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Incubation 101: Hatching Eggs is Fun and Easy
If you’re considering hatching your own flock of backyard chickens here’s a few things you need to know for hatching eggs successfully in an incubator.
For embryos to develop correctly, eggs need to be kept at the right temperature, turned often and correctly positioned.
Heated Chicken Waterers: What’s Right for Your Flock
Every season brings its own battles. A heated chicken waterer can help make winter care a little easier. Learn about heated chicken waterers.
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Cockerel and Pullet Chickens: 3 Tips for Raising These Teenagers
Add to Favorites Do you remember the glory days of seventh grade? For many people, they were filled with braces, high-water pants, and new experiences. Our teenage years are pivotal, …
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Humidity in Incubation
If you have questions about humidity during incubation, then you’ve come to the right place.
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3 Tips to Help Hens Lay Eggs That Are Fresh & Healthy
Raising backyard chickens should be fun. You provide your hens a chicken coop, care and quality feeds. They provide you nutritious eggs and undeniable companionship.
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Thin Egg Shells Are More Likely to Let Bacteria In
Think about the last time you made eggs. Did the shell break in a crisp, perfect line or was the crack more of a crumble and shatter?
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No Jolt During The Molt: Chicken Care in 7 Steps
Lana Beckard, Nutrena® Poultry Expert – Ready or not, here comes the molt. Chickens shedding feathers and a drop in egg production in the fall are good indicators that your birds are going through molt.
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3 Tips to Help Molting Chickens
Add to Favorites It’s autumn. Time for comfy sweaters, pumpkin-flavored everything and … vacation? For backyard chickens across the country, shorter days often signal time for a break. Molting chickens …
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Electrolytes for Chickens: Keep Your Flock Hydrated and Healthy in Summer
What do you drink in the summer? Chances are your beverage choices are different in the summertime compared to winter.
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Do Chickens Sweat to Cool Down?
Some people love a summer heat wave, or for that matter, sweating it out in a sauna. Not backyard chickens.
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