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Carla Tilghman

Articles by Carla Tilghman

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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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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Breed Profile: Shamo Chicken
January 27, 2023 · · Chickens 101

Part of our Breed Profile series, the Shamo Chicken is also known as a “gamefowl.”

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Breed Profile: Cubalaya Chicken
January 27, 2023 · · Chickens 101

Part of our Breed Profile series, learn more about the Cubalaya chicken, a Cuban breed.

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Ask The Experts February/March 2023
December 29, 2022 · · Ask The Expert

Ask our poultry experts about your flock’s health, feed, production, housing, and more! Experts answer reader questions.

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Ask the Expert Oct/Nov 2022
October 10, 2022 · · Ask The Expert

Have poultry questions? Ask our experts!

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How to Candle Eggs
October 7, 2022 · · Chickens 101, Members Only

How do you know what’s going on inside your incubating eggs? You “candle” your eggs by shining a bright light against the shell to take a look.

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Ask the Expert August/September 2022
August 1, 2022 · · Ask The Expert

Our experts answer reader questions about poultry.

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