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PUBLISHED: 15:18 17 January 2013 | UPDATED: 15:18 17 January 2013

Words and pictures by Martin Gurdon

A step-by-step guide

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Contact Dudley Mallet at Highdown Poultry in Kent:

www.highdownpoultry.co.uk

Tel: 01233-850692

Email: Dudley.mallett@btinternet.com

Breeder Dudley Mallett shows you how to carry out a range of simple tasks, starting with this picture gallery of how to cling your chickens’ wings.

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