The Chicken Year Month by Month: May

In this series we will be following a year with our chickens month by month. We'll cover: What is happening to and with the chickens each month. What we're preparing for in coming months. Issues that we're on the look out for. At the beginning of May we saw the Avian Influenza UK Housing Restrictions finally lifted although we still have some legal obligations. In this programme we'll cover: An update on the legal obligations related to the UK Avian Influenza risk, which are sensible good practise for all chicken keepers How to break a brood for a broody hen. You may remember Chocolate fell broody in April and we decided to break her brood prior to the announcement of the lifting of the Avian Influenza Restrictions Care for Broody Hens. We now have another broody hen called Marshmallow that we are giving eggs to incubate. Gapeworm. Now our chickens are free-ranging again, Gapeworm is something we're looking out for. The Body Condition index infographic referenced in the video can be found here: http://www.poultrydvm.com/featured-in... We breed Buff Orpington chickens and have kept them for a number of years. We grow our own food on our smallholding and endeavour to be self-sufficient. Subscribe to see more of our life including self sufficiency videos, recipes, garden tips and chicken keeping. Visit our website www.englishcountrylife.com to see our branded merchandise which includes t-shirts and handcrafted pottery mugs. Contact us for availability at [email protected] Visit our Amazon Storefront to see suggestions for items we love and use on the smallholding including chickenkeeping tools: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/english... Offers available to our subscribers: Nestera Coops are (in our opinion) the best on the market. They are made from 9mm 100% recycled plastic, are red mite resistant and come with a 25 YEAR GUARANTEE!!! They are offering our subscribers 5% off their coops. For UK residents, buy your Nestera Coops and get the discount AUTOMATICALLY APPLIED AT CHECKOUT by using this link: https://nestera.co.uk/ECL For EU residents, buy your Nestera Coops and get the discount AUTOMATICALLY APPLIED AT CHECKOUT by using this link: https://nestera.fr/ECL For US residents, buy your Nestera Coops and get the discount AUTOMATICALLY APPLIED AT CHECKOUT by using this link: http://nestera.us/ecl Opening Music credits: Artist = Earth Tree Healing Composer = Claudine West Website = https://claudinewestmusic.com/earth-t... We earn commission from Amazon Affiliate, Nestera Affiliate & Omlet Affiliate Links