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Poultry Newsletter May 2013

Dear Chicken Arks

This month we’re looking at biting pest problems. Lice, mites and fleas can effect any flock even with the best hygiene standards. Next month we’ll be looking at larger predators and pests as well as the human predator in light of increases in poultry thefts again in the last twelve months.

Lice, Mites & Fleas

As with all animals your flock can become prey to biting creatures. A good starting point to try to avoid these blood suckers is to preventively treat your housing, runs and flock before a problem ever arises.

Treating the Housing

When picking a chicken or duck house some are more prone to infestations than others. The plastic coops, with less nooks and crannies for biting bugs to hide, are a lot easier to avoid problems with. However, these are often a lot more expensive than wooden housing, some poultry keepers are not keen on the “look” of these houses and they can still suffer from an infestation, the probability is just lower.

With a wooden coop make sure you have properly treated the house with an animal friendly preservative and it is a good idea to re-treat every couple of years to prolong life and keep it in a good condition for avoiding little pests. There will of course be gaps between the wood in the coop and it is a good idea to paint a sluice made with Diatomaceous Earth on the inside of the coop paying attention to the gaps. Some poultry keepers like to put a layer of vaseline into the gaps saying this also helps keep bugs away, especially the dreaded red mite.

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Treating the Flock

Diatomaceous Earth is a great poultry keeper’s friend as you can sprinkle it in the bedding and nesting areas as well as any dust baths you provide for your flock to help keep away pests. You can also dust your flock with the powder and add to their feed to help keep away internal parasites too.

A more chemical method of getting rid of an infestation is to use frontline direct on your flock. If you have a stubborn pest problem this works really well, but I’d highly recommend seeing your vet for more information of dosage for your flock.

Regular Cleaning

As well as the above I use Stalosan F to clean the housing and runs. I’ll use it each week in the clean out and then once a month in the run dusted on the ground as, especially in the warmer summer months, it helps keeps flies at bay which can be a nuisance not only to your flock, but also to you and your neighbours.

Red Mite

Even doing all of the above you may find you have got the dreaded red mite in your housing. Often the first sign of this is the flock being unwilling to go to bed at night as well as your flock becoming lethargic and looking pale in the wattle and comb. Red mite come out from the cracks and nookies (especially ends of perches) at night and sucker away at your flock. They multiply quickly and can be very difficult to get on top of in terms of pest control. ‘If you suspect red mite going out at night with a torch is the easiest way to find out. Take a piece of kitchen roll or tissue and rub along the perches or housing area and you’ll soon see streaks of blood on the paper if red mite are about.

There are red mite barrier products on the market and it often seems that what works for one person will fail for another so it is a case of trial and error until you find what will kill the little blighters in your housing.

Daily treatments with Diatomaceous Earth (DE)and something like Poultry Shield is a good starting point. Make sure you get into all gaps and thoroughly dust the coop inside and out. Adding DE to the ground around the coop is also a good idea as well as dusting your birds regularly until all signs have gone.

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The next newsletter will be in June

Thanks for reading

John

John Harrison, Fron Dirion, Clogwyn Melyn, Penygroes, Gwynedd, LL54 6PT, UK

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Welcome to all things Chicken!Welcome to all things Chicken!

KEEPING PEACE IN THE COOP; A HAPPY FLOCK IS HEALTHIER!

The first duty of anyone deciding to keep animals of any kind should be creating an environment that provides a healthy life. Chickens’ needs are no different. The more pampering they get the better they will feel about life, and likely, the better you will feel, too!

A little research into the life of chickens can go a long way, even if you’re still deciding if you can and should keep chickens.

We know from industrial egg & meat production that chickens will survive in minimal space and on wire floors, but this is the opposite of a natural and happy life for a chicken. A lot of industrial chickens have very short lives and debatable health.

ROOSTERS IN THE FLOCK: Many keep a flock of hens with no rooster. Roosters can be noisy* and may not be allowed in communities where people live close together. Healthy hens will be happy to lay eggs for you with or without a handsome rooster in the flock. Of course, eggs will not be fertile, but still a very good and healthy source of nutrition.

There is one rooster breed I know of that doesn’t crow. He’s a Frizzled Cochin Bantam. For some reason, in the process of producing this fluffy little guy, when the Frizzled feathers came in, he maybe has no need and thus no ability to crow. Not all these roosters are crowless, but most are, and may be a great alternative, if you don’t want to bother the neighbors or your own family with crowing early in the morning.)

Too many roosters in a flock can cause wear and tear on your hens and each other. The general rule is 1 rooster for each dozen hens. Raising young roosters together, if you plan to keep more than one, is the best way to keep peace between them. Some breeds are more docile than others and some individual roosters can be killers, so you have to monitor your flock.

