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Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg EaterI had one hen who started laying thin shell eggs although she had plenty of calcium available. Next she started to eat her eggs. I wondered if the...- TwoSpectacles
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Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg EaterGreat article! It covers everything. We only use #3. Giving our girls a little extra protein seems to work for us. When they started coming out of...- Magpiezoe
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Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg EaterMy roo is eating eggs. I know he gets plenty of protein and calcium because he is eating what the hens eat. The get sardines every now and...- Clementine2022
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Multi Day automatic coop in SW Colorado. Our chicken home.Nice job of building and writing the article.
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Chicken bully/chicken victim - a two-sided issueVery good, informative take on chicken bullying!
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Tank's "Rustic" Chicken CoopThe progress photos do a good job of illustrating the build steps. I like how any issues encountered are included in the article.
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Multi Day automatic coop in SW Colorado. Our chicken home.Like the design of this coop and it looks to be well built. The run appears to be too small for the 6-10 birds mentioned.
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Wing ClippingThank you for this article. Very well done and easy to understand. I'm a new chicken mama and have been concerned that my girls may try to fly...- Intuit
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How to Train Your Chicken for Showmanship
- Birds of a Feather
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Showmanship is a fun way to enjoy your chickens and expand your chicken knowledge. It lets exhibitors show off their chicken handling skills and... -
Chicken-Keeping Tips for City Slickers
- Kat MacK
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Those of us new to chickens and living on small city lots aren’t able to follow a lot of traditional chicken-keeping practices. Full-time... -
Coop Health: Designing and Maintaining a Healthy Coop
- TwoCrows
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What is a healthy coop? A healthy coop breeds healthy birds. It's one that offers your flock the best environment to thrive and live a healthy... -
INTRODUCTION TO KEEPING DUCKS
- jtn42248
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So you have decided that you want ducks. Good decision! But you need to be prepared for the special challenges that raising ducks include. I have... -
How To Teach Your Puppy To Be Trustworthy Around Your Poultry
- Allsfairinloveandbugs
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Many people who have poultry will eventually bring home an adorable new puppy. Puppies entertain us with their cute and playful antics, steal our... -
The Moonshiner's Pepsi Cooler Incubator
- The Moonshiner
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My Pepsi cooler incubator build It all started one day when I drove past a garage sale and saw this Pepsi cooler. I instantly thought... -
(Almost) Self Cleaning Duck Waterer
- WannaBeHillBilly
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Winter 2018/2019 and the five gallon duck-waterer in the duck house is frozen solid. On top of that i broke my left ankle and all duck-chores fell... -
9 Structures You Won't Believe Are Chicken Coops!
- sumi
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Who says a chicken coop has to be a standard square or rectangular shed-style building with a mesh run attached? The sky's the limit when it comes... -
Coop Build - Woods Style
- nmflygirl
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This page is going to be the on going saga of my coop build. I will take pictures as I remember and update this first post and will do my best to... -
Winter Chicken Keeping
- sumi
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Keeping chickens over winter Keeping chickens safe and healthy over the colder months is a big concern for their keepers as winter and the... -
Quail Species and How To Pick The Right Bird For You
- TwoCrows
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The Quail As A Species There are 130 different Quail species all around the world. However, this article is going to concentrate on the most... -
Cold Weather Advisory: A Detailed Look at the Question of Supplemental Heat
- pipdzipdnreadytogo
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. Cold Weather Advisory: A Detailed Look at the Question of Supplemental Heat As autumn rolls around, and many of us start thinking about the... -
coolcanoechic's Member Page
- coolcanoechic
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Hi Everyone! Thank you for visiting my page! We are located in Raymond, New Hampshire... -
Chickens getting ready to lay.
- alexa009
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If you have pullets, you are wondering when they should start laying, but how do you know they are ready to lay or already are laying. If you... -
I’ll build you whatever you want, honey.” ...and here is what I wanted...
- CABINHOLLOWNC
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It all started with this statement, “I’ll build you whatever you want, honey.” This is our chicken Coop Story. I had been talking about getting... -
How To Clip Trim The Feather Wings Of Your Chicken To Prevent Flight
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Graphic and text courtesy of "A Guide to Raising Chickens" by Gail Damerow. Wing clipping, the most common method of controlling the flight of... -
An Inside Look at the Humble Sexlink Chicken
- pipdzipdnreadytogo
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. An Inside Look at the Humble Sexlink Chicken Sexlinks are one of the most common types of chickens out there, sold by most big hatcheries... -
So you want to rescue a chicken... Now what?
- fishnet1971
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I Have Done Something….. I looked at all the caged animals in the barn...the cast-offs of human society. I saw in their eyes love and hope, fear...