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Mobile Chicken Coop Benefits
Add to Favorites By Cherie Dawn Haas – When my family first brought chickens into our lives, a mobile chicken coop had not yet entered our plans. We talked to our …
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Wondering How to Wash Fresh Eggs? It’s Safer Not To!
Americans tend to be germaphobes, which probably explains why we need to know how to wash fresh eggs.
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All About Medium Goose Breeds
Learn about the five recognized medium goose breeds, including the perks, breed traits and basic care advice you need to raise them yourself.
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Which Brooder Heating Options are Best?
Add to Favorites By Mel Dickinson — Chick brooders come in all different designs, shapes, and sizes. There are baby chick brooder ideas for each homesteader’s and farmer’s unique setup. …
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Six Winter Keeping Tips for Backyard Chickens
Many people ask: Do chickens need heat in winter? The answer is backyard chickens are far more cold-hardy than you may imagine.
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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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How to Hatch Chicken Eggs
It is time to begin preparations for breeding and collecting eggs for hatching. Anyone can have great success in learning how to hatch chicken eggs; all that is necessary is to provide good conditions that work in accord with the nature of the birds, and the cycle of reproduction. So where do we begin?
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The Lille Collection of Preserved Breeds, Part 2
The Collection of preserved poultry at the Natural History Museum of Lille, which dates back to 1823, is one of the largest and best kept Europe.
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Poultry Farming Terminology – What’s in a Name?
Whether you are new to poultry farming or you already have years of experience under your belt, you have probably at some point come across a poultry farming term that’s unfamiliar.
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