A Family Guide To Keeping Chickens (63 page)

David Fielding –
pages 25
,
40
(bottom),
124

Flyte so Fancy:
www.flytesofancy.co.uk/index.html
–
pages 24
,
29
(top right),
35
(bottom left & right),
37
(bottom left & right),
40
(top),
41
,
75
(top & middle),
76
(bottom),
77
(bottom),
81
,
82
(bottom),
235
,
238
(bottom)

Happy Hens in Herefordshire:
www.happyhens.me.uk
–
page 60
(bottom)

Emma Harrison:
www.emmaharrison.wix.com/emmarosinaphotography
–
page 59
(bottom right)

Marriage’s Feeds:
www.marriagefeeds.co.uk
–
pages 90
,
93
(top),
94
Mother Hen’s Poultry:
www.motherhenspoultry.com
–
pages 55
(top left & right),
61
(top)

Newland Poultry:
www.newlandgrange.com
–
pages 54
(top left & bottom),
56
(top),
133

Omlet:
www.omlet.co.uk
–
pages 6
(top),
19
(top left),
33
,
34
(top),
103
(top),
130
,
131
(top left)

Victoria Roberts BVSc MRCVS –
pages 183
,
187

Rosie’s Rare Breed Poultry:
http://rosiesrarebreedpoultry.weebly.com
–
pages 67
(bottom),
203
(top left)

Diane Rusling:
www.ullapoolholidayhomes.com
–
pages 19
(top right),
29
(bottom),
53
(middle)

Susan Shaw-Cooper:
www.darkbrowneggs.info
–
pages 152
(top right),
213
(far left),
224

St David’s Poultry Team:
www.chickenvet.co.uk
–
pages 188
,
189

Rupert Stephenson –
page 184

The Appenzeller Spitzhauben Society of Great Britain:

www.appenzellerspitzhauben.co.uk
–
page 61
(bottom)

The Araucana Poultry Club of Great Britain:
araucana.org.uk
(Frank Decmar) –
page 59
(middle)

The Black Rock Hatchery:
www.theblackrockhatchery.co.uk
–
page 53
(bottom), (Kate Campbell) –
page 64
(bottom)

The Brahma Club of Great Britain:
www.brahmaclub.co.uk
–
page 62

The British Belgian Bantam Club:
www.belgians.jatman.co.uk
–
pages 66
(bottom),
67
(top left & right)

The British Faverolles Society:
http://britishfaverollessociety.yolasite.com
–
page 63
(bottom)

The Dorking Club:
www.vicvet.com/dorking.php
–
page 63
(top right)

The Rosecomb Bantam Club:
www.rosecombbantamclub.co.uk
(Nicky Demaine) –
page 68
(bottom)

The Sebright Club:
www.sebrightclub.co.uk
–
page 69
(top)

The Vincent Wildlife Trust:
vwt.org.uk
(Johnny Birks) –
page 141
(bottom), (Frank Greenaway) –
page 143
(top & bottom)

Hugo Wells Poultry:
www.hugowellspoultry.co.uk
–
pages 5
(bottom),
34
(bottom),
35
(top),
37
(top),
53
(top),
54
(top right),
55
(middle left, bottom right),
56
(middle),
79
(bottom),
82
(top),
109
,
110
,
114
,
126
,
127
,
159
(top right),
181
,
204
(bottom 4)

Wells Poultry Housing & Equipment:
www.chicken-house.co.uk
–
pages 75
(bottom),
77
(top),
78
,
79
(top right),
80
(top right),
91

Your Chicken
s magazine:
www.yourchickens.co.uk
–
pages 13
,
121
,
236

Animal Welfare Act (2006)
4

Araucana
59
,
247

artificial incubation
221–5

the brooder
223–4

caring for the chicks
224

choosing an incubator
222

growing chicks
224

hatching
223

incubation
222–3

Aspergillosis
187
,
197
,
242

automated equipment, using
84–5
,
133

avian influenza (bird flu)
189
,
197
,
242

bantams
34
,
42
,
44
,
51
,
57
,
58
,
66–8
,
69
,
71
,
72
,
90
,
93
,
103
,
144
,
145
,
151
,
166
,
203
,
214
,
216
,
217
,
225
,
230
,
242
,
245
,
247
,
248
,
251

battery hens
16
,
50
,
53
,
56–7
,
71
,
72
,
90
,
104
,
110
,
111
,
112
,
128
,
154
,
183
,
188
,
191
,
193
,
243
,
246

bedding, selecting
26
,
83
,
85
,
86
,
110
,
123
,
124
,
130
,
134
,
181
,
185
,
188
,
193
,
223
,
224
,
237

