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Managing Chicken Coop Smell
June 14, 2022 · · Coops

Does your chicken coop smell inordinately bad? Does your neighbor complain about the chicken coop smell wafting across the fenceline? If so, I’ve got a few tips and tricks you can employ to fix your coop, or at least understand the issue at hand.

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How to Make a Dust Bath For Chickens
March 16, 2022 · · Coops

A healthy and good smelling chicken NEEDS to take a dust bath on a regular basis. Chances are if your chicken is “not too fresh,” then they do not have access to a dust bath.

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A Guide to Recognizing and Treating Chicken Foot Problems
February 3, 2022 · · Feed & Health

Two common chicken foot problems and leg ailments are leg mites and bumblefoot, both of which are easy to treat. Less common, but sometimes mistaken for either leg mites or bumblefoot, is a type of arthritis known as gout, which is far easier to prevent than to treat.

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Hidden Health Problems: Chicken Lice and Mites
August 1, 2021 · · Feed & Health

It’s inevitable. Someday, no matter how careful you are or how clean you keep things, you’re going to find chicken lice, mites, or both on your birds and in your coop.

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Your Options For Chicken Mite Treatment
May 11, 2021 · · Feed & Health

Before starting a chicken mite treatment it’s important to know if your flock has mites. So the first step is to perform a Chicken Health Exam.

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Chicken Mites and Lice Treatment
March 24, 2021 · · Feed & Health

When it comes to chicken mites treatment, the best defense against poultry pests is a good offense.

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Chicken Mites and Northern Fowl Mites: Controlling Infestations

Red chicken mites and Northern Fowl mites can be controlled with clean coops and early detection.

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Is Caring for Chickens a Huge Time Commitment?

Discover four women’s experiences of many years caring for chickens, including joy and woes, and why two ended their backyard chicken lifestyle.

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How Resilient Are Chickens?

Add to Favorites By Linda White-Francis, Florida When the behemoth Pasco County truck pulled away, I turned to my husband in tears, not knowing whether to be happy or sad because …

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Common Poultry Abbreviations
March 14, 2019 · · Chickens 101

New to the world of raising backyard poultry? Here’s some common abbreviations used to refer to various parts of poultry raising.

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