A Family Guide To Keeping Chickens (65 page)

sour crop
191
,
245

storing eggs
160

storing feed
80–1

suppliers of poultry, equipment and services
249–51

Sussex
44
,
51
,
55
,
65
,
205

taming
93
,
94
,
106
,
113–15

ticks
185
,
196

websites
247–8
,
251

Welsummer
46
,
51
,
61
,
66
,
248

where and how will your chickens live?
24–49

different types of chicken housing
33–6

dust-extracted wood shavings
26

electric poultry netting
30–2

free-ranging in the garden
30

ground cover for chicken runs
26

hardwood chips
26

in a large garden or smallholding
30–2
,
44

in a small garden
24–6
,
42–4

integrated runs and arks
34–5

medium-sized garden
27–30

movable chicken housing
28–9

on a farm
32
,
44
,
46

positioning the chicken house
33

predator-proof chicken runs
28

rubber chippings
26

scenarios of keeping chickens
42–6

shredded hemp bedding
26

spacious living
32

stand-alone houses
36

straw
26

what to look for
36–42

why keep chickens?
xiii–xiv

will chickens fit into your life?
3

worms
43
,
44
,
94
,
116
,
127–9
,
135
,
136
,
177
,
240
,
241
,
243
,
245
,
251

wounds and external problems
121
,
190
,
193

Wyandotte
46
,
51
,
65–6
,
214
,
247
,
248