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What is a Flock Leader?
What is a flock leader? Learn what it take for a hen to rise in the flock’s ranks to become their queen and what she does for them.
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The Best Types of Roosters for Your Flock
Whether you have a purebred or mixed flock, choosing the right types of roosters will benefit you flock for years to come.
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New Poultry Varieties Enter APA
New poultry varieties and breeds are continually making their way toward recognition by the American Poultry Association (APA).
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Chicken Scraps to Avoid or Limit
What chickens scraps should you avoid feeding? Can they have cheese or citrus? While some are okay in small amounts, others not at all.
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Fall Chicken Salad Recipe
A fall chicken salad recipe can be plain, fancy, or somewhere in between. Check out these recipes, you’re sure to find one that’s perfect.
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Poultry News, Oct/Nov 2023
Add to Favorites Microplastics in Poultry, swans in the news, chicken backpacks, and more. Microplastics in Poultry Earlier this year, researchers from Portugal published “Microplastics in Terrestrial Domestic Animals and …
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Ask the Experts Oct/Nov 2023
Expert advice on feeding corn, lash eggs, broody hens, chicken coops, and heritage birds.
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Raising Meat Chickens: 4 Lessons Learned
Learn 4 lessons for raising meat chickens from an experienced farmer including keeping your chickens humanely and organically.
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Leghorn Chicken Facts
Learn leghorn chicken facts and characteristics to help you decide which poultry breed to raise.
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Cleaning Up After Flystrike
Learn how to recognize and treat flystrike caused by flies laying their eggs in dead or damaged poultry tissue.
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