Call Duck Association UK: Newsletters

Newsletters

The CDA produces three publications a year - two newsletters and a Year Book - for your subscription of only £6.00. Send a cheque for £6.00 made payable to the Call Duck Association to the Secretary
(address and details are at the foot of this page)


No 23 April 2008	Secretary's report, Judging Workshop, Animal Welfare Bill and the EIG, Is lettuce good for ducks? BWA Standards, Pied Ducks, Transport of Birds, AGM 2007, Show results.
No 22 December 2007	Avian Influenza; Housing Flocks in Germany; War Zone; Points in Bantam Ducks and Calls; Silver Calls; Bantam Duck Judging Workshop; Show Results.
No 21 September 2007	Letter to the EU Commissioner; Letters; Avian Flu - Chelford; Plastic ducks; x-rays and fish hooks; Philips and the BEI; Reproductive Behavior in Calls; Poisonous Plants; Breeders Directory.
No 20 April 2007	Secretary's report, Correspondence, A Close Call, The Mallard Series, Chocolate Orange, Duck Starter Crumbs: avoiding harmful food additives; Candy Coloured Spectacles, Behaviour of Call Ducks, Charles Darwin on the Call Duck, Bantam Judging Workshop, Minutes of the 2006 AGM, Advice to waterfowl judges, Show results.
No 19 December 2006	CALL DUCK ASSOCIATION AGM SATURDAY Sat 16th December 2006 4.00 pm, Stafford. Chairman's Report, Secretary's Report, Letters, Ducks Ditty, Life before the Call, Animal Welfare Act, Surveillance, Transport, Chocolate Orange Call, Origin of Feathers, Show Results and pictures.
No 18 Yearbook 2006	Secretary's Report, Letters, Death at the dinner table (Trichomonas), Address by Christine Bijl at the Parliamentary Reception, Avian Influenza (Questions and answers), non-standard colour breeding, What's wrong with the Dark Silver Call? Trout plumage Colour, Constitution, Breeders Directory, Latest news, Events
No 17 Spring 2006	The Noord Show; Crested Calls; Avian influenza - news; 'Tina' - sex change in ducks; meeting with DEFRA; Egg problems in spring; minutes of the AGM.
No 16 December 2005	Chairman's Report, Secretary's Report, Linda Stanway, 'Whitehen - honorary duck', Decoys, Eradirat, Cancelled - a report on waterfowl and avian influenza, Letter to the European Commission, East of England Show, Welsh Federation, Shropshire and Mid Wales; AGM Notice.
Yearbook 2005	Letters, Avian Influenza - Information from Holland, Calls - a beginners tale, Can I keep Call ducks with chickens?, Bedding for ducks, Brown genes and dusky genes, New Colour Forms, AGM Information, Breeders Directory, Judges, Food for Ducklings (undesirable additives).
No 14 April 2005	Chairman's Address, Secretary's Report, Feeding Ducklings (Summary from 12 & 13 by request), CDA Workshop: Reviewing the Colour Standards of Call Ducks, The Apricot Silver Call, Stewarding for the CDA Show at the BWA National, Black East Indians, A Quacking Story: The Auction; Call Duck Defects; Silver Call Ducks: Continental Changes? Minutes of AGM at Stafford, Show Results from Cornwall and Stafford, etc.
No 13 December 2004	Chairman's Address, Secretary's Report, Sound Science, A Quacking Story, What makes a good Call duck? , Duck Shows [Where are they, and what do you do?], Colour pictures of Silver Calls and show winners, Worming waterfowl, Allen & Page, Wet Rearing, Autumn Show Results.
Year Book 2004	Chairman's Address, Secretary's Report, Tony Penny (obituary), Avian Influenza (update), News about Baytril, Correspondence - Call Ducks down under, British Ducks have accents, Using Colours, Tony Penny - records from the past, Something Different, Peaches and Cream (Butterscotch Calls), Feeding Ducklings - and avoiding problems, AGM information, Breeders Directory, Events, judges List.
No 11 May 2004:	Making nest boxes and feeders; Call Ducks at Sinsheim (Germany) Dec 2003; 'From Straw to Carpet'; Show Results; Book Review; Getting the Incubator ready - tips for beginners; Sale of Paintings at Blackbrook Zoological Park; Correspondence - Readers Enquiries.
No 10 December 2003	Secretary's report; The Quest - Apricot Silver Call Ducks; Bantam Ducks - the influence of the Call; Wim Biallosterski - an obituary; Bugs for Beginners -treating for mites and lice; Judging Call Ducks at the BWA Show & Sale 2003; Autumn Shows - Call Duck Results at Shropshire and Mid Wales; East of England Show, Peterborough; Welsh Federation Show at Builth; BWA Show at Solihull.
Year Book 2003	Colour Publication; Correspondence; Home Truths; Royal Highland Show; Predators - Seagulls and Crows; Incubators; Houdini; Breeders Directory; Judges List
No 8 April 2003	Call Ducks at the European Waterfowl Show 2002; The European Entente and leg rings; Incubator Review; Minutes of AGM at Stafford; 'Ducks Delight'; Winter Show results; Judging Calls
No 7 December 2002	The Yellow Belly Call duck at Hasselt; 'The start of it all', website enquiries, 'Eclipse Plumage in Calls', Call Duck Association Championship Show at Solihull Riding Club, Call Ducks at the BWA Show and Sale, Autumn Show results, 'Useful things', Leg Rings
Year Book 2002	Message from the Chairman & Secretary, 'Like begets like', 'Waddling in ducks or people?', web site enquiries, news from Scotland, 'Who or what plants the seeds', more pictures of winners from the 2001-2002 season, 'Strange noises in Ambleside', The European Waterfowl Show, Leg Rings, Tips for winter management - food, shelter and worming, Constitution, Breeders Directory, Events Calendar, caption competition.
No 5 April 2001	Message from the Chairman, Line Breeding Part 3, Egg Problems, the Dusky Mallard Call, colour pictures of Duskies, Minutes of 2001 AGM, Winter Show results, the European Waterfowl Show 2002
No 4 Dec 2001	Message from the Chairman, Secretary' s report, News from America, Waterfowl in Scotland, Winter and Spring feeding, 'Shining example', Competition, 'The Long Journey', Autumn Show results, colour pictures of show winners.
Year Book 2001	Chairman's Address, Secretary's Report, 'Duck Obsession', The Yellow Belly Call, Line Breeding (Breeding Calls 2), Call Duck History from Wingfield and Johnson, 'It's come back to haunt me', Breeders' Directory, colour photos of the Silver Call and Yellow Bellies
No 2 April 2001	Message from the chairman, Wet Feather, Dafydd's Ducks, Dealing with Predators, Breeding Calls (1), Winter Show Results, AGM 2000
No 1 Dec 2000	Message from the Chairman, The original Call Standard, Crested Call Ducks, the Silver Calls (colour genetics) , Autumn Show winners, colour photos of the 2000 winners.