Be on the look-out for plucking and injuries of both hens and roosters. An overly aggressive individual should be removed from the flock, male or female. Any chicken that seems injured & picked on may need to be removed and nursed back to health.

With a mature rooster in your flock, hens will be bred maybe once or twice a day. With multiple roosters competing and breeding hens, the girls may start to lose feather on their backs, wings and back of the neck. Being continuously pursued by roosters is stressful on hens.

WARNING! : A large human-aggressive rooster can do some serious damage to a person, especially a small child. Those spurs develop to harm predators or a challenging rooster. As a rooster grows, his spurs get thicker, longer and sharper. His first attacks may seem funny, but should be taken very seriously.

A rooster that’s aggressive to its keepers should not be kept in the flock. You may want to replace him, or confine him until he is needed for breeding. It’s natural for a rooster to attack an intruder, but that shouldn’t include his keepers. Clipping his spurs off can be an alternate solution, and will cut down on damage to people and to hens during breeding. A rooster’s spurs are just a long toe nail. You can cut off the sharp tip or at the base. There will be some bleeding, most likely, so have “Quick Stop” or similar product handy.

OVERCROWDING IN COOPS, CAGES OR YARDS: We’ve changed quite a bit about chickens in the last thousand years of their domestication, but other than looks and how many eggs hens lay, they are much the same animal. The Red Jungle Fowl is the wild ancestor of most chicken breeds today and the Green Jungle Fowl was also used. These wild chickens roam the jungle floors in their native lands and roost in trees. When we free-range our chickens, we allow them to exercise, to forage for seeds, bugs, and a variety of foods that are naturally healthy for them. If chickens must be confined, overcrowding can lead to injuries, disease, stress and death.

As chickens grow and mature, they need more space. Plenty of food and water and room to exercise will prevent grumpy chickens that might pick on each other and do damage. Chickens with injuries or plucked feathers should not be ignored. When chickens become hungry or thirsty they can become cannibals: eat eggs and feathers, or worse, members of the flock. The first signs of aggressive behavior may be a message from the flock that they are overcrowded.

An ideal set-up allows 4 sq. feet of floor space per standard chicken in the coop and 10 sq. feet or more in the yard. There’s no such thing as a coop, cage or yard that’s too big. If you find your set-up is too small, you may need to reduce the number in your flock, or the size of your chickens. Bantams do better in smaller set-ups, but of course lay small eggs.

A MIXED FLOCK: Mixing ages and sizes of chickens can cause problems. The term “pecking order” should be understood. As with many flock or pack animals, being dominant or assertive is a way of life. Suddenly placing young chicks in a group of adult chickens can lead to harm. It’s best to grow your chicks to near adult size before adding them to the flock. Mixing bantam breeds with standard or giant breeds can cause problems. A rooster isn’t thinking about the size of a hen when he wants to breed her. Large hens can be pushy with smaller hens. Generally chickens raised together will get along, though some breeds and some individuals can be overly aggressive.

ALWAYS PROVIDE A CLEAN AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CHICKENS AND THEIR KEEPERS. PREVENT PREDATOR ATTACKS. CLEAN WATER AND WHOLESOME FEED ARE A MUST. SHELTER FROM HARSH WEATHER IS VITAL, HOT OR COLD. CHOOSING A BREED APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR CLIMATE AND NEEDS CAN LEAD TO MANY GOOD YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL CHICKEN KEEPING.

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Down the Lane Free Draw for £50 Wells Poultry Voucher I thought I’d kick off this Newsletter with the news that this Month see’s a free Prize Draw for a £50 Voucher to spend with Well’s Poultry.

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Chicken Coop Maintenance

I’m sure anyone who keeps Chickens will be experiencing great slushes of Mud on the outside of the Coop and not far off the same inside due to Chickens not being of a nature to wipe their feet first! With the weather now starting to change a bit, it’s a great time to get up there and carry out general maintenance around all areas plus a good cleaning of the Coop.

If the Run is muddy or damp, chances are there’s a fair few worms underneath so dig it over bit by bit and they’ll enjoy the odd treat and scrape around.

With Foxes now giving birth to their Cubs it won’t be long before they’re out on their training sessions and hunting more as a pack, so time spent looking for any weak areas caused by the weather or general wear and tear is beneficial…..and crucial.

