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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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What’s in Your Chicken Feed?
Commercially produced chicken feeds use similar base ingredients. Learn key ingredients, phosphorus, protein, calcium, salts, crude fats.
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Predators and Coop Doors
Predators like foxes, opossums, dogs and hawks threaten your poultry. Protect them with safe, automatic coop doors.
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Herbs for Your Poultry First-Aid Kit
Yarrow, calendula, and nettle heal wounds, have anti-bacterial properties and should be in your poultry first-aid kit.
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Poultry News
Add to Favorites Chicken and egg shortages around the world Due to the bird flu chicken and egg prices are increasing and this is causing farmers and hobbyists to scramble …
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Skolebrød Recipe
Skolebøller is a classic Norwegian egg custard bread, beloved by school children.
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