Raising chickens can be a lot of fun and is a great way to add healthy food to your menu without breaking the budget. Chicken raising ranks first in meat-producing possibilities for the average family. Even a small backyard could hold enough chickens to feed a family of 4 every month. Do you crave fresh eggs? It’s getting harder to trust egg production companies and the eggs they produce. Watching your kids gather eggs every morning right from your own...

Share The Chick Box is the only Plastic Injection Moulded Nest Box System. It offers many advantages, making Poultry keeping and welfare much easier. Chick Box was designed and is manufactured by BEC (The Broiler Equipment Company). BEC have over 50 years experience in the original design and manufacture of plastic products for the poultry industry and are recognised as world-class suppliers to the industry. These products are manufactured in Scarborough...

Join our community on Facebook, we are fast becoming the No1 destination for chicken lovers everywhere.   With over a 1000 followers, we are quite sure this will grow as more people discover the true nature of keeping chickens. The aim of our Facebook  page is to offer all people who love chickens a place to hang out so we can all share hints, tips & general ramblings on all aspects of keeping chickens.   Our mission is to help others with...

Chickens For Sale (Sales Are Growing) Hi Everyone  Last October Sharon started a little Chicken Business. This came about because our chicken field borders the main A16 and people kept coming in asking have you got any chickens for sale or do you sell chickens, but we explained that we didnt and our chickens were just for egg laying, we then sell the eggs which pay for the feed (just). We have got a few rare & pure breeds and Sharon breeds these as a hobby...

Taking care of the chicks does not require much although they may need extra attention. If the chicken house is big, you will need to separate them from their mothers so that they are not pecked by other chicken or trampled on. The basics that the chicks will need are a clean dry place that will protect them from direct sunlight or cold and a lamp to warm up the place. When there are plenty of chicks, a separate house will...

Chicken meat has always been a popular food choice to us consumers, and while it is easily accessible in any supermarket, keeping chickens and raising them yourself for future meat consumption has been common not just in the farm, but also in urban areas. Aside from getting free eggs, an owner can have full control of the flock’s dietary intake, giving him full confidence that the chicken meat he produces are free of...

There is never any doubt that keeping chickens for their eggs is not only an enjoyable endeavour, but also serves to provide owners with a lot of profit. If the idea of raising egg-laying hens has entered your mind, a comprehensive plan that involves quality of feeding, proper environment, and stress management should be undertaken to get the best results for egg production. But before we proceed with a contingent plan, an...