With the sun rising a lot earlier, your Chickens can get quite hot being shut in their Coop waiting for poor old you to go up in your Jim-Jams. One answer to this is to install an ‘Automatic Chicken Door Opener’. Wells Poultry do a very good range of these, you may consider using your Discount Voucher to purchase one (what a plug!). See them here. (http://www.chicken-house.co.uk/cgi-bin/affiliate/clickme.cgi?exec=downthelane&site=site1&fd=acatalog/automatic-chicken-door-openers.html)

Relevant pages on Site – The Daily Check List (http://www.downthelane.net/keeping-chickens-daily-check-list.php) – Cleaning Chicken Coops (http://www.downthelane.net/cleaning-your-chicken-coop.php) – Chickens in Summer (http://www.downthelane.net/chickens-in-summer.php) – Foxes and Chickens (http://www.downthelane.net/Page_27.php) – Facts about the Fox (http://www.downthelane.net/fox-facts.php)

The Vegetable Garden awaits!

Awaits the weather to brighten up that is! After digging over my Garden on a nice day some four weeks ago, the recent rain and cold has left the ground much to be desired.

To counter this I have done something quite simple (Experienced Gardeners will probably not agree with this!) – I’ve got all my Gardening Books and Notes out and mentally changed everything to do with March into April! I may be a month behind, but most Vegetable have a quite a number of weeks in which to sow seeds, just see it as a late start, don’t lose heart and talk to them a lot!

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This Saturday will see me venturing up to Scotland to take the twosome on their final journey to John O’Groats. The mileage they’ve clocked between them up since leaving Land’s End certainly goes into the thousands; loads of visits to Members throughout the UK and Titchy travelling to far off lands such as France, Canada, India, Australia and New Zealand.

So the John O’Groats photo will be taken next week.

I should add I’m doing the easy bit, Forum Members Annie, Benny and Jannie have championed the logistics the whole way through, so many thanks to them.

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Down the Lane Free Draw for £50 Wells Poultry Voucher I thought I’d kick off this Newsletter with the news that this Month see’s a free Prize Draw for a £50 Voucher to spend with Well’s Poultry.

Although there’s only one winner of the Voucher, everyone who enters get’s a £10 discount Voucher to use against any sale over the value of £60.

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Chicken Coop Maintenance

I’m sure anyone who keeps Chickens will be experiencing great slushes of Mud on the outside of the Coop and not far off the same inside due to Chickens not being of a nature to wipe their feet first! With the weather now starting to change a bit, it’s a great time to get up there and carry out general maintenance around all areas plus a good cleaning of the Coop.

If the Run is muddy or damp, chances are there’s a fair few worms underneath so dig it over bit by bit and they’ll enjoy the odd treat and scrape around.

With Foxes now giving birth to their Cubs it won’t be long before they’re out on their training sessions and hunting more as a pack, so time spent looking for any weak areas caused by the weather or general wear and tear is beneficial…..and crucial.

With the sun rising a lot earlier, your Chickens can get quite hot being shut in their Coop waiting for poor old you to go up in your Jim-Jams. One answer to this is to install an ‘Automatic Chicken Door Opener’. Wells Poultry do a very good range of these, you may consider using your Discount Voucher to purchase one (what a plug!). See them here. (http://www.chicken-house.co.uk/cgi-bin/affiliate/clickme.cgi?exec=downthelane&site=site1&fd=acatalog/automatic-chicken-door-openers.html)

Relevant pages on Site – The Daily Check List (http://www.downthelane.net/keeping-chickens-daily-check-list.php) – Cleaning Chicken Coops (http://www.downthelane.net/cleaning-your-chicken-coop.php) – Chickens in Summer (http://www.downthelane.net/chickens-in-summer.php) – Foxes and Chickens (http://www.downthelane.net/Page_27.php) – Facts about the Fox (http://www.downthelane.net/fox-facts.php)

The Vegetable Garden awaits!

Awaits the weather to brighten up that is! After digging over my Garden on a nice day some four weeks ago, the recent rain and cold has left the ground much to be desired.

To counter this I have done something quite simple (Experienced Gardeners will probably not agree with this!) – I’ve got all my Gardening Books and Notes out and mentally changed everything to do with March into April! I may be a month behind, but most Vegetable have a quite a number of weeks in which to sow seeds, just see it as a late start, don’t lose heart and talk to them a lot!

See more – Down the Lane vegetable Growing Pages (http://www.downthelane.net/Page_3.php) – The Forum (http://www.downthelane.net/forum)

Sunny Clucker and Titchy, the Forum Mascots

This Saturday will see me venturing up to Scotland to take the twosome on their final journey to John O’Groats. The mileage they’ve clocked between them up since leaving Land’s End certainly goes into the thousands; loads of visits to Members throughout the UK and Titchy travelling to far off lands such as France, Canada, India, Australia and New Zealand.

So the John O’Groats photo will be taken next week.

I should add I’m doing the easy bit, Forum Members Annie, Benny and Jannie have championed the logistics the whole way through, so many thanks to them.

