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Protein and Enzymes in Organic Non-GMO Chicken Feed
Feeding certified organic non-GMO chicken feed has become a popular choice as people increasingly return to a natural way of life.
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A Year-Round Chicken Care Calendar
This year-round chicken care calendar should help you know what to expect when starting your own flock.
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DIY Chicken Tractor Plan
Are you looking for a chicken tractor plan that will protect chickens from hawks and other predators while allowing them to free range? Try this one.
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Help Your Chicks Grow Healthy Feathers
Feathers provide temperature control and protect from the elements. Learn how to help your birds grow healthy plumage.
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Protecting Chickens From Predators: Can You Predator Proof Your Flock?
Can you predator proof your flock? Of course, the answer is yes and no. As with most all other issues in life, the question of protecting chickens from predators is relative to the situation.
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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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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
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 getting fresh eggs daily in an area where you can’t raise livestock?
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Chicken Fences: Chicken Wire Vs. Hardware Cloth
If it’s called chicken wire, it must be for chickens, right? Chicken wire is widely recognized as the hexagon shaped welded wire, commonly used on farms for various fencing needs, including for chicken fences.
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How Snow in Chicken Pens and Runs Affects Your Flock
My chickens love being outside. I keep a light in the coop to welcome them inside during bad weather, when it gets dark early and the rain leaves the open-air chicken pens and runs in puddles.
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