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Want Blue Eggs? Pick These Chicken Breeds!
Add to Favorites Let’s face it, having backyard chickens is popular, but still pretty unique for most folks. Why not step up the unique a notch and go beyond the …
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All About Ameraucana Chickens
Add to Favorites By John W. Blehm – To say that Araucana, Easter Egg, and Ameraucana chickens are the same would be like saying Cornish, Brahma, and Sex-Linked brown egg …
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Disqualifications in Show-Quality Chickens
Add to Favorites Picking show-quality chickens, either to represent your breeder flock or from the sale cages at a show, can be challenging. As always, information is king, so be …
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Cannibalism And Chickens Pecking Each Other
Add to Favorites By Cynthia Smith – It’s happened to all of us who raise poultry: chickens pecking each other and feather picking. One day you look at the chicks …
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Picking Show Chicken Breeds For Beginners
Add to Favorites Picking show chicken breeds for your first foray into the world of fancy poultry can be as daunting as trying to understand genetics. But with a few …
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Spring Chicken Breed Directory
Add to Favorites By Christine Heinrichs, California BANTAMS Nankin Nankins have a unique black-tailed red color pattern. Males are ginger red color with orange red hackles and saddle. Their tails …
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Dealing with Chicken Mortality
Add to Favorites By Dr. Cynthia Smith, DVM, Washington As a veterinarian, I often meet people who want their dog or cat to have a litter so that the children …
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All About Araucana Chickens
Add to Favorites By Alan Stanford, Ph.D., Eastern Show Chair Of The Araucana Club Of America — The Araucana chicken has some bizarre features; they are rumpless and have ear tufts. Oh …
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Buying Baby Chicks: Top 4 Questions to Ask
Add to Favorites You’ve researched your city rules and set-up your brooder. Now it’s time for the fun part: buying baby chicks! When visiting a feed store or ordering baby …
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Chickens as Pets: 5 Kid-Friendly Chicken Breeds
Add to Favorites Raising a flock of backyard chickens as pets with “benefits” is a fun, fulfilling activity that the whole family can get involved in. Kids love to help …
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