Neil Armitage (529)
![A barnevelder hen sunning herself in the sunshine](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/143/chicken-care-header-xl.jpg)
Barnevelder image and video gallery
![A selection of brown eggs from barnevelder hens](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/142/barnevelder-egg-header-2.jpg)
The history of the Barnevelder
![A stunning show quality silver laced barnevelder hen](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/141/silver-laced-header-xl.jpg)
Barnevelder breed standard
![A show quality blue splash barnevelder hen on pasture](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/140/blue-barn-header-xl.jpg)
Showing Barnevelders
![A double laced barnevelder show quality hen](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/139/barnevelder-header-xl.jpg)
The Barnevelder breed profile
![Pictures, video and measurements to show what is going on iside the egg during the 21 days of incubation](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/138/When-to-candle-eggs-during-incubation-header-image-min.jpg)
What is happening inside the egg during incubation?
![A broody then that abandoned her nest.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/137/Not-every-hen-is-cut-out-to-be-a-mother.jpg)
Why do hens abandon their nests and eggs?
![Hens can spot bad eggs quite well](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/136/An-egg-a-broody-hen-rolled-out-of-a-nest.jpg)
Why do hens push eggs out of the nest?
![An incubator in use hatching chicks](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/135/why-do-incubators-fail.jpg)
Why do incubators fail?
![An incubator with an exterior water tank and humidity pump](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/134/a-brinsea-incubator-with-a-humidity-pump.jpg)
Why do incubators need water?
![One of my incubators showing eggs in a cradle](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/133/Eggs-set-in-my-incubator.jpg)
Why egg turning during incubation is so important and what the science says is best .
![My egg flock has 60 hens and no roosters and produced many eggs.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/132/My-egg-flock-has-no-roosters-at-all.jpg)
Can hens lay eggs without a rooster or cockerel?
![One of my flock of red sex link chickens.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/131/A-red-sex-link-hen.jpg)
Red sex-linked chickens and how to breed them.
![Do you need to deal with broody hens or can you just leave them](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/130/do-you-have-to-break-a-broody-hen.jpg)
Do you have to break a broody hen?
![My egg flock eating windfall pears.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/128/My-chickens-eating-windfall-pears.jpg)
Can chickens eat pears?
![A flock of chickens in a neighbours garden.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/127/A-flock-of-chickens-in-a-garden.jpg)
How to keep a neighbours chickens out of your yard or garden.
![A young chick perching.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/126/Young-chick-perching.jpg)
Do chicks and baby chickens roost and perch.
![One of my Golden comet chickens.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/125/A-golden-comet-chicken.jpg)
The Golden Comet breed profile.
![My flock of barnevelders eating nuts](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/124/My-chickens-eating-nuts.jpg)
Can chickens eat nuts? And which ones?
![A chickens feet scratching in sawdust](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/123/A-chickens-feet-header-image.jpg)
What is wrong with my chickens feet?
![Sudden death syndrome in chickens](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/122/sudden-death-in-chickens.jpg)
Sudden death in chickens
![A blue marans chick ready to be sexed](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/121/sexing-marans-chicks.jpg)
Sexing Marans chickens
![A white skinned Marans chicken, plucked and ready to cook](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/120/A-marans-chicken-carcass-ready-for-cooking.jpeg)
Keeping Marans chickens for meat.
![how much are beautiful hens like this and where can you find them](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/119/how-much-do-Marans-cost.jpg)
How much do Marans cost and where to get them.
![Copper black marans free ranging](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/118/3-copper-black-marans-hens-free-ranging.jpg)
Caring for Marans chickens.
![A copper blacj marans hen eating treats](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/117/history-of-the-marans-header-image.jpg)
The history of the Marans chicken.
![Dark shelled Marans eggs ready for incubation](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/116/incubating-dark-shelled-eggs-is-difficult.jpg)
Incubating and hatching Marans eggs.
