April 25, 2014
Why do hens crowd into just one nest box?
Why do all my hens try to crowd into one nest box even though I have provided four for my six hens? Keith Maslem, by email
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Poultry
April 15, 2014
OUR MAY ISSUE IS OUT NOW!
The latest issue of Your Chickens is on sale in the shops today
April 14, 2014
£300 VERM-X GIVEAWAY!
The great Verm-x giveaway
April 10, 2014
Won over…
James Marshall, from Taunton in Somerset, was initially unsure about keeping chickens. But now he is an enthusiastic keeper
April 9, 2014
Lay Lady Lay
Do your chickens play hide and seek with their eggs? Here’s how to make sure your hens lay only in the nest box and nowhere else
April 9, 2014
Hattie shows you how to…
... make great bolied eggs with soldiers
April 9, 2014
WONKY FACE
A chick that decided to be that little bit different
April 9, 2014
Music makes for bigger eggs
A New Zealand vineyard has discovered that playing classical music to its resident hens has made their eggs noticeably larger
April 9, 2014
HEALTH HAZARDS – WATER
Water is often called the forgotten nutrient: continuous access to clean water is a vital part of chickens’ health and egg production.
April 7, 2014
An egg-citing challenge
College students in County Durham were set a poultry poser: how to get their chickens to lay more eggs!
April 6, 2014
The strange story of chicken sleep
Did you know that chickens can be asleep and awake at the same time!
