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• Common To All Poultry
  • Incubation & Hatching
    • Candling Eggs (With Pictures)
    • Storing Hatching Eggs
    • Nest Box Hygiene for Hatching Eggs
    • How to Clean Eggs for Incubation
    • Incubation Troubleshooting Guide
    • Choosing the right incubator for your hatching eggs
    • Setting up your incubator for a successful hatch
  • Pests & Predators
    • Mink Trapping Tips for Poultry Keepers
    • Stoats and Weasels
    • Crows and Rooks
    • Shooting Foxes to Protect Poultry
    • Foxes
    • Using Repellent to Stop Foxes.
    • Rats
  • General
    • Auctions : An opinion from all angles
    • Electric Poultry Netting
    • Poultry Identification with Leg Rings
    • A Poultry Courier Service - JM Couriers
    • How to Store Poultry Feeds
    • Energy and Protein for Poultry and Waterfowl
    • Why use litter in poultry houses?
    • The National Committee for Bird Strategy
    • All About The Egg
    • From Hen House to Compost Heap
    • Getting Ready For Winter
    • Apple Cider Vinegar - ACV
    • Should I Vaccinate My Poultry?
    • Chickens and Ducks in the Garden - Free Range
    • Double Yolks in Eggs
  • Health
    • Poultry Wormers: Choosing a Poultry Wormer
    • Chlamydiosis in Poultry
    • Worms Lay Eggs Too
    • The Damage Done by Worms
    • External Parasites or Lice on Chickens and Other Poultry.
    • Aspergillosis
    • Tape Worms or Cestodes
    • Large Roundworm or Ascarida Galli
    • Hair or Capillaria Worms
    • Gape Worm or Syngamus Tachea
    • Internal Parasites or Worms in Chickens and other Poultry.
    • Diatomaceous Earth for Poultry
    • Egg Binding
    • Omphalitis / Navel-ill
    • Mini Eggs
    • Egg Peritonitis
    • Prolapsus
    • Bumblefoot
  • Housing
    • A Cheap Chicken or Duck House
    • What is the best bedding material for chickens and ducks?
• Keeping Chickens
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    • What is meant by the Strain of a Bird?
    • Are Brown Eggs Healthier than White Eggs?
    • What is the Minimum Number of Chickens I can keep?
    • Will Cats Attack my Chickens?
    • What is the ‘Pecking' Order?
    • Can I Buy Black Rock Hatching Eggs?
    • How long do chickens live?
    • What are Poultry Saddles.
    • Why does it get so dusty around my chicks?
    • How can I stop a hen from being broody?
    • What is a Dustbath?
    • How many nestboxes do I need for my hens?
    • Which plants in the garden won't chickens eat?
    • Why do chickens need fine grit and oyster shell?
    • How can I sex my chicks?
    • What size chicken house do I need to keep chickens?
    • What size run should I give my chickens?
    • Will chickens ruin my lovely garden?
    • Will my dog hurt the chickens?
    • Should I buy a cockerel for my hens?
    • How many eggs will my chickens lay?
    • Why have my hens have stopped laying?
    • Feeding Chickens - What should I feed my chickens?
    • Where can I find chickens For Sale?
    • What are Red Mite and how do I get rid of them?
    • Do chickens get fed up in their run?
    • My hen has laid a double yolk egg, why is this?
    • Do I need a cockerel for a chicken to lay eggs?
  • General - Chickens
    • Selling Eggs Off the Gate
    • Keeping Chickens - Planning for Winter
    • Poultry Nutrition - What is in your birds feed?
    • How to Clip a Wing to Stop Chickens Flying.
    • How to Dispatch a Chicken.
    • Assessing a Cockerel’s Temperament with Children
    • Types of Poultry Grit.
    • Chickens Moulting
    • The temperament of different breeds of chickens
    • How to Blow an Egg
    • Smallholder Ex Battery Hen Feed
    • Breeding Pure Breeds of Chickens.
    • Introducing New Chickens
    • Pure Breed Chickens found in the UK
    • The Classifications of Chickens
    • Light For Laying Chickens
    • A Few Hens for Eggs in the Back Yard.