![What are the colours and types of Marans chickens](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/115/types-and-colours-of-Marans-chickens.jpg)
Marans types and colours.
![Marans is all about the eggs](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/114/The-winning-Marans-chicken-eggs-at-the-national-show.jpg)
The Marans breed standard.
![The winning display of marans eggs from the national poultry show](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/113/The-winning-Marans-chicken-eggs-at-the-national-show.jpg)
The Marans dark brown eggs.
![3 of my copper black marans hens free ranging](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/112/3-copper-black-marans-hens-free-ranging.jpg)
Marans chickens. A complete breed guide.
![A batch of fermented chicken feed, ready to use.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/111/Fermented-chicken-feed-ready-to-use.jpg)
Fermented chicken feed. Should you and is it worth it?
![Drunk chicken cartoon](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/110/a-drunk-chicken.jpg)
Can chickens have beer, wine, spirits and alcohol?
![Three of my hens eating grated carrot](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/109/Can-chickens-eat-carrots.jpg)
Can chickens eat carrots?
![one of my show chickens](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/108/email-sign-up-header-image.jpg)
Sign up for emails.
![My bantam barnevelders on deep litter](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/107/Chickens-on-deep-litter.jpg)
The deep litter method for chickens
![One of my young la bresse chickens free ranging](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/106/a-young-le-bresse-chicken.jpg)
la Bresse Gauloise chicken breed profile.
![My chickens eating celery. they seem to like the crunch.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/105/can-chickens-eat-celery.jpg)
Can chickens eat celery and celeriac?
![A white leghorn hen with a dirty bottom.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/104/3-chickens-with-dirty-butts.jpg)
Why do my chickens have dirty bottoms
![The five freedoms for chickens safeguard their basic rights](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/103/the-five-freedoms-for-chickens-min.jpg)
The five freedoms and what they mean for chicken keepers.
![My egg flock getting stuck into left over apples](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/102/Can-chicekns-eat-apples-header-image.jpg)
Can chickens eat apples
![Adding new chickens to the flock can cause problems](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/101/adding-new-chickens-to-the-flock-can-be-problematic.jpg)
Intergrating flocks and adding new chickens to the coop
![A selection of eggs from my hens with two tiny ones.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/100/the-variation-in-the-size-of-eggs.jpg)
Will my chickens eggs get bigger?
![My chickens roosting in the coop at night](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/99/chickens-in-the-coop-at-night.jpg)
Why chickens stop going into the coop at night and what to do about it.
![A winning silkie chicken at a poultry show.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/98/What-is-a-silkie-header.jpg)
The Silkie chicken
![A 12 week old grower free ranging on grass](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/97/a-growing-chicken-free-ranging-on-pasture.jpg)
Cold tolerance of young chickens and growers
![How you store fertile ggs for incubation is very important](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/96/storing-fertile-eggs-for-incubation.jpg)
Storing fertile eggs for incubation
![My chickens eating mushrooms](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/95/chickens-eating-mushrooms.jpg)
Can chickens eat mushrooms, toadstools and funghi
![A silver double laced barnevelder at a poultry show](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/94/Barnevelders-silver-laced.jpg)
Barnevelder chickens
Selecting fertile eggs for incubation
![two of my cream crested legbars eating courgette](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/92/cream-crested-legbar-header-image.jpg)
The Cream Crested Legbar breed profile.
![My flock of chickens eating their way through some potatoes](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/91/chickens-eating-cooked-potato-header-image.jpg)
Can chickens eat potato, sweet potato and yams?
![Candling a chickens egg to determine fertility](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/90/fertility-in-chickens-header-imager.jpg)
Chicken fertility and reproductive problems
![my chickens eating grated parsnip](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/89/My-chickens-eating-grated-parsnips.jpg)
Can chickens eat parsnip?
![An Ancona hen in a cage at a poultry show](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/88/The-ancona-chicken.jpg)
Ancona chicken breed profile.
