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My Family and Other Animals
So finally the weather here in cold, rainy old England has started to clear up. The rain has stopped and spring is finally trying to make it’s mark, bringing new life to this beautifully green and...
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Run Chicken Run
In Greek mythology Icarus flew to close to the sun and fell foul of it’s hot glare. On 4th June, 1783, the Montgolfier brothers demonstrated their unmanned hot air balloon at Annonay, France. And on...
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Breaking Out
Life is often taken for granted. And sometimes it’s easy to forget the struggle all life goes through to emerge from our fetal development to emerge as new life in the arms of our parents. This...
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Do baby chicks need grit?
Yes indeed, baby chicks do need grit. Just like their older parents and siblings, they use grit to grind down food in their gizzards. Take a look at this article for more information about a chickens...
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What foods NOT to feed your chickens
Don’t feed the following things to your chickens (I’m sure people have experienced exceptions to this list, but if we want to raise our birds the best way possible, it’s “better safe than sorry”.)...
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The British Hen Welfare Trust
The Smallholder Review and GMM Insurance Direct for Smallholders have now teamed up together to help raise money for the British Hen Welfare Trust (BHWT). The BHWT is a national charity that re-homes...
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Chicken Out!
What is Chicken Out!? Here at The Natural Poultry Farmer, we are very keen to have chickens kept in an open free ranging environment and to move away from the cruel intensive battery farming methods...
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General Info – Q&A
Q: How many eggs does one hen lay per day? A: This depends on: the time of year; the breed of the hen; the diet of the hen; the age of the hen; and, how the hen is looked after. Most of the standard...
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The Five Freedoms for Poultry
The five freedoms are a set of recommendations for the welfare of laying hens and other poultry. They apply to all poultry in all environments. 1. Freedom from hunger and thirst; by ready access to...
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A look at British Chicken Breeds
There are hundreds of different breeds of chicken in the world, and we wanted to give you a little taster of some of the remarkable breeds of chicken available in the UK. Some have ancient lineages,...
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