Health & Welfare
How Does a Chicken Breathe?
You may be thinking, “what do you mean, how do they breathe?” Because surely, chickens breathe like any other animal? Well, it’s actually very different.
15th September, 2021
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Looking out for lameness; the ins and outs of your hens’ legs
We love to sit in our gardens watching our hens enjoy pecking around and experiencing the sun on their wings and it’s a great opportunity
26th August, 2021
Health & Welfare
What is Bumble Foot?
Does your hen look as if she is wearing overly large carpet slippers? If so, she might have Bumblefoot. Bumblefoot normally starts out with a
19th August, 2021
Health & Welfare
What do my hen’s comb and wattle tell me?
Combs and Wattles The comb sits on top of the hen’s head and in a healthy hen is likely to be red, plump and glossy,
18th August, 2021
Health & Welfare
How does my hen produce an egg every day?
By Gaynor Davies The humble commercial hybrid hen (our lovely ex-caged) has been designed and modified over the years to ensure peak egg production and
4th August, 2021
Health & Welfare
Are Chickens bird-brained?
The term bird brain is often used as a derogatory term referring to someone not very bright. Yet chickens actually have very complex brains and use the information they process in a very particular way.
14th June, 2021
Health & Welfare
Why are my chickens’ legs scaly?
Now that our lovely girls are not paddling around in so much mud, it is a good opportunity to check their legs. A healthy leg
1st June, 2021
Health & Welfare
Why does my hen need grit?
We are often asked why we advise giving hens grit on a regular basis. Grit is a vital part of your hen’s digestive process, however,
18th May, 2021
Health & Welfare
An Issue That Keeps Cropping Up; Hen Crop Issues
One of the more regular calls we receive at Hen Central relates to issues with the crop. For those among you that are more novice hen keepers the crop is the hen’s shopping basket. It sits on the front of the hen’s chest and is more prominent as it fills. Through the day she will collect tasty morsels of food and her crop can grow to the size of a small orange.
19th February, 2021
Health & Welfare
How Your Feed Affects Your Chickens
In one end and out the other! It is as important to know what you are putting in your hens, as it is to understand what is coming out the other end…
Selecting the best feed for your flock is very important when it comes to hens’ diets! You should always take time to top up their feeders with nutritious but delicious treats. Don’t overindulge them though!
19th January, 2021
Health & Welfare
Hen Anatomy; Did You Know Hens Have Ears?
From first glance, you may think that hens can’t have ears. But like us, and many birds, they have two, one ear located on each side of their head. And much like our own, they have eardrums, an inner, middle and outer ear and they hear just as well as we do!
6th January, 2021
