Finacard Chopped Cardboard Bedding Review |
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Written by Tim Daniels
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Thursday, 17 June 2010 17:20 |
 Chickens are unfortunately prone to getting respiratory problems from dusty bedding. Inhaled dust goes into the caudal air sac and small lung as well as into to the crannial air sac. If birds are kept for too long with inadequate ventillation or in a dusty environment, their breathing will be laboured and will 'rattle'. This will soon cause infection in the respiratory system. Providing sufficient ventillation in a chicken house is very important but also, what you use on the floor of your hen house is surprisingly important. Using dust extracted wood shavings is the most popular choice – a recent survey on our poultry forum showed 61% of people that voted were using wood shavings, 17% were using straw and 13% were using other bedding materials such as Hemcore.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 26 June 2010 11:31 |
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Popular Poultry Breeds Book Review |
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Written by Tim Daniels
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Saturday, 31 July 2010 00:00 |
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Popular Poultry Breeds (Hardback)
by David Scrivener
- Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd.
- Edition Published: 10 Jun 2009
- Hardback: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: 1847971032
- ISBN-13: 978-1847971036
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Popular Poultry Breeds was written as a companion volume to Rare Poultry breeds by the same author. Forty of the most popular poultry breeds (large fowl and bantam varieties) have been covered in detail as well as their variants and variations in name and breed standards which can sometimes be considerably different from country to country.
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The Chicken Vet Talks About Salmonella in Backyard Chickens |
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Written by Richard Jackson BVMs (Hons) MRCVS
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Saturday, 21 May 2011 15:19 |
 We frequently get owners asking questions about the risks of getting Salmonella from their chickens and eggs.
What exactly is Salmonella?
Salmonella is a bacteria which can infect both animals and man. There are several species of Salmonella, each species has it's own type of animal that it prefers to infect e.g. Salmonella Dublin prefers to live in cattle. Whilst most Salmonella species prefer to infect a particular type of animal they can usually also infect other animal species and humans. Not all Salmonella species cause illness and not all Salmonella species which cause disease in one species will go on to cause disease in other species. E.g. Salmonella Enteritidis prefers to infect chickens it does not normally cause the chickens many problems but this species can occasionally infect people.
Salmonella can cause vomiting and diarrhoea in people and in extreme cases cause blood poisoning. In animals it can cause diarrhoea and blood poisoning.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 21 May 2011 16:09 |
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Keeping Chickens Month by Month: May |
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Written by The Mad Chicken Lady
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Sunday, 24 April 2011 05:01 |
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 May is always a busy and hectic time for a chicken keeper. Your hens should be back in to full laying swing at this point, and I know that as I look at my over flowing egg basket I have to start getting creative with egg recipes. You can of course sell a few of your surplus eggs to friends and neighbours, although I tend to make gifts of mine because they have to live next door to me and my currently noisy flock. It's amazing how a half dozen eggs can soothe ruffled feathers.
While we're on the subject of noisy flocks, the beginning of May is usually the time that I get rudely awoken by at least one gobby Pekin. As the mornings get lighter, my girls rise earlier for breakfast and start laying earlier. Which means earlier 'Wow! I'm brilliant! I laid an egg!' songs. If, like me, you are a suburban keeper, this is not a particularly welcome change.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 30 April 2011 10:25 |
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Butterfly Poultry Saddle Review |
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Written by Tim Daniels
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Thursday, 17 June 2010 16:12 |
 Around this time of year, many hens that are kept in a flock with a cockerel start to look bare on their backs having lost feathers from his constant attention. Small flocks suffer the most but even in a large flock, a cock will have his favourites who will are no doubt the birds who have lost the most feathers!
To protect hens backs and give feathers a chance to re-grow, poultry saddles can be used which are usually made out of a tough material that protect the back but still allow the cock bird to tread the hen successfully.
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