guide-to-raising-chickens
What Killed My Chicken?
Keep a flock for long and sooner or later you’ll be asking yourself, “What killed my chicken?” Many marauders love our backyard chickens as much as we do, and each leaves a calling card that offers a clue as to which predator you’re dealing with.
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How to Build a Chicken Coop From a Garden Shed
Add to Favorites The day I brought home the first two chicks, I went against all the advice I give to people thinking about getting backyard chickens. We had a …
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Keep Biofilm Out of Your Flock’s Drinking Water
What you need to know about biofilm in your chickens’ water.
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Chicken Soup is Good Medicine
Chicken soup not only is warming and good for the soul, but also offers relief for the sniffles that ride in on winter weather.
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Top 10 Questions and Answers About Backyard Chickens
It’s getting easier for people outside the backyard poultry community to understand why so many of us choose to dedicate a portion of our lives to raising and caring for backyard chickens. I don’t get the same reaction I used to from suburbanites when they find out I raise backyard chickens through casual conversation.
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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 Do Chickens Lay Eggs?
“I can’t buy your eggs anymore,” was the astonishing announcement made by a college student who had been one of my best customers. I had to know what was going on.
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Raising Chickens Brought Positive Energy to Our Lives!
Live life in harmony with nature and the environment by welcoming chickens into your life.
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Students Adopt Chickens
Meet the Strong family who run a nonprofit farm with a mission defined as a “historic agricultural education center where children, individuals, families and community groups can experience an authentic family farm environment.”
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Can Chickens Drink Milk?
Can chickens drink milk? What about fermented milk? What is a milk flush and should you do one? Read on to learn what’s best for your flock.
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