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What Not to Feed Your Chickens so They Stay Healthy
Feeding your chickens a varied diet is important, but knowing what not to feed your chickens is as important as knowing what to feed them.
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Why Chicken Grower Feed is Good for Older Hens
Find out why chicken grower feed is good for older hens, how you can prevent injuries, and more tips for an older flock.
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How the Veterinary Feed Directive will Affect Chicken & Poultry Owners
Add to Favorites January’s a time for New Year’s Resolutions and new starts. For backyard poultry owners in the United States, January 2017 was a new start in the way …
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How to Train Chickens to Come When Called
Have you learned how to train chickens without even realizing it? Teaching your backyard flock to come when called is a simple task for any chicken keeper.
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5 Common Chicken Diseases and Symptoms
Add to Favorites Not many vets specialize in chicken diseases and symptoms. Finding a good source of information, like Backyard Poultry magazine, is important. We keep chickens from the sustenance …
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NPIP Certification: Why it Matters When Buying Chicks
NPIP-certified hatcheries are essential to large-scale poultry farming and the backyard flock alike.
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Raising Critical Breeds: Dutch Hookbill and Aylesbury Ducks
The Dutch Hookbill and Aylesbury ducks are both currently listed as critical by The Livestock Conservancy. Consider adding these unique birds to your homestead to help save a heritage breed.
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Meet the English Pouter Pigeon
Add to Favorites There are several breeds and types of pigeons, but if there were ever a supermodel pigeon, the English Pouter would be stomping down the runway during fashion …
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How to Guard Your Backyard Flock with Domestic Geese Breeds
Add to Favorites Our backyard flocks quickly find their way into our hearts. I can remember clearly the first time I lost my Cayuga duck, Marigold, to a hawk attack. …
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Breed Profile: Saxony Duck
Add to Favorites Breed of the Month: Saxony duck Origin: Albert Franz of Chemnitz (East Germany) began developing the Saxony duck in 1930. He used Rouen, German Pekin, and Blue …
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