    • Fast Food - Growing Your Own Broiler Chicken
    • Absolute Beginners Guide to Keeping Chickens
    • Breeding Chickens
    • Growing Your Own... Cockerel
  • Incubation and Hatching
    • Incubation using a Broody Hen
    • Weight Loss Method for Incubation.
  • Rearing Chicks
    • Heating the Brooding Area.
    • Choosing A Young Cockerel for Future Breeding
    • Preparing The Brooding Area
    • Rearing Chicks
  • Housing Chickens
    • Sheltering Chickens from the Rain
    • Flatpacked Nest Boxes - from IKEA!
    • Choosing a Chicken Coop / Chicken House.
  • Shows and Showing
    • Improving your Poultry Show Photos
    • The tips and tricks for exhibiting your show chickens.
    • Making Your Own Line of Birds
    • The National Poultry Show 2009
    • The Hannover 2009 Poultry Show.
    • Preparing your Birds for The Show Circuit
  • Health
    • Fowl Pox
    • Predator Mites for Red Mite Control
    • The Chicken Vet Talks about Coccidiosis in Backyard Chickens
    • The Chicken Vet Talks About Salmonella in Backyard Chickens
    • Spring Time Worming.
    • The Chicken Vet Talks About Respiratory Disease In Chickens
    • The Chicken Vet talks about Newcastle Disease
    • The Chicken Vet talks about Marek's Disease
    • Remembering when to worm with Flubenvet
    • Flubenvet 60g packs for Worming Chickens
    • Crooked and Curled Toes in Chicks
    • Pendulous Crop
    • Sour Crop
    • Poisonous Plants for Chickens
    • Coccidiosis
    • Marek's Disease
    • Trimming Cockerels Spurs
    • Scaly Leg Mite
    • Frozen Comb in Cockerels.
    • The Digestive System of a Chicken
    • Impacted Crop
    • Mushy Chick Disease / Yolk Sac Infection
    • Chickens laying Soft Egg Shells
    • Red Mite
    • Inspecting a Chicken for Good Health
    • Mycoplasma Gallisepticum
  • Genetics
    • How to fix specific traits into your line and how to introduce fresh blood when necessary.
    • Gold and Silver Sex Linkage
    • Colour Genetics of Blue Birds
    • What is Autosexing?
  • Poultry Keeper's Chicken Stories
    • Keeping Chickens Month by Month: September
    • Keeping Chickens Month by Month: August
    • Keeping Chickens Month by Month: June
    • Keeping Chickens Month by Month: July
    • Keeping Chickens Month by Month: May
    • Keeping Chickens Month by Month: April
    • Chicken Therapy – Soup for the Mind
    • Llamas as guardians for chickens!
    • The Road to Perfect Poultry
    • Keeping Chickens at School
    • Two Chicks From One Egg!
    • Chickens are the new Playstation
• Keeping Waterfowl
  • Frequently Asked Questions - Ducks
    • Beginners Guide to Keeping Ducks
    • Can you feed Chick Crumbs to Ducklings or Goslings
    • Can you keep Chickens and Ducks Together?
    • Feeding Laying Ducks
    • What Should Ducklings Eat?
    • Are Ducks Noisy?
    • What Drake to Duck Ratio should I have?
  • Frequently Asked Questions - Geese
    • How many geese per gander for fertile eggs?
    • One of my geese has gone off it's legs what's wrong?
    • Will Geese Damage my Young Fruit Trees?
    • Introducing a New Goose to a Flock.
    • Feeding Geese for the table
    • How do I know if a Goose is ready to incubate her eggs?
    • What should I feed Geese?
  • General - Waterfowl
    • Winter Care of Your Bantam Ducks
    • December is the Time for Pairing Geese
    • Grass Control with Geese.
    • Classifications of Waterfowl
  • Incubation and Hatching - Waterfowl
    • A Goose Keepers Frustration Hatching their First Goslings
    • Incubating Duck Eggs - Why do my ducklings die in the shell fully formed?
