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Backyard Poultry December 2019/January 2020
Backyard Poultry December 2019/January 2020 • 14/6 features stories on coccidiosis, selling eggs as a business, winter comfort food recipes made with eggs, PLUS a new fibromelanistic breed that may be available in 2020!
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Day 1 – November 29th Sweeter Heater 11×17 Overhead Heater Designed to warm the animal, not the environment and is fully adjustable to maintain the ideal comfort level for your …
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Heated Chicken Waterers: What’s Right for Your Flock
Add to Favorites Every season brings its own battles. In the summer, you are fighting the heat, heat strokes, perhaps, lack of water, inability to keep water cool, flies, etc. …
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Breed Profile: Golden Comet Chickens
Golden Comet chickens are friendly, calm, and prolific layers, making excellent backyard birds, but life is often shortened by reproductive tract issues.
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Thanksgiving’s Wishbone Traditions Have a Long History
Once the Thanksgiving meal is over, most families take part in an annual wishbone tradition. Depending on how patient the wishbone breakers are, the bone might be broken that night or in the days following the feast.
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What’s the Best Chicken Coop Light?
When we supplement light to our chickens in winter, does it matter what type of bulb we use? Between incandescent, fluorescent, and LED bulbs, there are benefits and drawbacks to each, but do the chickens have a preference?
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Get 5% off Local Hens Printed Split 6-Egg Cartons At The Egg Carton Store
Get 5% off Local Hens Printed Split 6-Egg Cartons At The Egg Carton Store!
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Everything You Need to Know About Chicken Roosting Bars
Add to Favorites One of the most common questions I get asked on my Facebook page (Fresh Eggs Daily) is how wide chicken roosting bars should be and how high off …
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MannaPro $2.50 Off Heated Drinker Base
MannaPro is proud to partner with Backyard Poultry to offer $2.50 off the Heated Drinker Base!!
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Rabbit and Chicken Frostbite Prevention Methods
Add to Favorites Rabbit and chicken frostbite occurrences are preventable. Adopting good cold-weather management for your small livestock buildings will go a long way to preventing rabbit and chicken frostbite …
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Butchering Turkeys: From Gobble to Table
Butchering turkeys on the homestead is a great adventure in farming, but there are a few things to know before jumping headlong into it.
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