Poultry & Chicken Blog
Ducks, Chickens, Quail in the Back Garden
Yearly Archives: 2011
The Boys!
Sooooooo, after saying how we were going to cull the cockerels only one boy (the crowing one) made it to his final destination. The cull, as on occasion may happen, went a little wrong. A matter of 10 seconds delay…Today is the day!
That the cockerels are finally culled. I have been putting it off for as long as possible, however the past two days one of the Faverolle boys has taken to 4.30am crowing and even in the heavy coop with little…Run Time & Wimpy Boys
I have started putting together my plans for the new chook run and the spoilt madames are still going to have over 4 sqm space each as well as access into the duck run (and ducks into theirs) at times.…Back Garden Chickens and Other Poultry by John and Cara Harrison
I’m a little bit excited as the book I co-wrote with my father, John, Back Garden Chickens & Other Poultry is released on 01 September 2011. It will be available from Amazon and all good bookshops (as they say) from then.…Adding Up The Cost
Today I realised that adding up the cost of the chickens and ducks to see how much my lovely free range eggs are is a very bad idea. Once you’ve added the housing, feeders, drinkers, medical kit, tonics, feed, bedding…Chicken Keepers Course – Sheffield 17 September 2011
Lets Talk Chicken is a one day conference being held for those thinking of keeping poultry in their back gardens. Held on 17th September 2011 at Westways Primary School in Crookes, Sheffield the course will cover all aspects of urban…Worms and Parasites
Again, due to many questions with the aid of the forums the following information will help anyone with an internal parasite problem (many thanks to Aunt Sally and all the other forum contributors for this information). Worms in chickens are of two general…Red Mite
I’ve been having a few emails through about people who are suffering from the dreaded redmite so thought I would make a little post about how best to get rid of the horrid little bloodsuckers! This was the advice given…Broody Pingu
As I suspected little Pingu has decided it is time she had some babies of her own. Pingu is a lovely little Muscovy-Cayuga cross with the funniest hiss-quack as a result. Another result of her cross is that she is…Cakes & Cats
With all the eggs I have had recently I had a bit of a baking session. At the moment I am getting at least 5 duck eggs a day and an occasional chicken egg too which is far more than two people…Getting Big
The chicks are getting huge now. The three boys have all got very noticeable combs and even tiny little Biscuits (Cream Legbar) is now too big to escape from the garden through holes we didn’t even think to cover up as they…Naughty Girls
I’ve been having a bit of a problem with the three ex-barn girls the past few weeks. Their little house has a secure under-run that in the morning they come down into until letting out time. They have food and…Poor Bee!
It turns out I have a very daft duck indeed. With all the lovely weather the ducks have had two plastic paddling pools, their mini tyre pond and drinker on the go. In order to fit them in the run…Predators & Guard Chickens!
Last week we had an unexpected visitor to the garden. No, this time it wasn’t Mr Fox but instead a predator of the two legged variety… At about 5:45 the chickens started making an almighty noise in their underrun and…
