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5 Reasons to Start Raising Quail
Raising quail is easy, and since they are less than half the size of chickens, they do not take much space, time, or resources.
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Saddle Up Your Chicken!
What is a chicken apron or saddle? Basically, it is a device that protects your chickens during mating or from being pecked.
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Raising Geese for Meat: A Home-Grown Holiday Goose
Raising geese for meat is the primary purpose for most goose breeds, although some are bred with an emphasis on other attributes as well.
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3 of The Best Dual-Purpose Chicken Breeds
The best dual-purpose chicken breeds are important on the homestead because they produce both meat and eggs. Breed choice is one of those topics that every chicken keeper has definite feelings about.
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Tips for Raising Runner Ducks
Keeping Runner ducks combines the benefits of raising poultry with the entertainment of watching penguin-like bowling pins forage around the yard. After dabbling in call ducks, I increased my flock to include Fawn and White Runner ducks.
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Heritage Poultry
Some of us raise poultry for fun. Others want eggs or meat. But some take activism further and save heritage poultry breeds from extinction.
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Chicken Tractor Designs to Inspire Your Creativity
Chicken tractor designs are becoming more popular. Here are three great chicken tractor designs that you can build at home for your flock.
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Small Chicken Coops: From Doghouse to Bantam Coop
We wanted a couple of small chicken coops that were portable and could house a few bantam chickens, but we had neither the time to construct them from scratch nor the desire to buy a pricey coop purpose-built for chickens.
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From Beet Dye to Pysanky: Decorating Your Own Flock’s Eggs
Add to Favorites By Janice Cole, Minnesota Using vegetable colorants, like beet dye, is a natural way to decorate Easter eggs. Or, for more of a challenge, try pysanky or …
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Training Free-Range Guinea Fowl 101
Guineas are always an adventure. So if you’re up for some farm fun and have your patience cap on, go ahead and give keeping free-range guinea fowl a try!
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