Feeding Chickens
So just what should you be feeding your birds, and how?
You don’t need a large flock or an expensive setup to get eggs for your table as there are many breeds lay 5 or 6 eggs a week. It is however best to have a minimum of three hens, as they are sociable creatures who like the companionship of others of their kind.
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The egg, its structure and biology. Some surplus egg recipes
In the winter they roost up next to their friends, and in the summer they’ll dust bathe in groups and flop around in the sun.
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Pictures of all things Poultry
Raising your own chicks is incredibly rewarding and I hatch around 3000 a year both with hens and in incubators. I also breed chickens to help improve my strains and for showing so what I have learned about genetics will appear in these pages as well.
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Hens are bossy, demanding, endlessly curious and easily gratified. They are comical to watch, make great friends to your family, provide amusement for you, and supply eggs for the table. I’ve enjoyed keeping chickens for more than twenty years. Currently, I have 140 birds across 22 types living in separate coops and fenced yards.
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The chickens house, nesting box and run
You’ll need to provide your chickens with a henhouse to give them shelter from inclement weather, a place to lay eggs, and a safe haven to spend the night.
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Diseases, problems with poultry, vermin and predators
The more space your chickens have, the healthier and happier they’ll be. During the day the chickens need access to sunshine and an outdoor run. They need a place to dust bathe and protection from predators. The term pecking order originated with poultry.
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From the ball of fluff to adulthood.
Chickens enjoy free-ranging, and it’s the best life for them. However, it’s not always practical or safe. Chickens tear up plants, eat everything from flowers to tomatoes, and will quickly turn a small lawn into packed dirt. When you have chickens you have losses. Predators and disease will thin your flock
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Preparation, incubation and hatching with reasons for failure and some fun experiments.
My egg flock does just fine without a rooster, and I have no problem with bullying in my flock despite not having the male influence. It is possible to find a nice, although they are rarely quiet, rooster and I always select good natured cockerels for breeding and keeping.
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