HATCHING & RAISING CHICKS

HATCHING AND RAISING CHICKS

raising chicks in an organic food forest

Laying and nesting away. How to move hen, eggs and chicks

Hatching chicks is an amazing experience and....an event which is the harbinger of Spring in our little smallholding/homestead...read more

Coping with protracted hatching and large clutches, chicks, ducks and quail

When you find your broody, particularly on a large nest, consider the possibility that these are not all her own eggs and that they were not all laid at the same time...read more

How to cope with chicks in cold weather. Part 1

With the weather being so capricious at the moment, the hens are risking late hatches, so I'm sharing some of the strategies I use to get the best outcome for the chicks and Mother...read more

How to cope with chicks in cold weather. Part 2

Including provision for vitamin D3 and B12 and the amino acids essential for feather growth, physical, nervous and immune system support...read more

How to cope with chicks in cold weather. Part 3

Greenhouses as an ideal solution for raising chicks in the cold wet months and at how to make sure of optimum nutrient provision...read more


Broody adopts chicks in cold weather.

Some times people comment in surprise on my films that a hen will raise anything but her own eggs but this is only half the story...read more

The case of the unhatchable egg 

How importance is exact temperature in hatching an egg? A look at broodiness, Aesop and the marvellous surprises nature has in store...read more
 

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