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12 Tips to Help You Legalize Owning Chickens in Your Community

Across the country, chicken lovers are fighting to legalize keeping a few backyard chickens. Here are some tips to help in your community.

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Chickens as Pets in the House
August 1, 2022 · · Chickens 101, Kids' Corner

Some people just can’t leave the farm behind and end up with a chicken or two as house pets. What steps would you need to take to make chickens as pets a workable solution to get fresh eggs in an area where you can’t raise livestock?

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Coping with Losing a Chicken

Losing a pet chicken can be challenging for people who love their chickens like family members. Whether from the ravages of time or predators, it feels like the end of the world.

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Are Chickens Good Pets for Homeowners?
March 14, 2019 · · Chickens 101

Homeowners keep chickens for fresh eggs, insect control, and companionship! Chickens may be good pets, but they are not house pets. An optimal flock size is three or more. Be sure to provide healthy food, fresh water, and a home in your backyard.

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6 Celebrities Who Keep Chickens as Pets
March 14, 2019 · · Chickens 101

Add to Favorites Keeping chickens as pets is growing increasingly popular, and I bet you can think of one or two celebrities who keep a flock in their backyard, just …

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Speckled Sussex Chicken: A Favorite Backyard Breed
March 14, 2019 · · Chickens 101

Add to Favorites I guess every chicken keeper has a favorite backyard chicken breed. While visiting our farm, a young homesteader asked me which of the breeds I currently have do …

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