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10 Tips for Safely Cleaning Your Chicken Coop
10 Tips for Safely Cleaning Your Chicken Coop Cleaning your chicken coop is an essential task for backyard chicken owners.…
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10 Most Popular Types of Backyard Chickens
Keeping chickens in the back garden has become increasingly popular in the UK in recent years. Not only do they…
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Protecting Garden Chickens From Bird Flu
If you keep chickens in your back garden, then no doubt, the breakouts we’ve seen over the last few years…
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What to Look For When Buying a Chicken Coop and Run
One of the biggest challenges for chicken keepers is knowing what to look for when buying a chicken coop and…
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Go On, Give a Home to a Rescue Chicken
I was chatting to a chicken keeper called Lizzie on Twitter a few days ago. Lizzie has just started keeping…
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How to Stop Chickens’ Water Freezing in Winter
Need to stop your chickens’ water freezing? Finding ways to stop water freezing in the chicken coop is a…
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The Ultimate Chicken Quiz: Test Your Poultry Knowledge
The Ultimate Chicken Quiz
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Complete Guide to Worming Chickens
Poultry worms are parasites that, left untreated, can have a devastating effect on the health of your chickens and eventually…
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How To Get Chickens to Lay Eggs in the Nesting Box
A common question asked by many chicken keepers is ‘how to get chickens to lay eggs in the nesting box?’…
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How Often Do Chickens Lay Eggs?
One of the primary reasons people want to keep chickens is so they can get their own supply of fresh…
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Do I Need a Cockerel for Chickens to Lay Eggs?
Do you need a cockerel for a chicken to lay eggs? The answer is no, you don’t need a…
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Looking After Chickens When On Holiday
Summer is finally here and everyone is getting ready for a well-deserved holiday, but for chicken keepers this can…
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Common Plants Poisonous to Chickens
There are some common plants which are poisonous to chickens if ingested and it’s important for chicken keepers to keep…
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The surprising intelligence of chickens
How intelligent are chickens? The term ‘bird brain’ has long been used to insult people who have done something stupid.…
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Northern Fowl Mite the deadly threat to chickens
The northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus Sylviarum) are extremely small but tenacious creatures that pose a deadly threat to chickens. They…
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What are the best chicken breeds to keep at home?
If you’re thinking about keeping chickens, one question you’re bound to ask is: what are the best chicken breeds to…
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5 Places To Buy Your Chickens
If you are considering buying chickens to keep at home but aren’t sure where to find them, here are a…
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Essential Chicken Keeping Equipment and Supplies
If you keep chickens, you need to be prepared not only for the day to day care of your hens,…
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Selling Eggs in the UK – What You Need To Know
A common question asked by many chicken keepers in Britain is ‘Can I sell my chickens’ eggs?’ In short, the…
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How to Identify and Treat Red Mite Infestation in Chickens
Red Mite infestation is one of the main problems you will have to deal with when you keep chickens. This…