    • What humidity should I use to hatch duck eggs?
    • Preparing Duck Eggs for Incubation.
  • Waterfowl Health
    • Vaccinating against Avian Influenza in Holland
    • Worming Ducks
    • Wet Feather
    • Gizzard Worm or Amidostomum Anseris
  • Waterfowl Genetics
    • Aging white: Why have my Black, Chocolate or Blue Ducks got white patches?
  • Waterfowl Shows and Showing
    • British Waterfowl Association 23rd National Waterfowl Exhibition 2010
    • British Waterfowl Association - 22nd National Waterfowl Exhibition 2009
    • Photos of The Domestic Waterfowl Club Show 08-11-09
    • British Waterfowl Association 22nd National Exhibition Results 2009
    • Test Article - Please Ignore
    • The 21st British Waterfowl Association Exhibition Video
    • British Waterfowl Association 21st National Exhibition Results 2008
    • British Waterfowl Association - 21st National Waterfowl Exhibition - 2008
• Keeping Turkeys
  • General - Turkeys
    • The Turkey is Becoming a Popular Bird to Keep
    • The Varieties of Turkey Available.
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    • What Should I Feed Turkeys
    • Will turkeys stop laying eggs if they fill the nest?
    • How many eggs will a turkey lay each year?
    • What housing do turkeys need?
  • Health
    • Caecal Worms or Heterakis Gallinae.
• Keeping Guinea Fowl
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    • What Colours of Guinea Fowl are there?
  • General - Guinea Fowl
    • Guinea Fowl Photos
    • Sexing Guinea Fowl.
    • Raising Young Keets with a Broody Hen.
  • Incubation and Hatching
    • Rearing Keets
  • Housing Guinea Fowl
    • Housing Guinea Fowl
• Ex-Battery Hens
  • Ex Battery Hens For Sale
  • The Plight of the Battery Hen
  • Tips on Re-homing Ex-Battery Chickens
  • Photos of Ex-Battery Hens
  • How do they make a Battery Hen?
  • After 2012 - The Future of the Battery Hen.
  • The Pleasure of Rehoming Ex Battery Hens
  • Rehoming Ex-Battery Hens FAQ
  • Common Health Problems of an Ex-Battery Hen
  • A Day in the Life of a Battery Hen Welfare Trust Rescue Coordinator
• Poultry Recipes
  • Basque Chicken
  • Pickled Quails' Eggs
  • Chicken or Turkey Satay with Noodles
  • Guinea Fowl with Garlic and Rosemary
  • Roast Turkey at Christmas
  • Roast Goose
• Poultry Keeping News
  • New Hensafe Door Opener-Closer
  • New Tripod Poultry Drinkers from Osprey BEC
  • The Tibetan Sky Chicken House
  • New Built-in ChickBox from BEC
  • Online Poultry Shows on Facebook
  • Urgent Plea - Battery Hen Rehoming
  • Fowl Pox Outbreaks
  • New Appenzeller Spitzhauben Society
  • A Happy Tummy for Hens
  • Christmas Cheer for Battery Hens?
  • Governments must be good eggs and stand up for hen welfare
  • Get your oven gloves on for Bake with Compassion 2011!
  • Half way to a Free Range U.K.
  • The Innovative New Way To Keep Chickens From Oakdene Coops!
  • Oswestry & District Rare Breed Poultry Sale
  • An Easter egg with a difference!
  • Watch as Worms Spring Up
  • iChicken a new iphone / ipod / ipad App
  • New Waterfowl for Sale Section from the BWA
  • Hen charity announces celebration of 250,000 re-homed battery hens
  • Poultry Talks at Colchester Poultry Club
  • A Fresh Start for Ex-battery Hens
  • Take the 'Healthy Hens, Wonderful Eggs' Challenge!
  • Colchester Poultry Club Chicken Day
  • £5000 up for grabs from Verm-X
  • 6000 Free Range Hens in Need of Homes
  • New Growers Pellets from The Fancy Feed Company
  • RFID Poultry Tag for Chickens!
