A comprehensive guide to keeping happy, healthy chickens Whether you’re a seasoned backyard chicken keeper or just embarking on the adventure of raising your first flock, one question almost always bubbles to the surface: How much space does each chicken really need? The answer is both an art and a science, woven with considerations of … Lire la suite Room to Roam: How Much Space Does Each Chicken Need?
If you’re raising backyard chickens, you already know how important high-quality feed is for their health and egg production. However, improper storage can lead to mould, pests, and nutrient loss, ultimately affecting your flock’s well-being. In this guide, we’ll explore the best practices for storing chicken feed to maintain its freshness and nutritional value. Why … Lire la suite The Ultimate Guide to Storing Chicken Feed for Freshness and Nutrition
What is Coccidiosis? Coccidiosis is a protozoal disease causing diarrhoea, weight loss and decreased production in poultry. It can be fatal. Prevention is key and is achieved with use of anticoccidials or vaccination. Coccidiosis mainly affects chicks and growers up to 5/6 months of age. What causes Coccidiosis? Coccidiosis is caused by protozoa of the phylum Apicomplexa, family Eimeriidae. Most … Lire la suite Coccidiosis
How to protect our hens and henhouse against foxes? Having chickens requires at least some planning against predators and thankfully there are solutions on the market to prevent foxes from penetrating the enclosure and henhouse and helping himself to a meal. Every day there are more and more keepers of these domesticated animals like no … Lire la suite Predators and Prey: the Fox
Vent gleet: not the most pleasant of phrases or conditions for our poor hens. If you’ve noticed a sticky, yellow-white paste around one of your hen’s vents instead of her usual beautiful fluffy bloomers, she may well be suffering from vent gleet. It’s also likely her coop mates will be giving her a wide berth … Lire la suite Does my hen have vent gleet?
Chickens are omnivores, not herbivores despite what people think. Chickens will eat meat just as happily as vegetables, including tastey snacks like frogs, worms, flies grubs and even snails. Their crop allows for this flexibility, as it acts like a masher…think of the crop as having teeth that grinds up any foodstuff that enters it. … Lire la suite What do chickens eat?
A few years ago I had a beautiful collection of different colours of Brahma: I was lucky enough to have obtained some hatching eggs from the UK for colours that were harder to come by in France at the time. Amongst my favourites as a Lemon Splash and a stunning Columbian Blue Light that I … Lire la suite Coryza
The initial reason for wanting to keep chickens for the majority of us is surely for fresh eggs. As an exciting part of keeping pet chickens, the daily ritual of egg collection still excites me! (I know I’m not alone here!!). After all, not all our pets produce something edible :) Eggs come in all shapes … Lire la suite Understanding Abnormal Chicken Eggs: Causes Explained
Has one or more of your flock raised scales on her legs or white, crusty legs or toes? If so, she is probably suffering from Scaly Leg Mite. This sounds like a disaster as we often think of redmite – don’t panic! Whilst caused by a mite, the treatment is very easy and inexpensive. I … Lire la suite Scaly Leg Mite
Just like us, chickens use body language to communicate as well as their voices. This is particularly useful to know as they can tell us if there are feeling poorly. A healthy hen should be alert and active. Here is a short list of things to look for in your assessment: Contrary to this, a … Lire la suite How to tell if a chicken is healthy
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