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Keep Happy Hens
Keeping your hens happy is easy once you know what motivates their behavior. Nearly all of a chicken’s activities are motivated by three basic needs: to get enough to eat, to avoid being eaten, and to make more chickens.
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5 Common Chicken Diseases and Symptoms
Add to Favorites Not many vets specialize in chicken diseases and symptoms. Finding a good source of information, like Backyard Poultry magazine, is important. We keep chickens from the sustenance …
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Spring Cleaning From Chicken Coop to Kitchen
The chickens are always a little frantic as I begin to clean, wondering what’s happening to their little world, but they’re all so happy to be out in the spring sun with a light breeze blowing that no one complains too much.
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Common Poultry Abbreviations
New to the world of raising backyard poultry? Here’s some common abbreviations used to refer to various parts of poultry raising.
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Healthy Poultry Feed: Satisfying Supplements
What is healthy poultry feed? We at Backyard Poultry are here to help you out.
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Chicken Potpie & Chicken Spinach Pie
Yes, it’s that time of year again, time to celebrate National Pi Day with chicken potpie and chicken spinach pie recipes.
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Cooking with Ostrich, Emu and Rhea Eggs
Cooking with ostrich eggs as well as emu and rhea is fun, unique and filling! Learn how to cook with these huge eggs.
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Coop Inspiration — Coopacabana
Learn how a pair of homesteaders took the old chicken coop they inherited with their home and turned it into a grand chicken palace.
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Ask the Expert – February/March 2018
Add to Favorites Poisonous Plants I inherited eight hens when we bought our house. We also inherited a beautiful garden with a variety of plants. The hens have free range …
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Ask the Expert — Summer e-edition 2017
Add to Favorites Using Apple Cider Vinegar How often do you use vinegar? How much vinegar per gallon of water? — Joe ************************** Hi Joe, Apple cider vinegar can be …
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