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All Cooped Up: Fowlpox
Fowlpox is an old viral poultry disease that frequently affects backyard flocks. It is found worldwide and was first described as early as the 17th century. It is most commonly seen in chickens and turkeys, but almost every bird species can become infected including wild birds and indoor birds like canaries.
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Shetland Geese and Steinbacher Geese
The Shetland and Steinbacher geese are both listed as critical — the most severe listing from The Livestock Conservancy. This means that there are fewer than 500 birds in the U.S., with five or fewer primary breeding flocks (50 birds or more), and less than 1,000 around the world.
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Meet the Prehistoric Chickens at Barnacre Alpacas
The Golden Brahma hens are a favorite with visitors, too. They look like prehistoric birds with fluffy feet.
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Writing With Chickens
Novelist Della Galton lives in Dorset, England, with her partner, Gordon, a flock of chickens, and three dogs. She enjoys baking carrot cake with her hens’ eggs, and routinely forgets to include the carrots, usually finding them on the kitchen worktop an hour later.
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Challah: A Classic Egg Bread
What is challah bread? Challah is an egg bread deeply rooted in Jewish traditions, with a rich history that invites one to explore more about this legendary braided bread.
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Do Turkeys Need a Coop?
A turkey coop needs to be designed differently from a chicken coop, especially for the larger, less agile broad-breasted turkeys. Broad-breasted turkeys tend to accept coop life more readily than their heritage turkey relatives.
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All Cooped Up: Erysipelas
Erysipelas is found worldwide and most commonly affects turkeys. Fighting, picking, and artificial insemination in birds like broad-breasted turkeys are risk factors for contracting erysipelas because they all have the potential to create lacerations.
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Breed Profile: Narragansett Turkey
The Narragansett turkey is a heritage variety of American origin, valued for its hardiness, self-sufficiency, excellent mothering skills, and superior flavor.
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One Rooster Too Many?
The hen-to-rooster ratio refers to the ideal number of hens per rooster. The average optimal ratio for heavier breeds is eight hens per rooster, although a peak-form rooster can handle 12 or more.
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Chicken Behavior Shows Your Birds May be Smarter Than You Think
How smart are chickens? Their behavior indicates they are intelligent, complex creatures and research has identified at least 24 distinct chicken noises, a kind of chicken language.
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