THE POULTRY-KEEPER'S VADE-MECUM
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION FREE RANGE OR NOT? POLLUTION REGIME WHY KEEPS HENS AT ALL? WHY KEEP HENS IN TOWN? CHECK YOUR DEEDS – ARE YOU ALLOWED TO KEEP POULTRY? YOU HAVE TO WORK HARDER TO KEEP HENS IN THE CITY A WORD ABOUT HOLIDAYS NEW TO CHICKENS HENS IN THE GARDEN PREDATORS HEN HOUSING CRITERIA FOR A HAPPY HEN MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS NOTES ON HOW TO BUY CHICKENS INTRODUCING HENS TO THEIR NEW HOME CHICKENS AND CHILDREN DISEASES COPING WITH HORRID JOBS HOW TO KILL A CHICKEN BREEDS OTHER PETS SO, SHOULD I KEEP HENS? ANATOMY OF THE CHICKEN SIMPLE CREATURES IMMUNITY EXTERNALLY INTERNALLY THE EGG FACTORY WHY ARE THERE SO MANY DIFFERENT BREEDS OF CHICKENS? HOW TO BUY HENS PURE BREEDS AND HYBRIDS PURE BREEDS PURE BREEDS FOR THE GARDEN PURE BREEDS UNSUITABLE FOR THE URBAN SITUATION HYBRID BIRDS BATTERY HEN WELFARE TRUST HENS BREED CHECKER FEEDING YOUR CHICKENS NO TEETH THE HEN’S DIGESTIVE SYSTEM RECOGNISING GOOD CHICKEN POO HOW TO ?ND A LOCAL SUPPLIER OF HEN FEED RATIONS FOR LAYING HENS SUPPLEMENTING THEIR DIET THE COMPOST BOX WATER GRIT OYSTER SHELL SHOULD I USE A HOPPER? CANNIBALISM POINTS TO REMEMBER POULTRY CARE DAILY JOBS JOBS FOR EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS WEEKLY JOBS MONTHLY JOBS BIMONTLY JOBS SIX MONTHLY JOBS CHICKEN DISEASES WHAT DOES A HEALTHY BIRD LOOK LIKE? EXTERNAL SIGNS COMPACTED CROP POULTRY PARASITES INTERNAL PARASITES MAREK’S DISEASE COCCIDIOSIS MYCOPLASMA PECKING BIRDS AND CANNIBALISM AVIAN ?U FIGHTING DAMAGE CALCIUM DE?CIENCY FOOD SUPPLEMENTS FOR HEALTHY BIRDS CHICKEN DISEASES AT A GLANCE CHICKS – MAKING YOUR OWN WHY FERTILISED EGGS? WHEN A HEN GOES BROODY STOPPING A HEN FROM GOING BROODY WHAT YOU NEED FOR A HEN TO INCUBATE HER EGGS HATCHING SEXING CHICKS INCUBATION BY MACHINE MOVING CHICKS EXPECT MORTALITY DAILY ROUTINE VACCINATION THE EGG THE ASSEMBLY LINE THE EGG’S CONSTRUCTION POO ON MY EGGS HOW TO COLLECT EGGS STORING AND PRESERVING EGGS COOKING EGGS GETTING HELP BIO-SECURITY GETTING HELP WITH ILLNESS AND ?NDING A POULTRY VET POULTRY CLUBS HELP WITH HYBRID HENS