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How to Trim Chicken Beaks, Claws, and Spurs
A chicken’s spurs, toenails, and beak are made of keratin, the same substance as your fingernails and toenails. And like your nails, they continually grow.
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Getting Ready for Spring Chicks
Add to Favorites If you have your heart set on a particular breed or variety of poultry, the best time to place your order is in early January, or as …
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Top 10 Best Chickens for Eggs
If you’re in the business of selling eggs, it’s important to have the best chickens for eggs. Whether they’re green, brown or white, those eggs are the commodity you’re selling so they’ve got to be top-notch and plentiful.
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Small Chicken Coops: From Doghouse to Bantam Coop
We wanted a couple of small chicken coops that were portable and could house a few bantam chickens, but we had neither the time to construct them from scratch nor the desire to buy a pricey coop purpose-built for chickens.
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A Year-Round Chicken Care Calendar
I couldn’t think of a better New Year’s resolution than starting your own backyard chicken flock. This next year is going to bring you mixed feelings of eagerness and anxiety with hopefully the culmination of happiness and joy.
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10 Common Mistakes New Poultry Owners Make With Chicks
Most of the mistakes people make when starting out with baby chicks can easily be avoided with a little advanced preparation. Here are 10 typical errors and how to avoid them.
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Heated Chicken Waterers: What’s Right for Your Flock
Every season brings its own battles. In the summer, you are fighting the heat, heat strokes, perhaps, lack of water, inability to keep water cool, flies, etc.
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The Phantom Chicken of London: Tastes Like Spooky!
What has feathers, a British accent and goes cluck in the night?
When we booked a trip to England this past summer, I wasn’t thinking, “Hey, let’s check out some ghost poultry while we’re gallivanting in jolly ol’!”
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How to Make Deviled Eggs: 3 Deviled Eggs Recipes We Love
Need some ideas for how to make deviled eggs for your next party or holiday? We’ve gathered three of our favorite recipes for making deviled eggs, just for you!
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Raising Sicilian Buttercups in America
My love for raising chickens didn’t begin with the Modern Games and the Black Sumatras my two boys raised in 4-H here in San Luis Obispo, California. But they got me started.
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