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Backyard hen care, every week: the coop, the feed and the eggs.

A first flock: what to know before you buy
Space, noise, neighbours and the first three hens.
9 min
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Washing and storing eggs
When I wash, when I don’t, and where they sit until breakfast.
6 min
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Meet the bantams
Our smallest hens, and what makes them different to keep.
8 min
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Greens for a bantam
How I hang a bunch in the run so the smallest hen gets her share.
5 min
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Fresh water in the summer heat
Keeping the waterer cool, clean and full on the hottest days.
6 min
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What I feed the flock through the year
Layer pellets, grain, scraps and greens, season by season.
10 min
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My coop layout, drawn on paper
Roost, nesting boxes, run and the path between them.
12 min
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Collecting eggs, morning and afternoon
How often I check the boxes, and what I do with the first eggs of the day.
7 min
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Why hens dust bathe
What the dust bath does, and where I let them dig.
6 min
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A Saturday clean of the coop
Fresh straw, a scrape of the droppings and the corners I never skip.
11 min
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One flock note a fortnight: what the hens are up to, plus an answer to a reader’s question.