All the Clucker and Titch stories here. (http://www.downthelane.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=80)

Website.. Home Page (http://www.downthelane.net/) – Frugal Living (http://www.downthelane.net/Page_2.php) – Chicken Keeping (http://www.downthelane.net/Page_7.php) – Earning Extra Money (http://www.downthelane.net/Page_6.php) – Vegetable Gardening (http://www.downthelane.net/Page_3.php) – Downshifting (http://www.downthelane.net/Page_13.php) More popular pages – Cycling John O’Groats to Lands End (http://www.downthelane.net/endtoend/index.php) -Growing up in the 1950′s & 1960′s (http://www.downthelane.net/growing-up-50s-60s.php) – WW1 Battlefields in Ypres (http://www.downthelane.net/ypres-ww1-battlefields.php) – The Blog (http://www.downthelane.net/extras/) – Diary (http://www.downthelane.net/downshifter-diary/) Forum Categories you may like Members Chicken Coop Photo’s (http://www.downthelane.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5920) Over 500 photo’s of Coops all shapes and sizes. Ideal if you’re thinking of keeping Chickens or want to expand.

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Vegetable Growing Diaries (http://www.downthelane.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=74) Nearly 70 keeping a record of their Vegetable Gardening trials, tribulations and success’s as well of course! Archives go back 3 years.

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Down the Lane Ways to Earn Extra Money

Over 30 Articles on ways you can either earn cash for supplement your income. I’ve either done them or doing them! Cl;ick Here (http://www.downthelane.net/Page_6.php) _________________________

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Poultry Pages Newsletter April 2013

Dear Chicken Arks

This month we are looking at what to think about before starting to hatch or incubate. With Spring finally here (if you ignore all the snow that keeps appearing….) a lot of poultry keepers are noticing their flocks increasing their egg laying as well as a few members of the flock getting broody. It doesn’t take a broody hen to hatch eggs though, this is something you can do yourself with an incubator and brooder at home.

Space

First thing to think about before you pop some eggs under a broody lady or into an incubator is space. Will you have enough space to expand the flock? Chicks grow fast so make sure you have sorted out housing and run space before starting on hatching.

Cockerels

What do you plan to do with any male chicks, which will likely account for 50% of the hatch? For some it may be a plan to fatten up for table birds – remember this can be harder than it seems to do. Once that chick has a name, has sat cuddled in your palm and is scratching about with the rest of the flock it can often be a task that people can no longer carry out (culling for the table that is).

Eggs

You need to consider what eggs you are going to use. If you have a cockerel or a drake you will probably be using your own hatching eggs and will know what breeds/cross-breeds you are hatching from. If buying hatching eggs make sure you find out as much as possible about the flock that has produced the eggs.

Although eBay is now a popular source of hatching eggs and can give some great bargains you can sometimes end up with totally different breeds from what you expected so keep an eye on feedback. Also, remember that eggs sent through the post won’t achieve as good hatching rates as fresh locally sourced eggs as the postal services aren’t all that gentle on parcels….

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Broody Hens & Incubators

A broody hen is a free and easy way to hatch. They take over all the hard work and other than making sure mother hen goes out once a day to eat, drink and pop to the loo you have very little input until the day the chicks hatch. Incubation is a good alternative for those who don’t have a broody hen, but can be time consuming.

As well as an incubator you will need to have a brooder to keep the newly hatched chicks warm – a job that mother hen does on her own. Have a look at our articles on Incubation: http://www.poultry.allotment.org.uk/Chicken_a/incubating-chickens.php and on Rearing & Sexing: http://www.poultry.allotment.org.uk/Chicken_a/rearing-sexing-chicks.php for more information on how to raise your own from eggs.

Food & Drink

Chicks will need a different feed from the adult flock. Chick crumb has different nutrients and is of similar consistency to layers mash (for ex-battery hens) to enable them to eat it easily. If hatching water fowl you need to make sure that you chick crumb does not contain an anti-cocciostat (so is non-medicated). Make sure drinkers are low level and that the chicks can’t drown in the water. A shallow saucer works well for the first few days for most hatchlings and then a low level bell drinker, with ducklings it won’t be long until they are demanding deeper water (about 7-10days) to play in and drink from.

If you do decide to hatch pop along to our forums where there is lots of help available for beginners and experts alike. http://chat.allotment.org/index.php?board=3.0

Forum Upgrades

Talking of the forums, you might notice these have been upgraded and the main site has gone back to the old format. I popped details and an explanation of the reasons why onto my diary which you can see here: http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/1887/forum-and-web-site-changes/

The next newsletter will be in May

Thanks for reading

John

John Harrison, Fron Dirion, Clogwyn Melyn, Penygroes, Gwynedd, LL54 6PT, UK

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