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The Emotional Gauntlet of Raising Meat Chickens & Other Livestock
“You’re raising meat chickens? You horrible, heartless human.”
It’s a constant fight, isn’t it? And there are many sides on the battlefield.
Hatching Duck Eggs: Can Chickens Hatch Ducks?
All of my experience hatching duck eggs led me to ask the question: Will chickens foster eggs from another species and raise them? The answer was, absolutely!
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The Brahma Chicken – Raising a Large Breed
Add to Favorites Many people ask me what is the best backyard chicken breed to raise. For me, my favorite has long been the Brahma chicken. Although I do feel like …
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Wild Chickens in Hawaii, California and the Florida Keys
Add to Favorites How did the wild chickens in Hawaii and other states become feral? A combination of accident, incident and evolution. If you want true free-range chickens, from birds that …
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How to Break Up a Broody Hen
Add to Favorites Some chicken keepers are delighted when one of their hens goes broody, meaning she’s determined to set on a nest of eggs until they hatch. A broody …
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A Hard Lesson Learned in Caring For Baby Chicks
Add to Favorites We learned a painful lesson in caring for baby chicks, and I’m hesitant to tell this, because I know some will condemn me. They’ll call me irresponsible, a …
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Buk-buk-buk! What Do Those Chicken Noises Mean?
Chicken noises comprise a language that poultry use to express their emotions and their intentions, as well as warning of different types of danger. Read how to understand their calls better.
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How a Broody Hen Hatches Chicks
Add to Favorites Modern breeding has pretty much eliminated broodiness in most large fowl breeds, although there still may be one or two within a flock that have retained those …
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Will a Broody Hen Adopt Ducklings?
Add to Favorites By Susie Kearley – When Helen Redfern moved from the city to the countryside, she started keeping ducks, then chickens. The ducks insisted on sleeping outdoors rather …
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Ask the Expert — April/May 2019
Add to Favorites Tough Winter We’ve had a tough winter here in Central New Hampshire. Lots of snow and ice. The door to my chicken run becomes frozen often and …
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