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Ask The Experts
Advice from our poultry experts Marissa Ames and Carla Tilghman on lash eggs, infectious bronchitis, chalazae, pokeweed, incubator doors, and more.
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Breed Profile: Appenzeller Spitzhauben Chicken
What Are Appenzeller Spitzhauben Chickens? Not only are they unique and endangered heritage breed Swiss poultry, with striking colors and crest, they are adapted to tough, cold mountain conditions.
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Poultry News, Dec23/Jan24
The World’s Oldest Chicken, Peanut; Uganda Vegan Society bans caged bird raising; Avian Flu update; cancelled turkey hunting.
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Breed Profile: Campine Chicken
The Campine chicken is a beautiful and thrifty egg layer, descended from an ancient line of heritage chickens from Belgium.
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Photo Essay: Little Dove Acres
Sebastopol geese are good parents, but a threatened breed that needs conserving.
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Breeding, Hatching, and Brooding Baby Turkeys
There aren’t a lot of differences between brooding and hatching chicks and poults. Learn the best way to hatch your own baby turkeys at home.
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Keeping Guinea Fowl with Chickens
Keeping guinea fowl with chickens creates an exciting dynamic as long as you understand the needs of both types and take some precautions.
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Rent a Chicken: Hens For Hire
Looking to rent a chicken? Hens for Hire is a great way to have chickens available in schools and for teaching about poultry.
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Raising Guinea Fowl for Meat
Guinea fowl for meat birds offers slower growth, but more meat, vitamin, and protein along with lower cholesterol than domestic chickens.
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Worms in Chickens: Roundworm Resistance
Roundworm resistance is still being widely researched. Learn signs and symptoms of parasitic infection and worms in chickens and turkeys.
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