Chicken Keeping
Articles
Starting Out
- Before Keeping Chickens
- When to start ?
- Popular Breeds
- Guide to buying
- Chicken & Poultry Breeders UK
- Basic quick start Guide
- Poultry Housing
- Converting a Garden Shed
- Where to put your Coop
- Nest Boxes
- Runs for your Coop
- Chicken Fencing
- Collecting your Hens
- Feeding Chickens
- F A Q's
- Wing Clipping
- Utilizing space
- The first few days
- Pets or Livestock?
- Children and Chickens
General Day to Day
- The Daily Check List
- Before adding more Hens
- Free-range in the garden
- Chickens in Summer
- Chickens in Winter
- Cleaning Coops
- Dust Bathing
- Introducing new Chickens
- Pecking Order & more
- Feather Loss / Moulting
- Is my Hen unwell?
- Hens eating their Eggs
- Broodiness
- Hens & the Veggie Patch
- Getting Hens back in the Coop
- Selling eggs at the Gate
Hazards & Warnings
Miscellaneous
Ex-Battery Hens
Social Media..
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Quality Made Wood
Ready Built Runs
Hen Houses from Taylors
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Used Eglu Chicken Coops
Red Mite Products Poultry Feed & Misc
How big should my hen house be?
What size, width, diameter etc. should my perch be?
Do I need special Nest Boxes?
Will they need a big area for exercise?
Will they get cold in the winter?
Do hens get bored?
What is a dust bath?
Is free ranging in the garden safe?
How can I stop foxes?
Is their special poultry food and what amount should I give them?
I've heard you can feed their eggshells back to them, why?
Will the chickens be safe with other pets?
Should I get a cockerel?
What if a Chicken becomes sick?
For quick answers to the above questions, go to the
Chicken Keeping FAQ page.
Alternatively, the
Forum
is full of similar questions and problems
