Chickens | Farm In My Pocket

The moult: why is my chicken losing her feathers?

Moulting is the natural loss and replacement of feathers which happens in early winter, usually taking 4-6 weeks.

How to store eggs from your own flock successfully for months at a time.

Basic ready-made chicken houses are inexpensive, but it's not difficult to make your own.

Home-produced eggs last longer than shop-bought ones because they have not been washed.

Choosing the right chicken feed is vitally important to the birds' health, as well as to the quality of their eggs

Chickens need very little apart from housing, food and water, but a few pieces of equipment will make your own life much easier.

Using a chicken tractor or ark is sometimes recommended for clearing ground. But do they actually work?

Bullying, rats, parasites, predators, diseases... who'd be a chicken? Thankfully, all you need is experience and a little know-how.

A list of symptoms that merit quarantining a sick chicken, and chicken disease resources for identifying what's wrong.

Introducing chickens - your own eggs, so full of flavour neighbours will be queuing up for them.