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Pysanky Eggs and Dyeing Your Eggs
Use natural dyes to color eggs. For more of a challenge, try pysanky eggs or using the shells as part of a recipe.
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Natural Egg Dyes for Coloring Your Eggs!
As spring and Easter approach, consider creating natural egg dyes made from fruits, vegetables, and spices.
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Changing Attitude Toward Vet Visits and Illness
There is a time in every chicken keeper’s life that we often make vet visits when a flock favorite is ill. It happens time and again until, eventually, it doesn’t.
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Keeping Chicks Warm: It’s All About the Heat!
Do chickens need heat in winter? And how long do chicks need a heat lamp? Learn the basics of keeping chicks warm.
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How Genetics Determine Duck Egg Color
Duck egg color doesn’t follow specific rules. Why can some ducks, of the same breed, lay blue eggs while the others lay white?
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Brown vs. White Eggs
Brown vs. white eggs — is one more nutritious than the other? Are white eggs bleached? What is the difference between white and brown eggs?
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Self Colors: Blue and Silver
Self blue and silver ducks are spectacularly feathered and a favorite of many. They stand out alongside other self colored birds.
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Fresh Start for Hens
Fresh Start for Hens is a British not-for-profit organisation, run by volunteers who collect hens from poultry farms at the end of their commercial lives, and find them new homes with people who want to keep them as pets.
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Go Green this Earth Day with your Backyard Poultry
Go even more green and sustainable with your backyard bird operation with these tips for Earth Day.
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Neural Problems in Crested Ducks
Unfortunately, the cuteness of crested ducks results from a genetic defect that can also cause significant neural problems.
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