Chickens 101
How to Expand Your Flock with the Best Broody Hens
There are a couple of different ways you can expand your flock, but my go-to is using the best broody hens in my flock.
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Incubation Humidity
If you have questions about humidity during incubation, then you’ve come to the right place.
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Fixed on Chicks
Our daughters are smitten with each new batch of tiny puffballs. Though chicks do not lick faces or chase balls of string, they steal a child’s heart with their soft peeps and fuzzy feathers.
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Chicken Society—Are Chickens Social Animals?
Are chickens social animals? Learn about the rules, tricks, and sophistication of chicken society.
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Chickens as Pets: 5 Kid-Friendly Chicken Breeds
Raising a flock of backyard chickens as pets with “benefits” is a fun, fulfilling activity that the whole family can get involved in.
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Raising Chicks From Mail Order Sources
Before your mail order chicks arrive, have some basics ready and waiting.
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How to Order Chicks in the Mail from a Hatchery
Learn how to order baby chicks in the mail by finding a reputable chick hatchery with good customer reviews.
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Spontaneous Sex Reversal in Your Poultry
Spontaneous sex reversal in a hen is a somewhat rare phenomenon. However, with 1-in-100 odds for a spontaneous sex reversal, it is certainly not an impossibility that a member of your backyard flock could transform herself into a crowing rooster.
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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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The History and Future of Marans Chickens
Marans chickens are synonymous with chocolate brown eggs. Marans chickens originated in the French village of the same name about 240 miles southwest of Paris or 100 miles north of Bordeaux.
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