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Top 10 Chicken Nesting Boxes
Finding ways to cut costs on the farm by making or designating items for poultry farming can boost the family budget—or at least not tap it for new items.
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Building My Dream Chicken Run and Coop
My fascination with chickens started when I was just a boy of 13 years. I tended the chickens, gathered the eggs, cleaned the chicken run and coop.
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A Few Dos And Don’ts When Winter Sets
Add to Favorites By Don Schrider, West Virginia Before I go too far, let’s take a look at how nature has prepared our feathered friends to survive and basic poultry behavior. Feathers …
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Chicken Predators and Winter: Tips to Keep Your Flock Safe
Add to Favorites Chicken predators are always a concern for small flock owners, but the risk of attack may actually be worse in winter months. Winter is the season of privation …
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Our Favorite Egg Bake Recipe for Chickens
Add to Favorites An egg bake recipe for chickens? Why not? I’m cooking eggs for my chickens. Why in the world would I cook eggs for chickens? Good question. Yes, …
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Permaculture, Gardening with Chickens
Add to Favorites By Bob Egert, The Garden of Egert Crooked Creek Ranch, Texas We moved to the country three years ago. We are living on a 140-acre parcel that …
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The Chicken Hotel
Add to Favorites By Susie Kearley – When you go on holiday, it’s not always easy finding someone to care for your flock. So in 2007, David Roberts opened The …
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Coolest Coops 2017 Winners
Add to Favorites Editors’ Choice The winners of our fourth annual Coolest Coops contest are full of inspiring ideas and beautiful ways to create safe havens for your backyard poultry. …
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DIY Easy Clean Chicken Coop Idea
Add to Favorites By Jerry Hanson, Pine Meadows Hobby Farm, Oregon When thinking of a chicken coop idea, I knew I wanted an easy to clean coop. I came up …
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Small Chicken Coops: From Doghouse to Bantam Coop
Add to Favorites We wanted a couple of small chicken coops that were portable and could house a few bantam chickens, but we had neither the time to construct them …
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