Tips for Raising Runner Ducks
Keeping Runner ducks combines the benefits of raising poultry with the entertainment of watching penguin-like bowling pins forage around the yard. After dabbling in call ducks, I increased my flock to include Fawn and White Runner ducks.
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Heritage Poultry
Some of us raise poultry for fun. Others want eggs or meat. But some take activism further and save heritage poultry breeds from extinction.
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Cornish Cross Chickens vs Red Ranger Chickens
When it comes to choosing which meat chickens to raise, there are several options available. Broilers such as the Cornish Cross chicken and the Red Ranger chicken generally are the most popular as they efficiently and quickly convert their food to meat, while yielding a heavier dressed bird than heritage breeds.
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Add to Favorites Official Rules “Backyard Poultry’s Eaton Pet and Pasture Giveaway” Sponsored by Ogden Publications, Inc. 1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY …
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Can Chickens Eat Weeds in Your Garden?
This article will answer “Can chickens eat weeds?” and other questions and give a little insight on just how nutritious many of the common garden weeds are.
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Useful Chicken Accessories for Your Flock
The popularity surge of chicken-keeping has led to the invention of new chicken accessories for small and large flock keepers alike.
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Making Marshmallows, Meringues, and Divinity
Candies made with eggs make perfect sense for those who have a flock of “girls” laying faithfully. Let’s make three favorites: marshmallows, meringue cookies, and divinity.
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Giving Salmon Faverolles Chickens A Chance
Since Maine’s short, dark winter days already mean they don’t lay in the winter that often, so we needed something a little less broody. Enter Salmon Faverolles.
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Hungarian Yellow Chickens
For poultry keepers looking for a very pretty, unusual landrace breed, Hungarian Yellow chickens may be worth considering.
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External Parasites
External parasites will always be a concern for any flock owner, just as internal parasites and predators are a concern. However, preventative practices can keep these nasty pests at bay.
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