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Raising Quail Outdoors
Add to Favorites By Carole West, Garden Up Green Living on small acreage seems to welcome a lot of challenges when you have a lot of goals to accomplish. Since moving …
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Pine Meadows’ Hobby Farms Easy-Clean Chicken Coop
Add to Favorites By Jerry Hanson, Pine Meadows Hobby Farm, Oregon In November of 2012, my wife and I found five acres to purchase from our county’s surplus property auction. This farm is …
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How to Breed Chickens for Show and Fun
How do you breed chickens? Chickens will do that all on their own, but for those of us who want a little creative control over the process, there are more technicalities to consider.
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All About Araucana Chickens
The Araucana chicken has some bizarre features; they are rumpless and have ear tufts. Oh yes, and they lay blue eggs. These rumpless birds are missing more than just tail feathers; they are missing the entire coccyx.
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8 Reasons To Hatch Eggs In An Incubator
Why bother hatching eggs in an incubator when it’s much easier to let a broody hen do all the work? Here are eight reasons to hatch eggs in the incubator.
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What Chicken Grower Feed is Right for You?
Chicken grower feed and adult feed rations are a critical part of raising healthy, productive chickens.
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Spring Chicken Breed Directory
Add to Favorites By Christine Heinrichs, California BANTAMS Nankin Nankins have a unique black-tailed red color pattern. Males are ginger red color with orange red hackles and saddle. Their tails …
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Bad Food for Chickens?
Add to Favorites Can you tell me what foods I shouldn’t give my chickens and roosters? Darlene McMahon We’ll share our list of foods we recommend here: • Apples • …
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The First Two Weeks of a Chicken’s Life
Add to Favorites By Romie Holl, Wisconsin I have wanted chickens for a while now for the eggs and meat. They provide the added benefit of eating bugs and ticks …
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Chick Nutrition – Start to Finish
Knowing what to feed baby chicks is a critical step to giving them a fighting chance. Besides a good brooder setup, the best tool is proper chick nutrition.
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