Chickens 101
Poultry Grand Champions
Discover how judges select the best-of-show grand champion competitors by employing a sports tournament bracket system.
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Red Mites and Autopsies
Guda van der Burgt is a veterinary pathologist who undertakes chicken autopsies. She lives at Rough Ground Farm in Oxfordshire, England.
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Environmentally Friendly Chicken Keeping
Smart gardening, material reuse, and other easy tricks incorporate your flock into an environmentally friendly approach to animal husbandry.
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Hatching Eggs in an Incubator 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 in an incubator successfully. For embryos to develop correctly, eggs need to be kept at the right temperature, turned often and correctly positioned.
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Breed Profile: Java Chicken
The Java chicken has origins in Southeast Asia and became the foundation of American poultry in the 1800s. This heritage breed is worthy of conservation for its hardy, dual-purpose qualities.
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Winter Layers
Keep hens laying in winter with ventilated coops, windbreaks, heated water, deep bedding.
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Snowbound Winter Chickens
Add to Favorites From shoveling snow to reach the coop, to hens that don’t take well to being snowbound, winter chickens have their own set of challenges. by Gina Stack …
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Generational Teaching with Chickens and Kids
Grandkids learn to care for animals teaching responsibility, organization, animal husbandry
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Hatching Quail Eggs for School
Homesteading curriculum projects include hatching quail eggs with a Hatching Time incubator.
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