  • Peace and Goodwill to all Good Hens!
  • Snow and Photographs at the Federation
  • Verm-X gains Organic Status.
  • Renowned Exhibition Light Sussex on Sale at The National
  • Countdown to the Poultry Club National 2010
  • Go to Henschool for Free!
  • DIY SOS Star Saves our Hens!
  • The Pullit – A New Automatic Chicken Door Opener / Closer
  • 'Halcyon' Days For 13 Lucky Hens!
  • National Waterfowl Exhibition in Solihull welcomes waterfowl enthusiasts from across the UK
  • Long overdue call for new laws to protect broiler chickens
  • Avian Inflenza and the DEFRA Rare Breeds Database
  • Practical Courses in Table Poultry
  • New Feed for White Feathered Breeds
  • ‘Natural’ Parasite Control Called into Question
  • British Hen Welfare Trust - Rehome some hens this weekend!
  • Hook Bill Ducks: Endangered and in need of help
  • California bans battery eggs from 2015
  • The Private Life of... Chickens
  • Pet Goose, Guard Goose or Eco Friendly Mowers?
  • New Website "The Chicken Vet" Goes Live.
  • Charity Celebrates 200,000 Hens!
  • Flyte of Fantasy
  • Poultrykeeper Spring Competition Winners
  • Black Rock Chickens are Saved!
  • Morrisons switches to Free Range Shell Eggs
  • Hen Welfare Charity Backs British Egg Farmers
  • The Death of Katie Thear
  • Bake a Cake, Help a Hen
  • Poultrykeeper Summer Competition
  • Janssen Poultry Tonic
  • Smallholder Golden Egg Promotion
  • Changes in Legislation for Flubenvet.
  • Latest News on the Bird Welfare Strategy Group.
  • National Waterfowl Exhibition Welcomes Visitors and New Exhibitors
  • Turkey Book Competition Winner.
  • Our Chicks have hatched!
  • Sainsbury's to Ban Battery Hen Eggs
  • Competition! Win a Copy of Not Just For Christmas.
  • February-March Welcome Message
  • Our Charity for 2009
  • January 09 Welcome Message
  • November 08 Welcome Message
  • October 2008 Poultrykeeper is Launched!
• Book & Equipment Reviews
  • Book Reviews
    • Art Of The Chicken Coop Book Review
    • The Illustrated Guide to Chickens Book Review
    • Popular Poultry Breeds Book Review
    • The Chicken Manual Book Review
    • 21st Century Poultry Breeding Book Review
    • Self Sufficiency Hen Keeping Book Review
    • Not Just For Christmas Book Review
    • Keeping Chickens Book Review
    • Keeping Ducks and Geese Book Review
    • This Domestic Duck Book Review
    • The Orpington Fowl Book Review.
    • British Waterfowl Standards Book Review
  • Equipment Reviews
    • BEC Osprey Feeders Review
    • RCOM Suro Review
    • Chick Box Plastic Nest Box Review
    • New Chick Box Plastic Nestboxes
    • VSB Automatic Pop Hole Opener for the Chicken House
    • Brinsea Hatchmaker Incubator Review
    • The Broody Box
    • Rcom 20 Pro USB Hatching Egg Incubator
    • Installing a VSB Electronic Doorkeeper
  • Other Reviews
    • Poultry Antiques from Veronica Mayhew
    • National 2010 - Championship Row Photos
    • The Welsh Federation 2010
    • The East of England Poultry Show – 2010
    • Finacard Chopped Cardboard Bedding Review
    • Butterfly Poultry Saddle Review
    • The Bird Gifts Website
    • Ecopetbed from Earthly Enterprises
    • Verm-X Natural Wormer for Poultry.