behaviour, understanding chicken
10–22

battery hens
16

bedtime
17

broody hens
17

dust-bathing
15

chickens and humans
18

getting to know your chickens
19

intelligence
10
,
11

laying eggs
16

other animals and
19

pecking order, establishing the
12
,
13

scratching and foraging
14

shade and shelter, providing
17–18

Belgian Bearded Bantam
51
,
66–7
,
247

Booted Bantam
51
,
67
,
203
,
247

Brahma
51
,
62
,
63
,
204
,
247
,
250

breeder, buying from a
105–6

bronchitis, infectious
106
,
154
,
156
,
187
,
197
,
243

broody hens and hatching eggs, managing
17
,
18
,
35
,
46
,
52
,
57
,
59
,
62
,
64
,
65
,
67
,
68
,
69
,
71
,
123
,
154
,
157
,
175
,
210–21
,
225
,
226
,
234
,
240
,
242

adding the eggs
215–16

artificial incubation
221–5

candling
217

choosing a broody
214

dealing with unwanted broodiness
211–13

hatching eggs
213–14

encouraging broodiness
214

free-range chicks
221

the growing chicks
220

hatching with a broody hen
214–21

incubation
216–17

the new family
218–20

recognizing a broody hen
210–11

setting up a nursery
214

spring chicks
214

Bumble foot
193
,
197
,
242

buying your chickens
102–19

adding to your flock
116–17

bringing your chickens home
109

buying from breeder
105–6

buying from sales and auctions
107–8

buying privately
107

chicken shopping
104–9

chickens, chicks or eggs
103–4

how many
102

establishing pecking order
112–13

mixing different breeds
103

settling chickens
110–16

taming
113–15

transferring the chickens
110–11

can you keep chickens?
1–4

candling
164
,
217
,
222
,
242

caring for your chickens
120–37

can chickens fly?
131–2

cleaning out henhouse
123–4

cleaning run and dust-bath
124

cleaning run material
129

establishing daily routine
121–3

holidays, arranging cover for your
133–4

how worms affect chickens
128

moving electric fencing
129

natural prevention
129–31

physical check
125–6

preparing henhouse for winter
130

remembering other tasks
127–32

repairs and maintenance
125

scrubbing the henhouse
130

weekly chores
123–6

wing clipping
133–4

worming
127–9

changing seasons
234–41

autumn
235–7

spring
234

summer
235

winter
237–9

chat, chicken
9
,
23
,
49
,
73
,
87
,
101
,
119
,
137
,
149
,
173
,
199
,
209
,
227
,
233
,
241

choosing the right chickens for the job
50–73

bantams
66–9

deciding between pure-breeds and hybrids
50–1

hard feather, soft feather
58

heavy breeds
62–6

hybrids
50–1
,
52–7
,
70

light breeds
59–62

pure breeds
50–1
,
57–70

re-homing battery hens
56–7

seeing before you decide
70–1

selecting your hybrids
52–7

what do you want from your chickens?
51

chicken pox
190

children, chickens and
6
,
31
,
51
,
62
,
66
,
67
,
68
,
81
,
89
,
111
,
112
,
145
,
167
,
195
,
202
,
230

cleaning:

ease of
41

eggs
153
,
162
,
164

the henhouse
123–4

keeping things clean
3
,
83–4
,
137

the run and dust-bath
124

the run material
129

coccidiosis
90
,
106
,
188
,
197
,
224
,
242
,
244

Cochin
51
,
58
,
63
,
103
,
116
,
214

cockerels
2
,
3
,
7
,
8
,
12
,
18
,
21
,
34
,
42
,
52
,
53
,
57
,
58
,
67
,
71
,
76
,
107
,
108
,
122
,
142
,
154
,
155
,
164
,
172
,
193
,
195
,
200–9
,
214
,
216
,
220
,
242
,
244

aggression in
202–3

deciding whether you need
203–5

producing table birds
206

Convict’s foot and toe balls
193
,
242

cost
4

Cream Legbar
59
,
247
,
250

death of chickens
228–33

after a loss
231

disposing of the body
229

how long do chickens live?
230

losing a pet
230

depluming mite
186
,
196
,
243

digestive problems
26
,
91
,
92
,
94
,
95
,
190–1

Dorking
51
,
63
,
247

drinker
58
,
83
,
85
,
86
,
94
,
95
,
98
,
110
,
111
,
112
,
117
,
121
,
122
,
123
,
124
,
135
,
188
,
191
,
218
,
224
,
235
,
237
,
240
,
245