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Kenny Coogan
Articles by Kenny Coogan
Cheap Cheap Chicken Coops
Chickens are cheap, but the most expensive cost that you will endure is their housing. Be inspired by cheap chicken coops.
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Why don’t ducks’ feet freeze?
Here in Florida, I sometimes forget about the icy conditions northern birds (and people) must endure. But when I think about my Niagara Falls upbringing, one of the most remarkable adaptations I can recall is the canvasbacks, mergansers, goldeneyes, and other diving ducks living in and on the ice-cold Niagara River.
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From Backyards to Factory Farms: The Evolution of Poultry Farming in America
Add to Favorites “The evolution of the chicken industry over the past century has simply been an extraordinary demonstration of the power of science to transform our daily lives,” says …
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A Year-Round Chicken Care Calendar
I couldn’t think of a better New Year’s resolution than starting your own backyard chicken flock. This next year is going to bring you mixed feelings of eagerness and anxiety with hopefully the culmination of happiness and joy.
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New Year, New Offerings: 2022 Hatchery Updates
Add to Favorites Check out these 2022 updates from some of our favorite hatcheries: Cackle Hatchery New for 2022 Cackle Hatchery will be offering Tolbunt Polish, exhibition type Silver Laced …
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4 Tips for Composting Chicken Manure
Add to Favorites For those of you with vegetable and flower beds, or for those of you who just have lawns, I feel it is unnecessary, if not wasteful, to …
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Types of Chicken Combs
While there are nine types of chicken combs recognized, Dr. Brigid McCrea says children and backyard hobbyists who are interested in genetics would find the results of breeding different combs very interesting.
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How to Compost Chicken Manure
Composting chicken manure allows you to use your flock’s waste in vegetable or flower beds, or to feed perennials like berry bushes and trees.
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Host Your Own Tour de Coop
Whether it is through blogs, magazines, or our Facebook group Backyard Poultry Chat, fanciers helping fanciers is awesome. One way of meeting local chicken coop connoisseurs is by starting or partaking in a Tour de Coop.
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8 Ways to Engage Youth in Ag
“Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it,” George Orwell said. As a FFA advisor and agriculture teacher, I do see kids these days disconnected with nature and agriculture.
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