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Welcome to Eni’s rare breed chickens

Welcome to Eni’s rare breed chickens. Thank you for visiting our site. We don’t supply chickens, but we offer honest chicken keeping advice that comes from personal experience. You will also find useful information about different breeds including Wyandottes and Dutch Bantams. Is something bothering you? Do you think something is not right with your chickens?  Don’t hesitate to contact us, we will happily answer your question on the FAQs page.

Latest from Eni’s rare breed chickens

  • Function and Utilization of Essential Vitamins and Minerals in Chickens
  • Chickens respiratory system- science of breathing and lungs
  • Basic General Chicken Facts
  • Things to keep in stock for chicken keeping…
  • Note of the Month; September

Chickens

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Basic General Chicken Facts

Male chickens are known as roosters or cocks or cockerels, females are known as hens or pullets. Castrated males are known as capons, but castrating chickens seems a silly and expensive option to some people who reckon its easier not to have a cockerel if they dont want chicks. Cockerels are generally distinguished by larger head furnishings (combs and whattles) and colourful plumage (feathers). Head furnishings direct the blood to the surface to keep the chickens cool. In winter, when its … [Read More...]

Some things must be kept in stock to ensure a healthy flock

Things to keep in stock for chicken keeping…

Below I have written a list of essenttials to keep in stock for poultry keeping. The first section covers day to day essentials that should be kept in stock, for disinfecting, treating, boosting, feeding etc. Layers pellet or mash for grown  hens Growers pellet or mash for growing hens Chick crumbs for chicks aged 0-6 weeks Disinfectant such as dettol which has the added benefit of being a red mite deterant. Apple cider vinegar a booster Grit to help chickens breakdown … [Read More...]

September

Note of the Month; September

Now is moulting time. Chickens are losing their feathers to make way for new ones. The most intentensive moult takes place in september, but it often also occurs in August. Now, hens stop laying and concentrate their enery on changing their old, damaged no-longer-waterproof  plumage for new, waterproof, shiny feathers. Despite not laying, the hens still need the goodness of quality layers pellet or mash, and often benefit from a special moulting supplement. For those on a shoestring budget, a … [Read More...]

Cockerels, no doubt

Sexing Partridge Wyandotte Chicks

Partridge Wyandotte bantams can be sexed from hatching. Look at my story below. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. I think you can sex Partridge wyandotte chicks from the instant they hatch  the two sexes look very different. One is  dark with 'eyeliner' the others are light with no eyeliner. I am doing an experiment to … [Read More...]

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  • Function and Utilization of Essential Vitamins and Minerals in Chickens
  • Chickens respiratory system- science of breathing and lungs
  • Basic General Chicken Facts
  • Things to keep in stock for chicken keeping…
  • Note of the Month; September
  • Sexing Partridge Wyandotte Chicks
  • National Poultry Show, Stoneleigh!
  • A chickens Brain- The Science
  • Partridge Wyandotte Bantams
  • Examining a chickens Health
  • Chicken Housing
  • Chicken genetics
  • The Science and Anatomy of an egg
  • The science behind a chicken’s eyes
  • Chickens month by month
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  • Chicken Breeding- a guide to breeding chickens
  • Chicken fancier Mecca – National Poultry Show Stoneleigh
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  • Dutch Bantams

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