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Tamsin Cooper
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Breed Profile: Hamburg Chicken
The Hamburg chicken is a good layer with an active manner and beautiful feathers. Her origin is somewhat mysterious, having both British and Dutch roots.
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Phenomenally Hardy Traits Found in Backyard Chicken Genetics
Chicken genetics studies confirm amazing resilience to local diseases in African chickens, providing productive gains to smallholders raising native heritage chicken breeds.
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Poultry Cognition—Are Chickens Smart?
Are chickens smart? Research reveals that they learn fast, feel emotions, have good memories, and use complex logic and social tactics.
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Chick and Duckling Imprinting
Chick and duckling imprinting has important psychological effects on the individual bird and the flock, so it is important to get it right from the start.
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Breed Profile: Bresse Chicken
The Bresse chicken breed provides the best-tasting meat chickens in France due to its unique roots, lifestyle, and native geography.
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How to Start Raising Chickens: Five Welfare Needs
Proper chicken husbandry means understanding what chickens need to be healthy. Learn how to start raising chickens with this lesson in chicken welfare.
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A Chicken’s Five Basic Needs
Chickens are sensitive to their environment, motivations, and sense of well-being. Happy chickens cope better with changes and challenges, whereas distressed birds may easily go downhill.
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Breed Profile: Khaki Campbell Duck
The Khaki Campbell is a productive layer and useful dual purpose duck that loves to forage and range, being hardy and adaptable.
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Breed Profile: Brahma Chicken
The Brahma chicken was a huge sensation in the mid-1800s and has remained a popular heritage breed for those who love their large size, gentle nature, and beautiful plumage.
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Breed Profile: Pilgrim Goose
The Pilgrim goose is a hardy, auto-sexing breed with excellent foraging and mothering skills that makes an excellent dual-purpose breed for homestead produce and pasture maintenance.
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