Reviews by L-plate chicken mum

Hedges for forage and cover

Perris
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Excellent article with great pictures, Perris.
Love a good hedge - I would say they can’t be beaten, however many of the older ones that form parish boundaries still are - if interested in this British eccentricity see https://heritagehunter.co.uk/beating-the-bounds/. I think the oldest UK hedge is still thought to be Judith’s hedge in Cambridgeshire which is at least 900 years old and a remnant of an ancient woodland. So many reasons to love a good hedge both for our chickens, ourselves and wildlife…..
Perris
Perris
thanks L-plate chicken mum; I'm glad you enjoyed it. The first 9 chapters of Wright's book concerns the history of the hedgerow, going right back to the Neolithic, if you want to pursue that aspect; I found it fascinating.

How to Spot a Phony Farm

Gail
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Excellent article and an always useful reminder of what to look for when buying online. A local breeder to me had the photos of her chickens stolen by someone else and now watermarks them with her company name.

Another remedy for slow/impacted crop problems

lightm
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Great article & good to know there’s an alternative to antibiotics at the vets in case treatment is needed during holidays, something to add to the chicken medicine cabinet methinks.
Thank you

Oxytocin as a bonding agent between us and our chickens

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An excellent article that makes you think about our relationship with our animals. There is a lot to be learned from careful and thoughtful observation and even more questions. Thank you Azygous for making me think
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How good is your broody? How to identify the good, the bad, and the indifferent

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Love it, comprehensive & well researched both from personal experience (suspect thorough & detailed record keeping) and academic papers such as there are. Excellent photos. Would expect nothing less from you, Perris. Enjoyed the read, didn’t notice any glaring grammatical or other errors but I’m not a proof reader or, unfortunately, a person with experience of broodies raising chicks
Perris
Perris
Thanks Lpcm; I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Great article, comprehensive & very well written. Thanks, have bookmarked it for future reference
DobieLover
DobieLover
Glad you found it useful.
Really interesting, well researched & thought provoking read, covers an area that I’m sorry to say I hadn’t much understanding of. Will have to work my way through the links
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Shadrach
Shadrach
Thanks for reading it. Some of the links are very readable.

Chicken Math 101 – with Quiz!

BaaKaaawk
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Hilarious and so true! All mine have names so I haven’t got any at all…
BaaKaaawk
BaaKaaawk
Sounds like time for more chickens!
Very informative, comprehensively researched and a great read. May take several read throughs for it to really sink in as there’s so much interesting information in there.
Perris
Perris
thank you for your feedback; I'm glad you found it interesting.
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