block and watch Dudley have his morning quick graze of decent clover and rye pasture. My mind turned to arm position because I noticed that if my hands draped in my lap and the arms were slightly forward of my...
by Jan Irving | 10 Sep 2014 | riding and horses
As Dudley has this issue with a girth, I thought, best to do some bare back riding before the challenge of saddle and a rider together. I have hardly ever ridden bare back, so I have approached this ‘softly, softly’ and over many sessions. Session one and...
by Jan Irving | 17 Apr 2014 | Dorking poultry/chickens/fowls
I usually hatch in September/October/November so new seasons birds are generally available March. March is when we start to do our cull, the house cull requires 12 birds, then any birds left over from stock I have chosen to run on for breeding will be available (6...
by Jan Irving | 10 Oct 2013 | riding and horses
I know I have heard it many times over the years, that if the horse has the ears back, he is listening to his rider. But is he, or is he listening for a threat? Dudley has had a girthing issue, just happened to take girthing the wrong way, and at this the stage we...
by Jan Irving | 8 Mar 2013 | Merrywood Cashmeres
Established at the beginning of the cashmere rush in Australia, I have concentrated on producing high yielding medium diameter cashmere with low guard hair contamination. This is an excellent product for the home craft expert. Cashmere flock disbanned 2003 due to the...