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Hens Are For Life Not Just For Lockdown

June 1, 2020 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

Food insecurity, a shortage of eggs, hens being also in short supply and, the ones that you manage to get are only available at massive inflated prices. These are thing that have all happened since lockdown from Covid-19 in the UK and I admit, I am worried for the welfare of some hens. The amount … [Read more…]

Posted in: Farming Tagged: chicken keeping, chickens, Covid 19, food security, hens

A Guide to Keeping Chickens Part 7-The Glossary

June 25, 2018 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

When I first started keeping chickens, I felt like I had to learn a whole new language. Well, if not quite a language then definitely a glossary of terms. As with most past times, there are certain phrases reserved for the people who take part in whatever activity it is. There was a lot of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chicken Keeping Tagged: chicken keeping, chickens, chicks, farming, hens

A Guide to Keeping Chickens Part 6-Hatching Chicks

June 18, 2018 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

The penultimate post in my chicken keeping series is raising chicks. There are two ways to do it. With a cockerel in your flock, if a hen goes broody and wants to sit on eggs, you can let her and let nature take its course. In three weeks, fertility dependant, you could have a clutch … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chicken Keeping Tagged: chicken keeping, chickens, chicks, hatching eggs, incubator

A Guide to Keeping chickens Part 4- Cockerels

June 4, 2018 by farmerswifeandmummy 1 Comment

The first thing many people ask when they start to keep chickens is ‘do you need a cockerel.’ The short answer is no. Hens lay eggs with or without a cockerel so, if it s eggs you are after, the male is not necessarily needed. The other thing people often wonder is, if you do … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chicken Keeping Tagged: chicken keeping, chickens, cockerels, eggs, hens

A Guide to Keeping Chickens Part 2- What You Will Need

May 21, 2018 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

I hope you enjoyed the first post in my chicken keeping series last week. This one is the next (and last) preparation post before the fun bit-choosing which hens you want. Before that though, you have decided you want to keep a few hens and you have chosen the coop. What do they eat? What … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chicken Keeping, Farming Tagged: chicken keeping, chickens, farming, hens, poultry

A beginners guide to chicken keeping

May 14, 2014 by farmerswifeandmummy 6 Comments

Years ago, everyone kept chickens in their back gardens as a source of meat and eggs. Then it went out of fashion but recently, hens have become a very popular animal to keep. Maybe because people are interested about where their food comes from or are concerned about the welfare of chickens, I don’t know but … [Read more…]

Posted in: Farming Tagged: chicken keeping, chickens, eggs, fresh start, hens, orpingtons, silkies
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