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Meat Recipe #13 – Roasted Duck in Crabmeat Sauce

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Now that we are devouring our own Muscovy ducks every couple of months, I have to keep finding new recipes to keep it interesting, as well as delicious enough it gets my wife and kids to stop complaining that ‘the ducks were so cute’. I raised the ducks. I raised the ducks parents. I fed them, watered them, looked after them… so I say we damn well eat them! Ahem, anyways.  The latest … Continue reading Meat Recipe #13 – Roasted Duck in Crabmeat Sauce →

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Capturing Wild Animals: Monitors for relocation

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Note: It is illegal to capture Monitors in Australia in the wild.  It is only permissible to ‘capture’ a Monitor if it is already within a structure such as a house or, in the case of this blog, a duck pen. Even then a person can only capture the Monitor for the purpose of removal … Continue reading Capturing Wild Animals: Monitors for relocation →

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Ask Trev: Chicken Perching Problem

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Today we have another chook question from Maddy in Melbourne:   Dear Big Farmer Trev. Firstly I would like to acknowledge and thank you for being instrumental in this city kids foray into pseudo ‘country life’. Ok I’m over stating things, into suburban hen keeping. The little silkies did prove a complex hen to care … Continue reading Ask Trev: Chicken Perching Problem →

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Meat Recipe #12 – Roasting your own Duck

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For years we have been growing our own fruit, vegetables and herbs and really enjoying both the fresh taste and the satisfaction of producing it ourselves.  Well for the first time ever, we have been able to do the same with our poultry as well. We already had two Muscovy Drakes and our last lot … Continue reading Meat Recipe #12 – Roasting your own Duck →

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How to Save a Premature Duckling

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How to Save a Premature Duckling Though not as popular as chooks, more people are starting to keep ducks.  Some just as pets, some as livestock, or maybe like us to sell the  Organic Free-Range Duck Eggs they produce.  And for anyone that keeps poultry, breeding your birds is great but can lead to problems. For … Continue reading How to Save a Premature Duckling →

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Ask Trev – Chickens: the balance between pet and livestock

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Dear Big Trev, No vets in Melbourne know anything about hens. Except for one who is two hours away and deals with prize winning pedigrees and expects you will want to spend lots of money doing anything you can to save a crook chook. The online forums offer some basic advice but it’s so difficult … Continue reading Ask Trev – Chickens: the balance between pet and livestock →

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Ask Trev: Whats Trev’s Nuclear Armageddon survival plan?

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Once again, we have a question from a long time reader – Madds in Melbourne. When the polar ice caps melt, and release an apocalyptic gas cloud from the arctic tundra / or when Trumples and Kimbo wage nuclear Armageddon what is your post apocalyptic action plan?   Well, much as when Matt asked me … Continue reading Ask Trev: Whats Trev’s Nuclear Armageddon survival plan? →

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Ask Trev: Fight against Giant Duck or Tiny Horses?

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This question comes from Jordan in Lithgow: ‘Would you rather fight one horse-sized duck, or 100 duck-sized horses?’ One would assume it would be the 100 duck-sized horses that would pose the most danger.  Horses have been known to kill humans plenty of times in the past.  A horses kick can take your head right … Continue reading Ask Trev: Fight against Giant Duck or Tiny Horses? →

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Fanscan interview with Big Angry Trev

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This is a transcript of an interview I did where I answered questions from fellow Aussie Transfans – enjoy! Women want him (to stop belching mainly) Men want to be him (so that his toys becomes theirs) He is the Alpha Trion and the Omega Supreme. He is all things to all peoples. As he … Continue reading Fanscan interview with Big Angry Trev →