Neil Armitage (529)
![Getting your chickens looked after while you are taking a vacation](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/230/chickens-and-vacations-header-lg.jpg)
Vacation chickens care, looking after your hens in the holiday season.
![What makes a brooder and how to set one up properly to keep your chicks safe.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/229/what-is-a-brooder-header-image-lg.jpg)
What is a brooder?
![How to feed Pekin bantams and keep them healthy.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/228/feed-and-treats-for-pekin-bantams-header-image-lg.jpg)
Feed, treats and supplements for Pekin bantams.
![A mother hen protecting her clutch of chicks](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/227/mother-hen-protecting-her-chicks-header-image-lg.jpg)
Are hens protective of their chicks?
![A day old Silkie chick being carefully handled by a keeper.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/226/how-to-hold-chicks-header-image-lg.jpg)
How to handle and hold baby chicks.
![A whole flock of chickens that were killed by a weasel](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/225/chickens-killed-by-a-weasel-header-lg-copy.jpg)
What is killing my chickens. Guide to predators with identity table and images.
![Modern hybrids chickens are carbon copies of eacjh other and benefit from hybrid vigour](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/224/breeding-hybrid-chickens-header-image-lg.jpg)
Can you breed hybrid chickens.
![A selection of eggs from different poultry species all kept for their eggs](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/223/what-birds-are-farmed-for-eggs-header-image-lg.jpg)
Which birds are farmed for their eggs
![A wing claw in chickens](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/222/wing-claw-header-lg.jpg)
Wing claws in chickens and domestic poultry.
![A flock of chickens in crates being transported in a car](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/221/moving-chickens-header-image-lg.jpg)
Transporting or moving chickens.
![A chicken eating cheerios from a keepers hand](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/220/can-chickens-eat-cherrios-header-image-lg.jpg)
Can chickens eat cheerios?
![A hen drinking fresh and clean water from a stainless steel bowl](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/219/chicken-drinking-water-header-image-lg.jpg)
How long can chickens go without water?
![Poop or droppings boards in chicken coop make the keepers life much easier](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/218/chicken-poop-boards-header-lg.jpg)
Making droppings or poop boards work for you.
![Chicken pee is white crystals on the outside of their poos](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/217/do-chickens-pee-header-image-lg.jpg)
Do chickens pee or urinate?
![Some day old rhode Island red chicks eating chick starter crumb](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/216/feeding-chicks-header-image.jpg)
The ultimate guide to feeding baby chicks.
![The complete guide to caring for new baby chicks](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/215/two-silver-double-laced-bantam-barnevelder-chicks-lg.jpg)
Caring for new chicks and baby chickens.
![Chicks in a brooder with a red light and a heat lamp](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/214/do-baby-chicks-need-light-at-night-header-image-lg.jpg)
Do chicks and baby chickens need a light at night?
![Escaped chickens are quite common but can be hard to catch](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/213/escapee-header-lg.jpg)
I have found an escaped or abandoned chicken, now what?
![Some young chicks on grass in the sunshine](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/212/cannot-keep-header-lg.jpg)
I cannot keep my chickens.
![A flock of chickens free ranging on pasture](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/211/young-brood-on-grass-header-image-lg.jpg)
Will chickens kill my grass and ruin my lawn?
![Can you successfully incubate a craked egg like this one.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/210/Will-a-cracked-egg-survive-incubation-header-image-lg.jpg)
Will a cracked hatching egg survive incubation.
![A row of Pekin bantams on a perch](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/209/where-to-get-pekins-and-how-much-to-pay-for-them-lg.jpg)
Where to get Pekin bantams and how much to pay.
![A photo of Pekin chickens from an old poultry book](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/208/buff-pekins-bantams-from-old-poultry-book-lg.jpg)
History of Pekin chickens.
![A breeding flock of 1 cockerel and 5 pekin hens](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/207/pekin-breed-standards-and-faults-header-images-lg.jpg)
Pekin breed standards and faults.
