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4 Safety Tips for Chicken Heat Lamps
Everyone has seen the 250-watt red heat bulbs. Every feed and hardware store stocks them and many poultry keepers have a chicken heat lamp in their coop.
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4 Prefab Chicken Coop Designs
Consider 4 prefab chicken coop designs to fit the purpose and goals of your flock.
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Breed Profile: Barnevelder Chicken
Barnevelder chickens were developed from Dutch landrace and Asiatic chickens for their large brown eggs. Later they were standardized to double-laced plumage. They make charming backyard foragers.
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Reusing Chicken Coop Trash for Self-Sustaining Living
Self-sustaining living on our farm means I try to reduce the amount of waste that the farm sends to the landfill. Learn some ways we do this.
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Broody Chicken Breeds: An Undervalued Trait
Find broody chicken breeds to hatch chicks for you and discover how to “break” an unwanted brooding hen.
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Beginner’s Equipment Guide to Raising Chickens for Eggs
Add to Favorites What is the best bedding for chickens won’t be the only question you have as you set up your first brooder. As you await the arrival of …
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What Roosters Are Crowing About
I often have wondered what determines if the noise a chicken makes will be a cluck, coo or crow. And with all that talking, are they actually saying anything at all?
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How to Legally Keep Chickens in Residential Areas
Are you interested in learning more about how to legally keep chickens in your residential area? Where does a wannabe chicken keeper begin? The road may seem daunting at first.
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All Cooped Up: Marek’s Disease
Marek’s Disease Virus (MDV) is one of the best-known poultry diseases. It causes tumors and immunosuppression in mainly chickens, but is occasionally seen in turkeys and quail.
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The Evolution of Poultry Farming in America
Large-scale and backyard poultry farming seem to oscillate every couple of generations. Here’s a short history of poultry farming in the U.S.
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