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Kenny Coogan
Articles by Kenny Coogan
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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How to Compost Chicken Manure
Learn how to compost chicken manure so that you can put it to use in vegetable patches, flower beds, and even to grow perennials 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
Kids these days are disconnected from nature and agriculture. Learn how to get them more involved with fun, DIY projects with both livestock and gardening.
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Improve Your Chicken Pics with These 6 Tips
Whether you’re a breeder advertising show birds or a hobbyist capturing a chicken’s unique character, you can take better chicken pics in a few easy steps.
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Raising Rhea Birds to Diversify
If you’re looking for that in-between size of a turkey and an ostrich, opening a rhea farm might be for you. Aside from their gorgeous lashes and daffy faces, rheas have a lot to offer.
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Chicken Mites and Lice Treatment
When it comes to chicken mites treatment, the best defense against poultry pests is a good offense.
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How to Raise Mealworms for Chickens
Start your own superworm or mealworm colony! Raising mealworms for chickens on kitchen scraps is an easy way to make nutritious chicken treats.
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Medicine is the Best Medicine
Do you know what home remedies that actually work are called? Medicine. If there is evidence that it heals, it’s medicine. If you base your flock’s treatment on pure anecdotes, you could be doing harm. Medicine is the best medicine.
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Poultry Homesteading Hacks for 2021
We reached out to some of the most popular YouTubers to get the best 2021 homesteading hacks for raising poultry. Whether you’re a veteran or just getting into the hobby these tips will increase your productivity and efficiency.
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