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Author: Anne Perdeaux

Brooding Chicks
Incubating, Hatching & Brooding Chicks

Raising Chicks: Setting Up A Brooder

Raising chicks that were hatched in an incubator. How to set up a brooder and heat lamp or panel to care for chicks hatched at home in easy steps.

Looking After Chickens
Keeping Chickens

Looking After Chickens in Ten Easy Steps

Looking after chickens is relatively easy, but like all animals, they still need care and consideration. Follow these ten steps to looking after chickens, and

Caring for a broody hen
Incubating, Hatching & Brooding Chicks

Broody Hen Care

How to care for a broody hen raising chicks. Tips for rearing chicks with a broody hen and providing broody hen care.

Beginners Guide to Keeping Guinea Fowl
Keeping Guinea Fowl

Beginners Guide to Keeping Guinea Fowl

Charming, fascinating birds – or noisy and disruptive? Guinea fowl often generate mixed emotions. There are a few notable differences to other poultry, so this beginners guide to keeping guinea fowl should help you get started.

How much space for chickens
Keeping Chickens

How Much Space Do Chickens Need?

Many of us have relatively small back gardens these days, and if you get the urge to keep some chickens, you might start wondering whether