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The trials and tribulations of putting up a electric poultry fencing when you’re not built like Pluto
We recently brought an electric poultry fence in order to be able to move the hens and keep them safe as their run needs some seasonal work and the ground needs resting for a few weeks. Never having seen electric fencing for poultry let alone source or use one, we had yet another learning curve to climb. Mark and I researched as much as we could and asked friends who have hens and our wonderful friends on our Facebook page for any advice they could give. So suitably educated (or so we thought) I was set the task of buying one. Not being terribly good at measurements … Continue reading
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Tagged Battery Hens, Caged Chickens, Chicken Health, Electric fence, Poultry, Rehoming
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Product Review: Red Top Fly Traps
Chicken Flies! This month has been horrendous for flies around our chickens. It doesn’t seem to matter how much I scrub clean and generally disinfect, whatever I do they are there. They aren’t in the hen-house thankfully just in the hen run especially on the hens droppings. I hate killing anything without good reason, yes even flies. However something had to be done. My closest neighbour mentioned she was having a few fly issues. Whether attracted from my hen run or from the rubbish that hadn’t been collected for weeks due to industrial action locally I don’t know. Whatever the cause I had … Continue reading
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Tagged Battery Hens, Chickens, Flies, Poultry, Redtop Fly Traps, Rehoming
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Product Review: Red Mite Powder
Do you regularly dust your hens? Once Hen Mites have set it, its too late so, we regularly use
