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Picking the Best Heated Waterer for Your Coop

March 14, 2019 · Jeremy Chartier · Coops

Water is a critical part of keeping your birds happy, healthy, and productive. When the temperatures fall and water freezes, your birds will be deprived of one of their most essential nutrients.

A Primer on Hatching and Raising Chicks in School

March 14, 2019 · Erin Phillips · Chickens 101, Kids' Corner

Hatching and raising chicks in school teaches children invaluable lessons about animal husbandry. Hear some expert tips to run things well.

Buying Spent Stock From a Poultry Breeding Farm

March 14, 2019 · Backyard Poultry Contributor · Chickens 101

Purchasing spent breeders from a poultry breeding farm and hatchery can be a promising option for backyard poultry keepers.

Taking Control – Breeding to Establish Traits You Want in a Backyard Flock

March 14, 2019 · Doug Ottinger · Chickens 101

If there are desirable traits you want to reproduce in your home flock, remember that the best-laying hens are the ones that have the traits you like the best!

Bethel Home Helping Hens

March 14, 2019 · Marissa Ames · Chickens 101

Add to Favorites Chickens ride a growing movement of animal therapy in care homes. These gentle, low-maintenance birds bring back memories of farms and simpler times. Kristina Reser-Jaynes watched a …

Part Seven: The Nervous System

March 14, 2019 · Backyard Poultry Contributor · Chickens 101

Add to Favorites Not unlike our own human body, the chicken’s body needs a control center with a communication network. The nervous system inside our Hank and Henrietta integrates and …

Part Five: The Muscular System

March 14, 2019 · Backyard Poultry Contributor · Chickens 101

Add to Favorites The muscular systems of our Hank and Henrietta must truly be considered “the meat” of the series on the biology of the chick-en. Muscles, whether labeled white meat …

How to Find the Non-Laying Chickens in Your Flock

March 14, 2019 · Backyard Poultry Contributor · Chickens 101

Learn how to identify the non-laying chickens in your flock through multiple methods and how you should deal with them.

Dealing with Chicken Mortality

March 14, 2019 · Backyard Poultry Contributor · Chickens 101

I often meet people who want their dog or cat to have a litter so the children can “experience the miracle of life.” I advise them to raise chickens instead so children can experience the miracle of life and the wonder of death.