Chickens 101

Chickens and Fireworks
May 26, 2023 · · Chickens 101

Protect your poultry from the dangers of fireworks, noises and debris.

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Controlling Rats!
May 26, 2023 · · Chickens 101

Learn now to control or eradicate rats in your coop, secure and limit food.

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Teach Your Kids Confidence with Chickens
May 5, 2023 · · Chickens 101

Maat van Uitert shares five great ways to teach your kids confidence around your flocks.

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5 Tips for Gardening with Free-Range Chickens
May 2, 2023 · · Chickens 101

Want free-range chickens and a garden? Although chickens can quickly destroy a garden, here are five things to help protect it. 

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Gardening with Chickens
May 2, 2023 · · Chickens 101

Gardening with chickens is an adventure for you and for them. Elizabeth Mack shares tips to keep your birds (and plants) healthy and safe.

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Why do you need an automatic coop door?
April 27, 2023 · · Chickens 101, Coops

Let’s look at 5 reasons why an automatic coop door is a great addition to chicken raising in the 21st century.

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Regular Size and Bantams: To Mix or Not to Mix?
April 25, 2023 · · Chickens 101

I see folks with regular-sized chickens and bantams mixed together all the time. Is it wise? Do they get along? Can the larger chickens hurt the bantams? What is the best setting to mix different size chickens, if you do?

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The Best Chicken Breeds for Your Needs
April 18, 2023 · · Chickens 101

Once you know why you want to keep chickens, it can be fun to learn about the different breeds and what they are known for.

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Environmentally Friendly Chicken Keeping
April 4, 2023 · · Chickens 101

Smart gardening, material reuse, and other easy tricks incorporate your flock into an environmentally friendly approach to animal husbandry.

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Bringing New Chicks Home
March 16, 2023 · · Chickens 101

Bringing home a new, peeping box with fluffy chicks can be scary, but Elizabeth Mack has advice to help you.

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