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Farmer's Weekly

Dealing With Abortions In Sheep And Goats

Abortions and deaths of newborn sheep and goats reduce lambing and kidding percentages, and hence your profits.

5 min |

September 03, 2021

African Birdlife

Birding MBOMBELA

The heart of the Lowveld

8 min |

September/October 2021

African Birdlife

Living In Luangwa

Zambia’s South Luangwa national park is well known in safari circles for its stunning scenery and abundance of big game. Herds of elephants drink and bathe along the riverbanks, giraffes feed from acacias in the riparian strip and lions pursue vast, dusty buffalo herds through the thickets.

9 min |

September/October 2021

African Birdlife

Specials Overload

Photographing birds between Zaagkuildrift and Kgomo-Kgomo

6 min |

September/October 2021

African Birdlife

Freeze Frame

I derive great pleasure from being able to share the beauty of the natural world as seen through my lens. As long as I can remember I have loved the outdoors, but it was only in 2015 that I became truly passionate about wildlife photography. I enjoy spending as much time as I can in the bush and over the years I have visited many of the great national parks in southern Africa. Animal and bird behaviour fascinates me and I often try to capture an image that tells a story.

2 min |

September/October 2021

African Birdlife

Owl Awards 2021

BirdLife South Africa presents worthy recipients with Owl Awards in recognition of their outstanding efforts to help ‘give conservation wings’.

6 min |

September/October 2021

African Birdlife

Twitter Feed

The aloes flowering in our garden have proved to be a popular attraction for the many birds on the wildlife estate in which we live. We planted the aloes specifically to attract birds and the fact that they are waterwise is an added bonus, especially in the dry winter months here in the Lowveld.

2 min |

September/October 2021

African Birdlife

The Enigma Buzzard

The late Leslie Brown, doyen of African raptorphiles, remarks in his African Birds of Prey (1970) that he found the status of the European Honey Buzzard in Africa puzzling. In his own experience he never saw one in Kenya during his 25 years’ residence there. He correctly surmised that birds from Western Europe disappeared into the forests of West Africa and the Congo Basin. This has been recently authenticated by several birds from Germany being tracked with telemetry. But what about the eastern population that crosses into Africa via Eilat? For example, in May 2015 as many as 450 000 individuals were recorded in two days. Any birds seen in southern Africa would be derived from this source.

4 min |

September/October 2021

African Birdlife

Sightings In The Subregion

Winter is never an optimal time from a rarities point of view, but in the past some of our most exciting ‘finds’ have occurred during this season. The latest review period was no different, producing a mega first bird for the subregion as well as several other good species to keep twitchers entertained.

3 min |

September/October 2021

African Birdlife

Hope For Penguins

The De Hoop Nature Reserve on the south-western coast of South Africa is one of CapeNature’s flagship conservation areas. The associated marine protected area is home to a vast array of marine species, from whales to fish and turtles. And for a short time in the mid-2000s it was home to African Penguins too. A small colony established itself there naturally and was first found on a small headland on the eastern side of the reserve in 2003. Increasing to 18 breeding pairs by 2006, with about 100 other penguins roosting there regularly, the colony seemed off to a promising start. However, penguins are particularly vulnerable to predators when on land. A local caracal soon learnt that there were easy meals to be had and the colony was abandoned by 2008.

4 min |

September/October 2021

Farmer's Weekly

Basics Of Hoof Health Management In Cattle

Hoof health is essential for a beef or dairy cattle herd to perform optimally, and nutrition and good hoof care should form part of any animal health programme. Pieter Dempsey spoke to animal health experts Gert van Zyl, Dr Klaas-Jan Leeuw and Dr Magdaleen Wepener about common problems faced in hoof health.

7 min |

August 27, 2021

Very Interesting

Will My Dog Get Lonely When I Go Back To The Office After Lockdown?

With lockdown turning us into constant companions for our canines, how are they likely to react when we start leaving them home alone for most of the day?

3 min |

September/October 2021

Stockfarm

Feed Additives: A Veterinary Perspective

In an already volatile environment, dairy profit margins vary as milk prices and feed costs shift annually. Feed costs represent the largest input cost (an estimated 35 to 70% of the variable cost) in the production of milk. As a group of feed ingredients, feed additives can cause a desired physiological response in a non-nutrient way, such as pH shift, growth or metabolic modifier, and will usually be cost-beneficial.

4 min |

August 2021

Stockfarm

Shongololo Boer Goat Stud: Only The Best Will Do

South African Boer goats have proven popular worldwide for their ability to improve indigenous goat breeds. In addition, Covid-19 restrictions necessitated the establishment of electronic auctions, making it easier for foreigners to acquire outstanding genetic material exported by agents via established channels.

5 min |

August 2021