A Family Guide To Keeping Chickens (63 page)
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Authors: Anne Perdeaux
David Fielding –
pages 25
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40
(bottom),
124
Flyte so Fancy:
www.flytesofancy.co.uk/index.html
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pages 24
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29
(top right),
35
(bottom left & right),
37
(bottom left & right),
40
(top),
41
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75
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76
(bottom),
77
(bottom),
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235
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(bottom)
Happy Hens in Herefordshire:
www.happyhens.me.uk
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page 60
(bottom)
Emma Harrison:
www.emmaharrison.wix.com/emmarosinaphotography
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page 59
(bottom right)
Marriage’s Feeds:
www.marriagefeeds.co.uk
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pages 90
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93
(top),
94
Mother Hen’s Poultry:
www.motherhenspoultry.com
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pages 55
(top left & right),
61
(top)
Newland Poultry:
www.newlandgrange.com
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pages 54
(top left & bottom),
56
(top),
133
Omlet:
www.omlet.co.uk
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pages 6
(top),
19
(top left),
33
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34
(top),
103
(top),
130
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131
(top left)
Victoria Roberts BVSc MRCVS –
pages 183
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187
Rosie’s Rare Breed Poultry:
http://rosiesrarebreedpoultry.weebly.com
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pages 67
(bottom),
203
(top left)
Diane Rusling:
www.ullapoolholidayhomes.com
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pages 19
(top right),
29
(bottom),
53
(middle)
Susan Shaw-Cooper:
www.darkbrowneggs.info
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pages 152
(top right),
213
(far left),
224
St David’s Poultry Team:
www.chickenvet.co.uk
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pages 188
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189
Rupert Stephenson –
page 184
The Appenzeller Spitzhauben Society of Great Britain:
www.appenzellerspitzhauben.co.uk
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page 61
(bottom)
The Araucana Poultry Club of Great Britain:
araucana.org.uk
(Frank Decmar) –
page 59
(middle)
The Black Rock Hatchery:
www.theblackrockhatchery.co.uk
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page 53
(bottom), (Kate Campbell) –
page 64
(bottom)
The Brahma Club of Great Britain:
www.brahmaclub.co.uk
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page 62
The British Belgian Bantam Club:
www.belgians.jatman.co.uk
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pages 66
(bottom),
67
(top left & right)
The British Faverolles Society:
http://britishfaverollessociety.yolasite.com
–
page 63
(bottom)
The Dorking Club:
www.vicvet.com/dorking.php
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page 63
(top right)
The Rosecomb Bantam Club:
www.rosecombbantamclub.co.uk
(Nicky Demaine) –
page 68
(bottom)
The Sebright Club:
www.sebrightclub.co.uk
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page 69
(top)
The Vincent Wildlife Trust:
vwt.org.uk
(Johnny Birks) –
page 141
(bottom), (Frank Greenaway) –
page 143
(top & bottom)
Hugo Wells Poultry:
www.hugowellspoultry.co.uk
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pages 5
(bottom),
34
(bottom),
35
(top),
37
(top),
53
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54
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(middle left, bottom right),
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(top),
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(top right),
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(bottom 4)
Wells Poultry Housing & Equipment:
www.chicken-house.co.uk
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pages 75
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(top),
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(top right),
80
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Your Chicken
s magazine:
www.yourchickens.co.uk
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pages 13
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121
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Animal Welfare Act (2006)
4
artificial incubation
221–5
the brooder
223–4
caring for the chicks
224
choosing an incubator
222
growing chicks
224
hatching
223
incubation
222–3
automated equipment, using
84–5
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133
avian influenza (bird flu)
189
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197
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242
bantams
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battery hens
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bedding, selecting
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behaviour, understanding chicken
10–22
battery hens
16
bedtime
17
broody hens
17
dust-bathing
15
chickens and humans
18
getting to know your chickens
19
laying eggs
16
other animals and
19
pecking order, establishing the
12
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13
scratching and foraging
14
shade and shelter, providing
17–18
Belgian Bearded Bantam
51
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66–7
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247
breeder, buying from a
105–6
bronchitis, infectious
106
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187
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243
broody hens and hatching eggs, managing
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210–21
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adding the eggs
215–16
artificial incubation
221–5
candling
217
choosing a broody
214
dealing with unwanted broodiness
211–13
hatching eggs
213–14
encouraging broodiness
214
free-range chicks
221
the growing chicks
220
hatching with a broody hen
214–21
incubation
216–17
the new family
218–20
recognizing a broody hen
210–11
setting up a nursery
214
spring chicks
214
buying your chickens
102–19
adding to your flock
116–17
bringing your chickens home
109
buying from breeder
105–6
buying from sales and auctions
107–8
buying privately
107
chicken shopping
104–9
chickens, chicks or eggs
103–4
how many
102
establishing pecking order
112–13
mixing different breeds
103
settling chickens
110–16
taming
113–15
transferring the chickens
110–11
can you keep chickens?
1–4
caring for your chickens
120–37
can chickens fly?
131–2
cleaning out henhouse
123–4
cleaning run and dust-bath
124
cleaning run material
129
establishing daily routine
121–3
holidays, arranging cover for your
133–4
how worms affect chickens
128
moving electric fencing
129
natural prevention
129–31
physical check
125–6
preparing henhouse for winter
130
remembering other tasks
127–32
repairs and maintenance
125
scrubbing the henhouse
130
weekly chores
123–6
wing clipping
133–4
worming
127–9
changing seasons
234–41
autumn
235–7
spring
234
summer
235
winter
237–9
chat, chicken
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choosing the right chickens for the job
50–73
bantams
66–9
deciding between pure-breeds and hybrids
50–1
hard feather, soft feather
58
heavy breeds
62–6
light breeds
59–62
re-homing battery hens
56–7
seeing before you decide
70–1
selecting your hybrids
52–7
what do you want from your chickens?
51
chicken pox
190
children, chickens and
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cleaning:
ease of
41
the henhouse
123–4
keeping things clean
3
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83–4
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137
the run and dust-bath
124
the run material
129
coccidiosis
90
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cockerels
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200–9
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aggression in
202–3
deciding whether you need
203–5
producing table birds
206
Convict’s foot and toe balls
193
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242
cost
4
death of chickens
228–33
after a loss
231
disposing of the body
229
how long do chickens live?
230
losing a pet
230
digestive problems
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190–1
drinker
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