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What Causes Deformed Chicken Eggs and Other Egg Abnormalities?
Egg abnormalities and deformed chicken eggs occur with almost every breed of hen at some point in her egg laying career. Eggs laid by non-commercially bred hens vary considerably in size, shape, and color.
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What Medicated Chick Feed Is All About
Learn how to control Coccidiosis in chickens with medicated chick feed, one solution to a longstanding problem called Coccidiosis.
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The Jersey Giant Chicken
What is considered the largest breed of chicken? With standard weights of 13 pounds for males and 10 pounds for females, the humble Jersey Giant chicken is the breed that comes to mind.
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Buying a Carton of Eggs? Get the Labeling Facts First
As backyard chicken keepers, we normally don’t have to worry about buying a carton of eggs from the store. We have the luxury of walking out to the coop and grabbing fresh eggs to use in our kitchen.
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How Much Do Chickens Cost?
Everyone is looking for a bargain, and raising chickens for eggs is the second rung on the homesteading ladder. The first is growing your own veggies.
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How to Expand Your Flock with the Best Broody Hens
There are a couple of different ways you can expand your flock, but my go-to is using the best broody hens in my flock.
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How a Chicken Lays an Egg Inside of an Egg
Occasionally, a hen will lay an egg inside of an egg, a phenomenon called counter-peristalsis contraction, and it occurs while the hen is forming an egg in her oviduct.
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Candling Eggs and Advanced Techniques for Artificial Incubation and Hatching
Candling eggs is an age-old technique that has modern applications in incubating and hatching poultry. After studying the incubation of many species and breeds it became clear to me that almost all eggs follow a similar process during incubation and hatching.
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Helping Your Flock Get the Most Out of Their Meals
Add to Favorites Choosing a feed for your chickens can be tricky. There are tons of options in the feed aisle — every bag claiming to give your bird exactly …
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Feed for Orange Yolks
Add to Favorites Healthy Feed By Lisa Steele One of the first things you will likely notice when you start raising your own chickens is how thick the egg whites …
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