Two Paths to Producing Your Own Organic Eggs
May 30, 2019 · · Chickens 101

Add to Favorites Spring is an exciting time for chicken raisers. For families just starting with baby chicks, it signals new life and new projects. Experienced chicken raisers feel a similar excitement …

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Backyard Poultry June/July 2019
May 28, 2019 · · Magazine Previews

Check out our June/July 2019 issue of Backyard Poultry for stories on Virulent Newcastle Disease, the science of poultry skin color, balancing your chicken’s diet, and more!

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Village Chickens in Zambia
May 26, 2019 · · Poultry 101

Chicken is one of the most popular meats in Zambia, with some individuals raising a flock of broilers in a corner of their house.

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How to Bathe a Chicken
May 25, 2019 · · Feed & Health

Do you know how to bathe a chicken? Do chickens like baths? As the flock master, you sometimes must force your birds to do things for their health.

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Beautiful Bantams: Black Cochins and Silver Spangled Hamburgs

Silver Spangled Hamburgs and Black Cochins prove that there is variety in the world of bantam chicken breed, and that there is a bantam for everyone!

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Ducks in The Vineyard
May 22, 2019 · · Poultry 101

This vineyard is distinct because it utilizes 1,600 Indian runner ducks as pest control. Yes, I did fly halfway around the world to come face-to-beak with hundreds of ducks.

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Chicken Mites and Northern Fowl Mites: Controlling Infestations

Red chicken mites and Northern Fowl mites can be controlled with clean coops and early detection.

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Chicken Training Made Easy

Here are some simple steps to training a chicken or turkey. Dogs and dolphins aren’t the only animals you can train to come when called.

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Raising an Indoor Pet Chicken

Add to Favorites By Wendy E.N. Thomas – We never had any intentions of raising an indoor pet chicken, but it’s funny how life goes sometimes. Our indoor pet chicken experience …

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Ask the Expert — June/July 2019
May 7, 2019 · · Ask The Expert

Add to Favorites Rock-Hard Pieces in Eggs While blending my silkies’ hard-boiled eggs to feed them back to them, these rock-hard pieces were inside. It has happened on two separate …

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