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Posted: Thursday 13 May, 2004
Well, our poorly hen didn't make it through last night. We think it was a physical defect that did for her rather than sickness or disease - she had no symptoms of illness, no discharge, no visible parasites.
It's always a bit sad when one of our animals dies, and even more so when it's one we planned on having into its old age (unlike the pigs for example).
If you're going to keep poultry for meat, you need to know how to butcher birds
Once you have some experience with hens, you may decide to hatch some chicks. To do so, you will need fertile eggs and e
Whether you want to produce your own eggs, raise birds for the table, breed poultry for showing or simply keep them as o
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