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Breed Profile: Campine Chicken
The Campine chicken is a beautiful and thrifty egg layer, descended from an ancient line of heritage chickens from Belgium.
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Best Chickens for Kids
Calm, friendly chickens are best when working with kids. Here are 5 of the gentlest, calmest breeds.
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Breed Profile: Barnevelder Chicken
Barnevelder chickens were developed from Dutch landrace and Asiatic chickens for their large brown eggs. Later they were standardized to double-laced plumage. They make charming backyard foragers.
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Breed Profile: Langshan Chicken
The Langshan chicken is a hardy, dual-purpose bird from China that lays purple-brown eggs and is well adapted to damp conditions.
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Best Backyard Chickens for Urban Areas
Nowadays we’re conscious of where our food comes from, we want to know our animal producers have a good quality of life and we enjoy reaching back to our rural roots. These desires have led to a trend in backyard chicken keeping that’s not exclusive to those who own acres and acres of land.
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Breed Profile: Dorking Chicken
The Dorking chicken is one of our ultra rare chicken breeds with a long heritage: an excellent mother and forager with an adorable nature. Dorking chicken egg color may be just white, but their plumage comes in various beautiful colors.
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How Do Chickens Mate?
How do chickens mate? It might seem a bit disturbing at first if you have not witnessed a rooster pursuing an available hen.
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An Interesting Fact About Chickens: They Can Walk Like Dinosaurs
Add to Favorites Research that makes people laugh, then think. That is the premise of the Ig Nobel awards that have been held annually at Harvard University for the last …
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Breed Profile: Wyandotte Chickens — A Top Backyard Choice
This popular breed was developed in the late 1800s. The breed was named after the Wendat Tribe. Although no breeding records of their development have been found, the Dark Brahma is thought to be a part of the formula. With eighteen color patterns recognized, there is a pattern for everyone’s preference. I have both Silver Laced and Golden Laced Wyandotte chickens in my flock. Some of the color patterns listed in the breed books are rather rare.
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Speckled Sussex Chicken: A Favorite Backyard Breed
Add to Favorites I guess every chicken keeper has a favorite backyard chicken breed. While visiting our farm, a young homesteader asked me which of the breeds I currently have do …
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