Featured Stories
Snowbound Winter Chickens
Add to Favorites From shoveling snow to reach the coop, to hens that don’t take well to being snowbound, winter chickens have their own set of challenges. by Gina Stack …
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Generational Teaching with Chickens and Kids
Grandkids learn to care for animals teaching responsibility, organization, animal husbandry
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The Speckled Pigeon at Cotswold Wildlife Park
The speckled pigeon (Columba guinea) is native to Africa, and is especially common in open areas south of the Sahara Desert.
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The Purple Swamphen
Purple swamphens are part of the rail family of birds like coots, the size of chickens with massive toes.
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Hatching Quail Eggs for School
Homesteading curriculum projects include hatching quail eggs with a Hatching Time incubator.
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Guinea Fowl Housing in Extreme Weather
Although they’re independent and fairly hardy, you may have to consider guinea fowl housing during weather extremes.
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Seasonal Egg Dishes
Clean out your freezer, forage for ingredients, use poultry eggs to make frittatas, quiches, and delicious burgers.
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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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