![2 of my flock pecking away at rutabaga or swedes](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/87/2-of-my-chickens-eating-rutabaga-or-swede.jpg)
Can chickens eat rutabaga, swedes and turnips?
![A chicken suffering with Newcastle disease.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/86/newcastle-disease-in-chickens.jpg)
Newcastle Disease in chickens
![Me holding a polish hen in my hand](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/85/A-polish-hen-in-my-hand.jpg)
Polish chicken breed profile.
![Some of my flock eating flowers](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/84/my-chickens-eating-flowers.jpg)
Can chickens eat flowers and which ones are to be avoided.
![](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/83/Myclopasma-infections-header-image.jpg)
Mycoplasma gallisepticum - MG - in chickens and how to deal with it
![My chickens eating yoghurt](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/82/can-chickens-eat-yoghurt-and-is-it-good-for-them-min.jpg)
Can chickens have yogurt and is it any good for them?
![a stunning porcelain brahma chicken](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/81/a-beautiful-porcelain-brahms-chicken.jpg)
The Brahma chicken. All about the gentle giant.
![a chicken with the classic posture of egg yolk peritonitis](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/80/Classic-pose-of-egg-yolk-peritonitis-min.jpg)
Egg yolk peritonitis. The causes, symptoms and treatment of EYP.
![I use hollow cinder blocks to feed grit and shell to my chickens](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/79/Grit-and-oyster-shell-in-a-hollow-brick-min-1.jpg)
The complete guide to feeding grit and oyster shell to chickens. With FAQ
![My egg flock eating cooked rice](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/78/chickens-eating-rice-header-image.jpg)
Can Chickens eat rice and is it good for them?
![A nest with olive green eggs](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/77/Olive-eggers-header-image..jpg)
Complete guide to Olive Egger chickens and how to breed them. With FAQ's
![Cinnamon queen chickens eating while free ranging](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/76/A-cinnamon-queen-chicken.jpg)
Cinnamon Queen chickens
![A chicken with infectious coryza](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/75/infectious-coryza-in-chickens-header-image.jpg)
Infectious Coryza in chickens. And what to do about it.
![Some of my chickens eating a marrow](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/74/Can-chickens-eat-zucchini-or-courgette.jpg)
Can chickens eat courgette, zucchini and marrow
![My chicken running of with the tomato while i am trying to film them](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/73/chickens-eating-tomato-halves-header-image.jpg)
Can chickens eat tomato
![My egg flock.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/72/chickens-eating-layers-pellets.jpg)
Contact me
![A lash egg](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/71/Lash-egg-header.jpg)
Lash Eggs, Salpingitis or Egg Lash Disease in chickens
![a shell less chickens egg in a nest](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/70/shell-egg-diagnosing-eggs-problems-header-image.jpg)
Abnormal chicken eggs. 37 egg and shell problems explained.
![My egg flock eating eggplant or aubergines](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/69/my-flock-eating-eggplant-and-aubergines-header-image.jpg)
Can chickens eat Aubergine or Eggplant (Brinjal)
![My chickens eating cucumbers](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/68/chickens-eating-cucumbers-header-image.jpg)
Can chickens eat cucumbers
![Some of my chickens eating peppers](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/67/chickens-eating-bell-peppers-header-image.jpg)
Can chickens eat bell peppers and chillies
![A chicken with Marek's disease](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/66/mareks-disease-header-image.jpg)
Battling Marek's disease in chickens. How to spot it and what to do about it.
![Some of my chickens eating treats](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/65/chickens-eating-treats-header.jpg)
What can chickens eat, the complete A to Z guide
![Chickens eating scratch from the grass](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/64/feeding-scratch-grains-to-chickens-header.jpg)
Chicken scratch grains, when and how much.
![Chickens eating peanuts](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/63/barnevelders-eating-peanuts-header-image.jpg)