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Garfield Farm and the Black Java Chicken
Learn about the Garfield Farm and their efforts to increase the population of America’s second oldest breed of chicken, the Black Java.
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Baby Chick Brooder Ideas
Browse these chick brooder ideas so you can build a brooder that works for you and your chicks.
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Selecting the Right Chicken Breeds
Add to Favorites A preview from our April/May 2017 issue of Backyard Poultry. Subscribe for more great stories like this! Whether you’re starting a new flock or expanding one you already …
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Blue Andalusian Chicken: Everything Worth Knowing
Add to Favorites Breed Spotlight: Blue Andalusian Chicken Origin: Blue Andalusian chickens are credited with being natives of Andalusia, a province in Spain. They originated from crossing a black fowl with …
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Raising Cochin Chickens: The Journey Of a Lifetime
Add to Favorites By Tamara Staples, New York Thomas Roebuck has been raising Cochin chickens for since he was 8 years old. He grew up in a sleepy little town …
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Plymouth Barred Rock Chickens: The Original Heirloom Chicken Breed
Add to Favorites by Robert Blosl – Plymouth Barred Rock chickens were developed just after the Civil War with the expectation of developing a dual-purpose fowl that had a good …
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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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A Touch of Dutch in Welsummer Chickens
Welsummer chickens originated along the river Ysel in Holland and were introduced to an international audience for the first time in 1921 at the World Poultry Congress in Hague, Holland.
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Peace, Love, and White Homing Pigeons
White homing pigeons (Columba livia domestica), which are often times advertised as white doves, can represent eternal life, love, faith, purity, and prosperity.
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Pigeons Strike a Pose
Bret Hartman has photographed everyone from comedian Will Ferrell to legendary actor Dustin Hoffman, so we challenged him with a new assignment: pigeons. He captured these stunning shots at the The National Pigeon Association Grand National Pigeon Show in Los Angeles (2015).
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