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How Snow in Chicken Pens and Runs Affects Your Flock
My chickens love being outside. I keep a light in the coop to welcome them inside during bad weather, when it gets dark early and the rain leaves the open-air chicken pens and runs in puddles.
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Homemade Suet for Chickens
Need some ideas for what to feed your backyard chickens over the winter? As the weather gets colder, the treats I feed my flock focus more on energy and warming properties instead of being cooling and hydrating like summer treats.
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Respiratory Distress in Chickens
The average respiratory rate of a chicken is normally from 15 to 30 breaths per minute. This, however, will vary greatly with the breed and size of chicken.
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Chicken Frostbite — Treatment & Prevention
Add to Favorites Many areas have been hit with a deep cold already this season, with temperatures below zero and wind chills much colder. It takes about 10 minutes in …
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4 Safety Tips for Chicken Heat Lamps
Everyone has seen the 250-watt red heat bulbs. Every feed and hardware store stocks them and many poultry keepers have a chicken heat lamp in their coop.
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Reusing Chicken Coop Trash for 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. Learn some ways we do this.
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Beginner’s Equipment Guide to Raising Chickens for Eggs
Add to Favorites What is the best bedding for chickens won’t be the only question you have as you set up your first brooder. As you await the arrival of …
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The Efficient, Heated Chicken Coop
With a bit of ingenuity and an inexpensive fan, this couple was able to create a heated chicken coop that works efficiently.
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Special Issue: Raising Small Animals — The Homestead Chicken, Housing Your Flock
Add to Favorites By Rhonda Crank What is a Chicken Coop? It’s simply a structure which gives your flock shelter from weather and predators. Have you ever picked up a …
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Electrolytes for Chickens: Keep Your Flock Hydrated and Healthy in Summer
What do you drink in the summer? Chances are your beverage choices are different in the summertime compared to winter.
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