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A very warm welcome to our hobby website poultrykeeper.com. Created over the last 4 years, we have over 550 articles and many useful resources for the hobbiest interested in keeping chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry.

Whether you are a complete beginner wanting a few hens (have a look at the keeping chickens section and our chicken breeds pages) or have been keeping poultry all of your life but need to read up on poultry diseases, you should find something of interest here!

Incubation using a Broody Hen

Incubation using a Broody Hen

  Using a broody hen to incubate eggs and hatch chicks is of course the most natural way possible and…

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Candling Eggs

Candling Eggs

Learn how to candle eggs to check for the correct development.

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Red Mite: Our Top 8 Products

Red Mite: Our Top 8 Products

As the weather warms up, Red Mite become a problem. Read about our 'Top 8 Products' that we use...

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Keeping Chickens

Keeping Chickens

The keeping chickens section has over 100 articles on feeding, housing, incubation, hatching and more!

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Vet-Barry-Thorp-with-bacteriology-plateSalmonella: What do you know about Salmonella in your flock? Richard Jackson of Chickenvet talks about Salmonella in backyard chickens.

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red-mite-smallRed Mite: As the weather warms up, red mite become more active. We have expanded our red mite article into a whole section with ideas on how to get rid of this blood feeding ectoparasite.

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mixed-corn-cut-outFeeding Chickens: This sounds quite basic but to keep your birds in good health and get the best out of them, you'll need to know what and how to feed.

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worm-direct-life-cycleHow often should you worm? This handy guide from Elanco, the makers of Flubenvet gives some advice for backyard chicken keepers.

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