Part 4: Keeping your home flock healthy 34 Water is life 34 • Water availability 34 • Water quality 35 Good house-keeping 35 • Daily tasks to keep your flock healthy 36 • Weekly tasks 36 • Monthly tasks 37 • Occasional tasks 37 Common problems 38 When to call a vet 39 Table 1: Common health problems 40 Table 2: Behavioural problems 44 Part 5: Birds of a feather flock together 46 Choice of birds 46 Housing 46 Feeding 47 Health 47 Ducks 48 • Choice of birds 48 • Housing 48 • Feeding 49 • Water 49 Other potential companions 50 Part 6: Feeding for success 52 The key nutrients 52 Feeding for life stage 53 Chicken knows best 54 Packaged commercial feeds 54 Greens 55 Kitchen scraps 55 Hard grit 55 Part 7: How Barastoc can help 56 Part 8: More information 70 THE CHOOK BOOK | 5