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Free Radicals vs. Antioxidants
Add to Favorites Free radicals happen. They happen to us humans, and they happen to our chickens. They are unstable molecules that damage body cells, impair immunity and contribute to …
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Herbs Especially For Layers
Add to Favorites Spring brings warmer weather and often the advent of broody hens wanting to hatch a clutch of eggs. I recommend offering your hens some herbs specially chosen …
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Building Your First First Aid Kit for Chicken Injuries
Add to Favorites By Jen Pitino, Idaho Dealing with an illness or injury is unavoidable when raising any animal. Usually medical help for your sick pet is no further than …
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Poultry & Produce—Keeping Your Poultry In Your Garden
Add to Favorites By Kenny Coogan, Florida “When we were given five or six adult chickens, we learned that we had to keep the chickens out of the garden area, …
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Chicken Diseases And Your Backyard Flock
Add to Favorites By Jen Pitino With the rapid and seemingly unstoppable spread of avian influenza across the United States in 2015, the containment and control of this disease is at the forefront of most …
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De-Stress Your Chickens With Prebiotics And Probiotics
Add to Favorites By Tiffany Towne, Nutrena Poultry Expert There is a lot of buzz around the chicken world these days about prebiotics and probiotics. First, it’s essential to break down …
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Are Chickens Lactose Intolerant?
Add to Favorites One of the many sources of nutrients my chickens enjoy in their varied diet is milk from my Nubian dairy goats. Sometimes they get it fresh and …
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How to Make Tempera Paint with Egg Yolk
Add to Favorites Artist Tinúviel Sampson gladly shares her secrets behind how to make tempera paint using backyard chicken and duck eggs. But first, she says, prepare the right ground. …
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How to Cook Stewing Hens and Roosters
Add to Favorites A friend of mine approached me several months ago and asked if we wanted a few roosters. I sighed and asked what was going on knowing that if we …
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Average Dozen Eggs Price Decreases Dramatically in 2016
Add to Favorites Average dozen egg prices in 2016 are continuing to decline due to recovery from the widespread avian influenza epidemic after skyrocketing in 2015. In the latest report from …
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