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Is It a Rooster? How To Sex Backyard Chickens
Add to Favorites This flock only contains hens, but you can see the difference in facial features between the breeds. I try to keep connected with the poultry community and …
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Learn to Speak Goose
Learn to speak goose. Geese use a lot of different methods of communication. Learn the basics of understanding them with our guide.
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Get to Know Domestic Geese
Learn what makes domestic geese such effective and fun poultry to raise along with the basics of getting your flock started.
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Tips for Buying and Selling at a Poultry Swap Meet
Chicken or poultry swap meets are events where the buying, selling, and trading of poultry is carried out. Here’s some tips to get started.
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Rescuing British Battery Hens
While your backyard chickens probably enjoy a pampered life of luxury, some commercial battery hens have a more difficult life.
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Ah! There’s Nothing Like a Good Dust Bath
Chickens, turkeys, and quail all dust bathe, as well as many wild birds. Learn how to help your birds stay healthy, clean, and mite-free.
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3D Printer Gives A Chicken A New Leg, Better Life
Add to Favorites By Kenny Coogan, Florida A team at Tufts University and a Massachusetts farm have combined efforts to create a prosthetic leg using a 3D printer for a hen named …
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Ask the Expert — December 2018/January 2019
Add to Favorites Washing Eggs Before Boiling How do you handle eggs if you want to hard boil them? I usually wash in 90 degree water and put them in …
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Ask the Expert — October/November 2017
Add to Favorites Rooster Yawning One of our two-year-old Leghorn hens occasionally just bursts into these fits of yawning. They just come at random times like when she is eating …
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Ask the Expert — August/September 2017
Add to Favorites Mystery Chicken Do you know what kind of chicken that is is on page nine of the April/May 2017 issue of Backyard Poultry magazine? — Norma Grainger …
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