chicken-feed
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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Herbs and Pasture Plants for Chickens to Eat
Add to Favorites By Amy Fewell – Chickens are the gateway livestock to every homestead, and if you’re a natural chicken keeper, you’ve probably wondered what are some good herbs …
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10 Tips for Fermenting Chicken Feed
Have you given any thought to how fermenting chicken feed can benefit your flock of backyard chickens? Fermenting is all the rage nowadays, both in people foods (think yogurt, sauerkraut, sourdough bread, buttermilk, kimchi, apple cider vinegar, even beer and wine!) and chicken diets as well, although the process has been used for hundreds of years as a food preservation method.
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Help Your Chicks Grow Healthy Feathers
Add to Favorites When raising chicks, you want to be sure that they grow healthy feathers. Feathers provide temperature control and protection from the elements. They are essential to your …
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Chicken Treats – How to Raise Mealworms and Superworms
Add to Favorites In my middle school classroom, my students have learned how to raise mealworms, superworms, and Dubia cockroaches for years to be fed to our pet bearded dragon: …
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Stay-Dry Chicken Feeder: PVC to the Rescue!
I was having a problem with the chicken feed that we keep in the free-range yard getting wet and turning into oatmeal, so I decided to build a stay-dry chicken feeder. PVC was one material I had left over from other projects, so I was also going to use this all up.
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What Do Ducks Eat?
The number one question I always get from backyard chicken keepers thinking about adding some domestic duck breeds to their flock is “What do ducks eat?” Fortunately, ducks can do quite well on chicken feed, although there is waterfowl feed available commercially for those who raise only ducks; or ducks and geese together.
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An Overview of What to Feed Chickens
When you first get a flock of backyard chickens, it’s natural to wonder just what to feed chickens. You grab a bag of starter feed, but what happens next?
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Chicken Feed: Does Brand Matter?
It’s a common question when you’re figuring out what to feed chickens. What chicken feed brand should you choose for your feathered friends?
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Sick Chicks: 7 Common Illnesses You May Encounter
You should be aware of these common chick illnesses. While these illnesses can be scary, most can be prevented by keeping your brooder and coop clean.
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