Gauteng Smallholder April 2018 | Page 35

POULTRY CARE Introducing new chickens to your flock I ntroducing new chickens into an already established flock needs careful handling. But before one deals with the actual introduction, the first step is to quarantine the new chickens and ensuring they don't have any infections or diseases. When one brings new chickens home, they should be placed in a separate coop (or a large crate, if they are still small) prepared for them. From this separate coop one can observe them to check they are fit and disease free - IN THE GARDEN and fertile soil, which should It is also of benefit in be kept moist. To harvest, compost, speeding up little more nurturing than decomposition. thyme and its growth tends to snip leaves off sev