![A pekin chick hatching in the incubator.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/206/incubating-and-hatching-pekin-bantam-eggs-lg.jpg)
The incubation and hatching of Pekin bantam eggs.
![There is an extraordinary number of colours and feather patterns for the Pekin bantam](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/205/colours-and-patterns-of-pekin-bantams-header-image-lg.jpg)
Pekin Bantam colours and patterns.
![A selection of 12 Pekin bantam eggs from my flock](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/204/are-pekin-bantams-good-layers-lg.jpg)
Are Pekin Bantams good egg layers?
![A flock of Pekin hens in the garden](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/203/are-pekin-bantams-noisy-header-image-lg.jpg)
Are Pekin Bantams noisy?
![A fuly grown Pekin bantam](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/202/how-big-do-pekin-bantams-grow-header-image-lg.jpg)
How big do pekin bantams grow?
Broody hens: 7 ways to break them, 6 ways to prevent them and can you just leave them?
![Chicks are cute but get sick easily and die quickly](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/200/two-silver-double-laced-bantam-barnevelder-chicks-lg.jpg)
Whats wrong with baby chicks that are sick, unwell or dying?
![What is the egg song and why do chickens cluck after laying an egg](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/199/squawk-header-lg.jpg)
Why do hens squawk and cluck after laying eggs?
![A barnevelder rooster basking in the sunshine](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/198/rooster-lg.jpg)
How long do roosters live?
![Looking after chicks is hard work and one of thre pros of chickens keeping](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/197/downsides-header2-lg.jpg)
What are the Pros and Cons of raising backyard chickens?
![A selection of chickens eggs](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/196/taking-eggs-header-image-lg.jpg)
Do the hens mind you take their eggs?
![A cuckoo Pekin Bantams perching .](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/195/A-cuckoo-pekin-hen-perching.jpg)
Pekin Bantams.
![A true bantam cockerel in a show cage](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/194/true-bantam-rooster.jpg)
The True Bantams.
![A broody Barnevelder hen sat on a clutch of eggs](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/193/Broody-barnevelder-top-lg.jpg)
What I learned hatching eggs naturally with a broody hen.
![A selection of different coloured chickens eggs](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/190/A-sucessful-days-egg-collecting..jpg)
How many eggs will my chickens lay?
![A flock of chickens being scatter fed with corn](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/189/Scatter-feeding-a-flock-of-chickens.jpg)
Scatter feeding chickens
![A breeding flock of barnevelder chickens eating sprouted grains](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/188/One-of-my-flocks-of-chickens-eating-sprouts.jpg)
Sprouted grains for chickens with 17 types tested
![A small flock of my chickens eating sweetcorn](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/187/chickens-eating-sweetcorn.jpg)
Can chickens eat corn, sweet corn and maize?
![My chickens eating peas as a treat](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/186/my-chickens-eating-peas.jpg)
Can chickens eat peas?
![My chickens eating salad leaves and lettuce](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/185/chickens-eating-salad.jpg)
Can chickens eat salad, lettuce and spinach leaves?
![](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/184/a-chicken-eating-cauliflower.jpg)
Can chickens eat cauliflower and greens.
![My chickens eating some pasta leftovers.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/183/my-egg-flock-eating-pasta-leftovers.jpg)
Can chickens eat pasta or noodles?
![A hatch of dry fluffy chicks ready to move to the brooder](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/182/Dry-fluffy-chicks-ready-to-be-moved-to-the-brooder.jpg)
When to move chicks to the brooder.
![A group of pullets free ranging on grass.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/181/A-small-group-of-pullets-that-are-laying-eggs.jpg)
When is a pullet ready to lay eggs?
![A chick hatching in an incubator](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/180/when-can-you-open-the-incubator-header-image.jpg)
When is it safe to open the incubator?
![A broody Silkie hen](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/179/a-silkie-hen-brooding-her-family.jpg)
Can you move a broody hen?
