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Water Glassing Eggs for Long-Term Storage
Are you looking for a method for preserving eggs in their whole raw form? If so, water glassing eggs is the most efficient long-term method available.
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Tips for Freezing Eggs
When you have an abundance, do you need ideas regarding what to do with lots of eggs? Here are some tips for freezing eggs to use when the hens stop laying.
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10 Tips for Fermenting Chicken Feed
How can fermenting chicken feed benefit your chickens? The process has been used for hundreds of years as a food preservation method.
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How to Stop Chickens Eating Eggs
One of the frustrating moments in chicken keeping is wondering why do my chickens eat their eggs. As you reach into the nest box to collect eggs, you find a sticky, wet mess instead. If this has happened to you, one or more of your chickens may be an egg eater.
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Show Chickens For Kids
Show Chickens are a great way to get your kids interested in agriculture, started in 4-H and give them a positive experience in poultry showmanship.
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Keeping Show Chickens Healthy
Show chickens are hugely entertaining. Fun, as they may be, keeping and exhibiting show chicken breeds can be more involved than keeping run-of-the-mill egg layers.
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Choosing the Best 4-H Show Chickens
Poultry is one of the most popular projects in 4-H and I often get asked how to choose the best show chickens. Why is the poultry project so popular?
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12 Fascinating Facts About Roosters
Fascinating facts about roosters that cover them from combs to spurs may have you considering adding these beauties to your backyard flock.
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Why do Roosters Crow? Find Out and Get Answers to Other Odd Chicken Questions!
Why do roosters crow? You may automatically dismiss this as a beginner chicken question, but have you really stopped to think about all that crowing?
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The Best Roosters for Your Flock
On the hunt for the best rooster breed for your flock? There’s plenty to choose from, but which breed will work best for you?
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