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Grooming and Bathing Chickens for a Poultry Show
Bathing poultry before a show is very common in the world of 4-H and chicken breeding. It’s all about keeping Fluffy clean and, well, fluffy.
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How to Raise Free Range Chickens
In the discussion of raising chickens, there have been two traditional schools of thought. The first is total free range. Usually, an evening feeding of grain or other treat is used to lure the flock back to the chicken coop for roosting.
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Keep Happy Hens
Keeping your hens happy is easy once you know what motivates their behavior. Nearly all of a chicken’s activities are motivated by three basic needs: to get enough to eat, to avoid being eaten, and to make more chickens.
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How to Bathe a Chicken
Do you know how to bathe a chicken? Do chickens like baths? As the flock master, you sometimes must force your birds to do things for their health.
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Chicken Class Action
Add to Favorites Story and Photos By Dennis Carlson It all came about in the usual way. The fifth-sixth grade teacher at Beautiful Savior Lutheran School, Glory Jansen, asked me, …
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It’s Show Time! Picking the Best Show Chickens
Learn how to select a chicken breed for a show and how to prep your chicken for a show.
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Ah! There’s Nothing Like a Good Dust Bath
Chickens, turkeys, and quail all dust bathe, as well as many wild birds. Learn how to help your birds stay healthy, clean, and mite-free.
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2016 Coolest Coops Contest
Add to Favorites First Place: The Hen’s Bed and Breakfast Lyndia Decker, Arkansas This is the hand-built log cabin we call “The Hen’s Bed and Breakfast.” We notched each log …
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2015 Coolest Coops Contest Winners
Add to Favorites First Place: Brandy Meyer — Our Chick Inn Last year for my birthday my handyman husband said he would build me a chicken coop, and that I had …
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Ask the Expert – February/March 2018
Add to Favorites Poisonous Plants I inherited eight hens when we bought our house. We also inherited a beautiful garden with a variety of plants. The hens have free range …
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