‘Livestock and Poultry’ Articles
The chicken, the buzzard, and the mirror-ball
Are your chickens safe from buzzards? I've shortened the story here, but basically the other day I was looking out of the window watching our three chickens. I then sat down at the pc. Within a minute there was an almighty commotion in the garden - the chickens were squawking and flapping noisily. We hastily went outside (a 30 second dash) as we [...]
The chicken, buzzard, and a response from the RSPB
Further to our chicken / buzzard article , we've received a response from the RSPB : "Hi Mark, Many thanks for your recent email regarding the hunting techniques of buzzards. They are as you indeed say - very intelligent birds and able to adapt to a variety of feeding techniques. Predator prey interactions are what makes the world go [...]
Protecting your chickens
Caring for poultry - looking after your chickens and hens Well there is one thing for sure, if you are reading this, you are certainly not Alektorophobic (illogical fear of chickens) because logic would suggest, by reading this article you would either be keeping, or thinking of keeping chickens. Whichever it is, if living in the British Isles, [...]
Preserving your chickens’ eggs
Preserving the eggs of your chickens and hens If you keep chickens, you will not be ovophobic (fear of eggs) however you may have a fear of your chickens producing too many eggs. Okay, you can pickle some and even preserve some in isinglass but that leaves you with far too many to use. So what do you do? You either give them away or maybe sell [...]
