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A Quick Guide to Buying Ducks
Whether you are expanding your duck flock, adding to your chicken flock or are brand new to backyard duck keeping, buying ducks is fairly straightforward, but there are a few things to …
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Can Chickens Eat Pumpkin?
A pumpkin chicken treat is no trick. Can chickens eat pumpkin? Yes. It is a healthy source of vitamins, minerals, protein, and calcium, that the chickens love, with the added …
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Pigeon Facts: An Introduction and History
Pigeons are remarkable for so many reasons. A true cosmopolitan, long after humans have left this earth, only cockroaches, rats, and pigeons will remain. Humans and pigeons have been sharing …
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A Guide to Sick Chicken Symptoms
With so much talk about chicken illnesses this year, it’s good to know what a sick chicken looks like, so we can try to help our feathered pets feel better …
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Can Chickens Eat Pumpkin Seeds & Guts?
When raising backyard chickens, it’s important to understand what to feed chickens to keep them healthy on a daily basis. But they absolutely love pumpkin, which is loaded with so many great …
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Make an Herbal Snack Bar Wall Hanging
You can quickly construct an herbal snack bar using a shipping pallet. We made two different gardens using pallets. The chickens love pecking off just what they need for a …
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What Do Ducks Eat?
The number one question I always get from backyard chicken keepers thinking about adding some domestic duck breeds to their flock is “What do ducks eat?” Fortunately, ducks can do …
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How to Cut a Whole Chicken into 11 Pieces
I titled this article “How to Cut a Whole Chicken into 11 Pieces.” Perhaps a better title would be “How I Cut a Whole Chicken into 11 Pieces.” This is …
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What’s the Best Bedding for Chickens?
What is the best bedding for chickens? Should you choose pine shavings or straw? And what else can keep chicken nesting boxes fresh?
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Candling Eggs and Advanced Techniques for Artificial Incubation & Hatching
By Rob Banks, England – 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 …
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