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What Killed My Chicken?
Keep a flock for long and sooner or later you’ll be asking yourself, “What killed my chicken?” Many marauders love our backyard chickens as much as we do, and each leaves a calling card that offers a clue as to which predator you’re dealing with.
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Dos and Don’ts When Protecting Chickens from Predators
Besides providing basic care for your flock, protecting chickens from predators tops the must-do list for a chicken keeper.
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Protecting Chickens From Predators: Can You Predator Proof Your Flock?
Can you predator proof your flock? Of course, the answer is yes and no. As with most all other issues in life, the question of protecting chickens from predators is relative to the situation.
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Build a Chicken Run and Coop from Recycled Materials
If you want some great ideas on how to build a chicken coop using local and recycled materials, look at these great stories for inspiration.
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Therapy Chickens Combat Isolation and Loneliness
The therapeutic value of taking dogs to visit hospitals, special needs centers, schools, and nursing homes is well known. Even docile cats are now sometimes used as therapy animals, providing companionship, confidence, and a feeling of well-being to people in need.
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Can Chickens Eat Weeds in Your Garden?
This article will answer “Can chickens eat weeds?” and other questions and give a little insight on just how nutritious many of the common garden weeds are.
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Chickens as Pets: 5 Kid-Friendly Chicken Breeds
Raising a flock of backyard chickens as pets with “benefits” is a fun, fulfilling activity that the whole family can get involved in.
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Why Have My Chickens Stopped Laying Eggs?
Why have my chickens stopped laying eggs? Find out what could cause your chickens to stop laying eggs.
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Writing With Chickens
Novelist Della Galton lives in Dorset, England, with her partner, Gordon, a flock of chickens, and three dogs. She enjoys baking carrot cake with her hens’ eggs, and routinely forgets to include the carrots, usually finding them on the kitchen worktop an hour later.
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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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