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Caring For Baby Chicks with Pasty Butt

January 26, 2020 · Lisa Steele · Feed & Health, Kids' Corner

Chick season will soon be in full swing. If you are new to having backyard chickens and just starting out caring for baby chicks, you should be aware of a potentially life-threatening, but easily treatable condition that is fairly common, affecting mainly shipped day-old chicks.

How to Order Baby Chicks in the Mail

January 25, 2020 · Marissa Ames · Chickens 101

So you want to start raising backyard chickens? And you want to start out with cute, fuzzy chicks? Of course, you do.

Building My Dream Chicken Run and Coop

January 24, 2020 · Backyard Poultry Contributor · Coops

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.

How to Raise Broiler Chickens

January 22, 2020 · Jeremy Chartier · Eggs & Meat

Learning how to raise broiler chickens, for those of us who have had chickens before, is quite easy.

How to Build a Chicken Coop for First-Timers

January 20, 2020 · Rhonda Crank · Coops

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.

3 Tips to Help Hens Lay Eggs That Are Fresh & Healthy

January 17, 2020 · Sponsored Content · Chickens 101

Raising backyard chickens should be fun. You provide your hens a chicken coop, care and quality feeds. They provide you nutritious eggs and undeniable companionship.

The Economics of Egg Farming

January 15, 2020 · Backyard Poultry Contributor · Chickens 101

When I started egg farming, I kept track of my costs. The numbers surprised me. Turning a profit leaves a lot of factors to consider.

Selective Breeding: How to Breed Chickens

January 9, 2020 · Backyard Poultry Contributor · Chickens 101

For those of us who are learning how to breed chickens or teaching others how to breed chickens, you must realize that breeds of poultry cannot be maintained. Your fowl are either improving or degenerating with each passing generation.

How a Chicken Lays an Egg Inside of an Egg

January 7, 2020 · jpitino · Eggs & Meat

Add to Favorites When raising chickens for eggs, expect the unexpected. Though quite rare, it is well-known that occasionally a hen will lay an egg inside of an egg. The cause …

8 Interesting Features of the Silkie Chicken Breed

January 6, 2020 · Gail Damerow · Chickens 101

Silkies are distinctly different from any other chicken breed. They share a unique combination of genetic and behavioral features. In 2003, a group of Japanese researchers mapped the mitochondrial DNA of a Silkie to determine the breed’s genetic position in relation to other birds in the genus Gallus.