We’ve been busy adding new pages to the site again!

There’s a series of new articles on the Poultry Pages to help the new backyard chicken keeper or those thinking of keeping hens at home. A lot of times people are just looking to answer a brief question and the same questions tend to pop up frequently so Keeping Chickens at Home - Questions & Answers. Where appropriate each answer has links to more in-depth articles on the subject.

Keeping Chickens at Home - Questions & Answers 1

• Should I keep chickens at home?
• What size hen house do I need for my chickens?
• How much exercise space do chickens need?
• Will chickens do any harm to my garden?
• What about my pet dog or pet cat with the chickens?
• Don’t I need a cockerel to get eggs?
• How many eggs will I get from a chicken?
• Where can I buy some chickens from?

Keeping Chickens at Home - Questions & Answers 2

• Do chickens get bored?
• What is a dust bath?
• How do I keep chickens warm in winter?
• What about security from foxes in the garden?
• What should I feed chickens beside Poultry Food (Mixed Corn, Layers Mash and / or Pellets)?
• I’ve heard you should feed them eggshells, is this true?

Keeping Chickens at Home - Questions & Answers 3

• What is a nest box?
• What is a perch?
• Why won’t my hen lay in the nestbox?
• My hen won’t leave the nestbox, why?
• My hens don’t want to go into the hen house at dusk, why?
• My chicken is ill, what should I do?
• My hens have stopped laying eggs, why?

Keeping Chickens at Home - Questions & Answers 4

• My hens are eating their eggs! How can I stop this?
• My hen is laying eggs with soft or weak shells, is she ill?
• How can I get my hens to lay double yolk eggs?
• My hen is losing her feathers! What is wrong with her?
• We have a new hen and the other hens are attacking her. How can I stop this?
• Can I sell our surplus eggs?
• Do I need a licence or to register if I keep poultry?