![A classic blood ring inside an incubated chickens egg](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/178/Blood-ring-inside-incubated-eggs-header-image.jpg)
Blood rings in incubated eggs and how to avoid them.
![2 hens fighting while a cockerel watches them](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/177/Two-hens-fighting.jpg)
Why chickens fight and how to stop it.
![A mixed age flock of chickens basking in the sunshine](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/176/Barnevelders-basking-in-the-sunshine.jpg)
How do you tell the age of chickens?
![dealing with and preventing bird flu](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/175/bird-flu-header-xl.jpg)
Bird Flu FAQ and some practical advice for Avian Influenza.
![Mealworms just may well be illegal to feed to chickens](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/173/mealworms-header-image-xl.jpg)
Why is it illegal to feed mealworms to chickens
![A thief in the night](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/172/thief-inthe-night-xl.jpg)
Stop chickens from being stolen
![A chicken with an encyclopedia](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/170/A-chickens-reading-an-encylopedia.png)
Dictionary of Poultry words and terminology (inclucing acronyms)
![An incubator full of day old chicks](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/169/a-new-hatch-of-day-old-chicks.jpg)
What percentage of chicken eggs will hatch
![A stunning show quality cockerel](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/168/rooster-header-xl.jpg)
Roosters and cockerels everything you need to know
![Well bred black breasted game chickens](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/167/breeding-and-inbreeding-xl.jpg)
Inbreeding in chickens.
![Defining pure or heritage breed chickens](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/166/what-is-a-pure-breed-xl.jpg)
What is a pure or heritage breed chicken
![All about the complex genes of chickens](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/165/chicken-gentics-header-image-xl.jpg)
Chicken genetics, gene table and breeding
![A breeding group of brown barnevelders](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/164/Brown-barnevelder-header.jpg)
The Brown Barnevelder
![good examples of Barnevelder hens](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/161/barnevelder-history-header-xl.jpg)
Barnevelder faults
![A trio of autosexing barred barnevelders in a show cage](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/160/Autosexing-barred-barnevelder-header.jpg)
The Autosexing Barred Barnevelder
![2 young barnevelder chicks growing up well.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/159/barnevelder-chicks-growing-up-nicely.jpg)
Barnevelder Chicks
![A blue laced barnevelder hen free ranging on grass](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/158/blue-barn-header.jpg)
Blue Laced Barnevelder.
![A chestnut barnevelder cockerel in the sunshine](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/157/rooster-xl.jpg)
The Chestnut Barnevelder
![A selection of Barnevelder eggs at a poultry show](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/156/barn-egg-header.jpg)
The Barnevelder egg.
![The beautiful chocolate brown barnevelder hatching eggs we sell](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/155/eggs-header.jpg)
Buy Barnevelder hatching eggs.
![How much do barnevelder chickens cost and where can you get them](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/154/how-much-do-barnevelders-cost.jpg)
Where to get Barnevelders and how much to pay for them.
![A double laced barnevelder cockerel](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/153/sexing-barnevelders-header.jpg)
Sexing Barnevelders
![A blue splash barnevelder hen free ranging on grass](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/152/blue-barn-header.jpg)
The Splash Barnevelder
![A beautiful example of a double laced barnevelder hen](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/151/bantam-double-laced-barnevelder-hen.jpg)
The Double Laced Barnevelder
![A show bantam barnevelder that scored 95 out of 100 points in judging.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/150/bantam-header.jpg)
Bantam Barnevelders
![A show quality black barnevelder hen on display.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/149/black-barnevelder-header.jpg)
The Black Barnevelder
![A show quality trio of white barnevelders](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/148/white-barnevelder-header.jpg)
The White Barnevelder
![My trio of partridge barnevelders](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/147/paertridge-header.jpg)
Partridge Barnevelder
![An stunning silver laced barnevelder bantam](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/146/silver-laced-header.jpg)
Silver Laced Barnevelder.
![Two young gold double laced barnevelder chicks free ranging on pasture](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/144/squawk-header-xl.jpg)