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Red, White, and Blue Chicken Breeds
Happy 4th of July! I have been playing around with my chicken run garden and taking some photos of the chickens enjoying the flowers. The garden is right in front of …
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Chicken Math For The Budding Production Flock
Chicken math is more than counting your eggs before they hatch. For those of us who want to expand our home flock enough to feed more than just ourselves, there’s …
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A Guide to Getting New Chicks
Whether you’re starting a new flock or expanding one, spring is the time when people start to have baby chicks on the mind. It’s good to do some planning and …
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Understanding Sex-Link Chickens Today
By Doug Ottinger – Did you know that even if you have only purebred birds in your flock, they might be sex-links? Wait, don’t panic! Your birds are still purebred! The …
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Spring Chicken Breed Directory
By Christine Heinrichs, California BANTAMS Nankin Nankins have a unique black-tailed red color pattern. Males are ginger red color with orange red hackles and saddle. Their tails and wings are …
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Chicken Myths, Busted
By Robert Pekel, Arkansas The demand for fresh, nourishing food free of chemicals is accelerating. Small backyard chicken flocks are a clean, healthy source of eggs and meat. Many cities …
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A Guide to Heat-Tolerant and Cold-Hardy Chicken Breeds
Although it’s easier to keep chickens warm vs. cool, it’s important to choose the correct breed for your location, whether that be a cold-hardy chicken or a heat-tolerant chicken breed. …
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Best Backyard Chickens for Urban Areas
Nowadays we’re conscious of where our food comes from, we want to know our animal producers have a good quality of life and we enjoy reaching back to our rural …
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Selecting the Right Chicken Breeds
A preview from our April/May 2017 issue of Backyard Poultry. Subscribe for more great stories like this! Whether you’re starting a new flock or expanding one you already have, spring is …
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Wyandotte Chickens: A Top Backyard Choice
As backyard chicken keepers, we always have a favorite breed or two that we recommend to others. Wyandotte chickens are definitely one breed of chicken on the list. What criteria is …
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