    • A New Poultry Auction Site - Bid4Poultry
    • Hand painted tiles of your own chickens and ducks

Resources

• Chicken Breeds
  • Ancona
  • Andalusian
  • Appenzeller Barthuhner
    • Appenzeller Barthuhner Photos
  • Appenzeller Spitzhauben
    • Appenzeller Spitzhauben Photos
  • Araucana
    • Rumpless Araucana Photos
  • Asian Hard Feather
    • Asian Hard Feather Photos
  • Australorp
    • Black Australorp Photos
    • Blue Australorp Photos
  • Belgian
    • Barbu De Watermael Photos
    • Barbu D'Uccle Photos
    • Barbu D'Anvers Photos
    • Barbu Du Grubbe Photos
  • Booted Bantam
    • Booted Bantam Photos
  • Brahma
    • Photos of Brahmas
  • Campine
    • Photos of Campine Chickens
  • Cochin
    • Cochin Photos
  • Dominique
    • Dominique Photos
  • Dutch Bantam
    • Dutch Bantam Chicken Photos
  • Dorking
  • Faverolles
    • Photos of Faverolles
  • German Langshan
    • German Langshan Photos
  • Houdan
    • Houdan Chicken Photos
  • Hybrids
    • Black Rock
      • Black Rock Chicken Photos
    • Bovans Goldline
      • Bovan Goldline Photos
    • Table Hybrids
  • Indian Game / Cornish
    • Indian Game Photos
  • Ixworth
    • Photos of Ixworth Chickens
  • Japanese Bantam
    • Long Legs in Japanese Bantams and Lethal Genes.
    • Japanese Bantam Photos
  • Kraienköppe / Twentse
    • Kraienköppe Photos
  • La Flèche
    • Photos of La Flèche Chickens
  • Legbar
    • Cream Legbar Photos
    • The Cream Legbar
  • Leghorn
    • Exchequor Leghorn Photos
    • Red Leghorn Photos
    • White Leghorn Photos
  • Lincolnshire Buff
    • The History of The Lincolnshire Buff
    • Lincolnshire Buffs - Like Hens Teeth?
    • Photos of Lincolnshire Buff Chickens
  • Marans
    • Some Thoughts on Hatchability of Dark Brown Marans Eggs
    • Breeding tips for Marans
    • Marans of America Club Newsletters
    • Other Marans Photos
    • Cuckoo Marans Photos
    • Copper Black Marans Photos
    • Copper Blue Marans Photos
    • Wheaten Marans Photos
    • The History of The Marans
  • New Hampshire Red
    • New Hampshire Red Photos
  • Orpington
    • The Chocolate Orpington
    • David Pownall - Orpington Breeder
    • White Orpington Photos
    • Gold Laced Orpington Photos
    • Splash Orpington Photos
    • Cuckoo Orpington Photos
    • Lemon Cuckoo Orpington Photos
    • Red Orpington Photos
    • Lavender Orpington Photos
    • Buff Orpington Photos
    • Black Orpington Photos
    • Chocolate Orpington Photos
    • Blue Orpington Photos
    • Crossed Orpington Photos
  • Old English Game
    • Oxford Old English Game Photos
  • Pekin Bantams
    • Lucy Courtney meets up with Derrick Hoyland - Pekin Bantams Breeder
    • Lavender Pekin Bantams Photos
  • Plymouth Rock
    • Master Breeder of Buff Rocks and Showman - Robin Ramus
  • Poland
    • Exhibiting your Poland
    • Diseases common to Polands
    • Breed in Focus - The Poland
    • White Poland Photos
    • White Crested Black Poland Photos
  • Rhode Island Red
    • Rhode Island Red Photos
  • Rhodebar
    • The Rhodebar
    • Rhodebar Photos
  • Sebright Bantam
  • Silkie
    • Exhibiting Silkies - The Breed Standard
    • Diseases Common to Silkies
    • Breed in Focus: The Silkie
    • Silkie Photos
  • Sussex
    • Light Sussex Photos
  • Vorwerk
  • Welsummer
    • Welsummer Chicken Photos
  • Wyandotte
    • Martin Nilon - Wyandotte Breeder
    • Silver Laced Wyandotte Photos
    • Buff Wyandotte Photos
