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What Does Blood in Chicken Eggs Mean?
Add to Favorites When you raise your own flock of backyard chickens long enough, you will likely encounter all kinds of odd eggs, including blood in chicken eggs. From tiny fairy …
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7 Chicken Coop Basics That Your Chickens Need
Chicken coop basics aim to cater for all chickens’ needs within the coop interior and run. Thoughtful design can create a layout that fulfills chicken welfare needs.
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Free Chicken Coop Plan: An Easy 3×7 Coop
Add to Favorites Many first-time backyard chicken keepers intend to build their own coop, but the first and most frustrating question usually is: what does a chicken coop need? Information …
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Chicken Nests: How to Get Chickens to Use Nesting Box
Chicken nests are sometimes found in unexpected places in the garden or the barn. But are these nests so unusual? Why do hens do this? Read on for tips on how to get chickens to use nesting boxes.
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How to Build a Chicken Coop for First-Timers
How to build a chicken coop and all the many features that can be built in or around them can be overwhelming for the first time coop builder. If you’re preparing to build your first coop, I know the question on your mind.
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Everything You Need to Know About Chicken Roosting Bars
One of the most common questions I get asked on my Facebook page (Fresh Eggs Daily) is how wide chicken roosting bars should be and how high off the ground they should be positioned. So here’s everything you need to know about chicken roosting bars.
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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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Small Chicken Coops: From Doghouse to Bantam Coop
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 from scratch nor the desire to buy a pricey coop purpose-built for chickens.
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Reusing Chicken Coop Trash for a More Self-Sustaining Living
Self-sustaining living on our farm means I try to reduce the amount of waste that the farm sends to the landfill. It’s not always easy and I try to think creatively in order to reduce the waste.
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Chicken Mites & Northern Fowl Mites: Controlling Infestations
Add to Favorites By Laura E. John – The goal of most poultry flock owners is to reap all of the benefits from their investments of time, money and labor. …
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