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  • Caviar of the East - Pavlovian Imprinting

    The chicks are now 30 days old and have opened their eyes.  Time for some imprinting to prevent them from joining some wild flock in a couple of weeks time when they start to fly. Part of our second batch of about 30 chicks.  We have fine-tuned the brood... Read more ...

    Published on 03/25/2010 in DQ Farm (est. 1991)

  • Caviar of the East - Building the Population

    Building up the critical  mass naturally takes time.  We decided to speed things up a little by incubating eggs and acclimatising them to the micro-climate at our farm from hatchlings. Eggs dated and where there are pin holes and fissures due to mishandling, nail poli... Read more ...

    Published on 02/26/2010 in DQ Farm (est. 1991)

  • Caviar of the East - Calling The Walit

    Today we had our first trial run calling the walit.           Completed walit house.        We switched on the 'bazooka' tweeter for the first time. It's that dark outline jutting up on the roof, in the picture. ... Read more ...

    Published on 10/28/2009 in DQ Farm (est. 1991)

  • Caviar of the East - Edible Bird's Nest

    The swiftlets of the species, Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus produce edible nests called the caviar of the East, primarily because of the high price. The swiftlets come down from the forest reserve adjoining our farm to feast on the many insects that the farm is hom... Read more ...

    Published on 08/10/2009 in DQ Farm (est. 1991)

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