    • Gold Laced Wyandotte Photos
    • Barred Wyandotte Photos
  • Yokohama
    • Photos of Yokohama Chickens
• Domestic Duck Breeds
  • Abacot Ranger
    • Abacot Ranger Duck Photos
  • Aylesbury
    • Aylesbury Duck Photos
    • The Aylesbury Duck
  • Bali
    • Bali Duck Photos
  • Black East Indian
    • Photos of Black East Indian Ducks
  • Blue Swedish
    • Photos of Blue Swedish Ducks
  • Call
    • Keeping Call Ducks
    • Silver Call Duck Photos
    • Mallard Call Duck Photos
    • White Call Duck Photos
    • Apricot Silver Call Duck Photos
  • Campbell
    • Dark Campbell Duck Photos
    • White Campbell Duck Photos
  • Cayuga
    • Photos of Cayuga Ducks
  • Crested Ducks
    • Crested Duck Photos
  • Hook Bill
    • Hook Bill Duck Photos
  • Indian Runner
    • Apricot Trout Indian Runner Duck Photos
    • Fawn Indian Runner Duck Photos
    • Black Indian Runner Duck Photos
    • Fawn and White Indian Runner Duck Photos
    • White Indian Runner Duck Photos
    • Chocolate Indian Runner Duck Photos
  • Magpie
    • Black and White Magpie Duck Photos
  • Muscovy
    • Photos of Black Magpie Muscovy Ducks
    • White Muscovy Duck Photos
    • Chocolate Magpie Muscovy Duck Photos
  • Orpington
    • Buff Orpington Duck Photos
  • Pekin
    • Pekin Duck Photos
  • Rouen
    • Rouen Duck Photos
  • Saxony
    • Saxony Duck Photos
  • Welsh Harlequin
    • Photos of Welsh Harlequin Ducks
• Domestic Goose Breeds
  • African
    • African Geese Photos
  • American Buff
    • The First Tufted American Buff Geese in Europe
    • Tufted American Buff Geese photos
    • The American Buff Goose
    • American Buff Geese photos
  • Brecon Buff
    • Brecon Buff Geese photos
  • Buff / Grey Back
  • Chinese
    • White Chinese Geese Photos
    • Grey Chinese Geese Photos
  • Czech
    • Photos of Czech Geese
  • Embden
    • Embden Geese Photos
  • Leine
    • Photos of White Leine Geese
  • Pilgrim
    • Pilgrim Geese Photos
  • Pomeranian
    • Pied Grey Pomeranian Geese Photos
    • Grey Pomeranian Geese Photos
  • Roman
    • Roman Geese Photos
  • Sebastopol
    • Sebastopol Geese Photos
  • Steinbacher
    • Steinbacher Geese Photos
  • Toulouse
    • Toulouse Geese Photos
  • West of England
    • West of England Geese Photos
• Turkey Varieties
  • Auburn
    • Auburn Turkey Photos
  • Blue
    • Blue Turkey Photos
  • Bourbon Red
    • Bourbon Red Turkey Photos
  • Bronze
    • Bronze Turkey Photos
  • Buff
    • Buff Turkey Photos
  • Narragansett
    • Narragansett Turkey Photos
  • Norfolk Black
    • Norfolk Black Turkey Photos
    • History of the Norfolk Black Turkey
  • Pied (Crollwitzer)
    • Pied (Crollwitzer) Turkey Photos
  • Slate
    • Slate Turkey Photos
  • Spanish Black
• Breeders (UK) / For Sale
  • Latest Chickens For Sale on our Forum
  • Latest Ducks & Geese For Sale on our Forum
• Poultry Breed Clubs
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  • Breed Clubs (UK)
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• Poultry Medication
  • Coxoid - Used to treat Coccidiosis
  • Panacur - Used for Worming
  • Tylan - Used to treat Respiratory Problems
  • Baytril - Used to treat Respiratory Problems
  • Notes on the Categories of Medication in the UK
  • Frontline - for Lice on Chickens
  • Ivermectin - Used for Worms, Lice and Mites in Chickens
  • Eprinex - Used for Worms, Lice and Mites in Chickens
  • Flubenvet 2.5% Poultry Wormer
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