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Carla Tilghman

Articles by Carla Tilghman

Predators and Coop Doors
July 6, 2023 · · Coops

Predators like foxes, opossums, dogs and hawks threaten your poultry. Protect them with safe, automatic coop doors.

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Ask the Experts August/September 2023
July 3, 2023 · · Ask The Expert

Ask the Experts for advice about poultry and waterfowl health, feeding, and housing. Turkey toms, waterglassing, chicken identification and more.

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Ask The Experts June/July 2023
May 23, 2023 · · Ask The Expert

Answers from our Experts on puppies and poop, vent gleet, waterglassing and more…

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Environmentally Friendly Chicken Keeping
April 4, 2023 · · Chickens 101

Smart gardening, material reuse, and other easy tricks incorporate your flock into an environmentally friendly approach to animal husbandry.

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Building a Chicken Coop
March 9, 2023 · · Coops

Build a chicken coop for your flock size and environment. Use inexpensive, secondhand, or scavenged materials materials

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Why Golden Comets?
March 9, 2023 · · Chickens 101

Golden comet hens are prolific egg producers, good mothers, and flock additions.

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Rooster Attack: The Three Strikes Rule for Bad Boys
March 9, 2023 · · Chickens 101

Aggressive roosters can harm hens, hurt humans and other animals. When do you choose to butcher?

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Designer Eggs: Not a Couture Egg Suit
February 21, 2023 · · Eggs & Meat

When I hear “designer eggs,” I picture runway models rolling around in couture egg suits. But that’s not quite what designer eggs are.

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The Mystery of Century Eggs
February 14, 2023 · · Eggs & Meat

Different cultures, the world over, have found ingenious ways to preserve eggs. Learn the mystery of century eggs.

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Ataxia, Disequilibrium, and Neural Disorders in Waterfowl
February 6, 2023 · · Ducks, Geese

Waterfowl are resilient but need treatment for ataxia and disequilibrium caused by botulism, algal poisoning, and anatipestifer infections.

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