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Hedges for forage and coverYou guessed wrong
Rural area, the odd homogeneous beech but mostly mixed hawthorn, blackthorn, hazel, holly etc. A few older hedges that in...
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Backyard Chicken Health Checklist for Mid-Year MaintenanceWow! Great article! I am writing one too, but you are saying some of the exact same things I have in mine😂 maybe I should change it around a...- CCsGarden
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Hedges for forage and coverthey are around here, I'm pleased to say. And in many other places, as evident from Wright's book: "anyone attending a hedge-laying competition...- Perris
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Top Ways To Keep Your Chickens Cool In SummerI have a round pool with sand in it and I leave the hard blue ice packs scattered around there so they can sit on these and cool down. I also do...- Idaho rooster
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Top Ways To Keep Your Chickens Cool In SummerI have a round pool with sand in it and I leave the blue hard ice packs scattered around there so they can sit on these and cool down. I also do...
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Top Ways To Keep Your Chickens Cool In SummerI spent a lot of time researching how to design my coop & my runs when planning for my chickens year round. The coop has windows on all 4 sides...
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Top Ways To Keep Your Chickens Cool In SummerThis is helpful info for those of us in the South. I live in FL and I lost a few girls to heat last summer. I was devastated. Then I learned that...- RaisingFlorida
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Wry neck - Causes, treatment and prevention.Lots of important info in this article! Great job, I learned a lot!- Chicken_Obsesser
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Building a Better Coop: Coastal Challenges, Forest Solutions, and the Stuff Nobody Tells YouTerrific article, interesting photos...clear explanations given for dealing with some unique circumstances.
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Hedges for forage and coverWow, didn't even realize this article was here but what a great read! Even though we're in the U.S., I loved your list of plants/bushes, and I...- Debbie292d
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Adding To Your Flock
- Buff Hooligans
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Adding New Chickens to Your Flock Compiled and edited by Buff Hooligans Part One: Quarantine! Part Two: Understanding Flock Dynamics (the... -
Killer in the Shadows. How My Flock and I Learned to Deal With Marek's Disease
- microchick
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There are few words in the world of keeping chickens that strikes fear into our hearts more than the two words, Marek's Disease. It seems that... -
Cozy Rustic Pallet Coop
- spiritpots
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I thought some of you may be interested in seeing the coop I designed and built using old pallets. I'm petty handy so after looking at too many... -
Sexing Pullets and cockerels.
- sassysarah
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I always see threads of people asking if they have a pullet or a cockerel, so I thought I would start an article on the subject. Here is a very... -
Egg Song Music Factory
- rosemarythyme
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Welcome to my coop and run page! Contents: Overall Coop Build Flooring Pop Door Ventilation Roost Nest Box The Run Extras! = = = = = = = = = =... -
Fluffy Butt Acres: The Coop
- BY Bob
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When we first got our chickens we believed Tractor Supply and purchased one of their prefab coops supposedly designed to keep 6 chickens. We... -
Coturnix Quail Egg Candling Guide
- Peep-Chicken
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I used a Brinsea Mini Advance. I started with 8 quail eggs from a local guy. The next day I added to fridge quail eggs. From 10 eggs, half were... -
How To Incubate & Hatch Chicken Eggs - Just 21 Days From Egg To Chicken!
- BYC Support
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How To Incubate and Hatch Chicken Eggs Incubating and hatching eggs is one of the most enjoyable (and addictive) aspects of chicken keeping and... -
Southern Farmhouse Coop
- BaaKaaawk
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The Journey of building a "Dream Coop" to Match our Home -
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- Chad Oftedal
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The Coop It started with an idea to have a chicken coop. I just needed to figure out where. One night while looking over my options in our yard... -
How To Prevent Dirty Eggs in the Chicken Coop
- BYC Project Manager
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How can you prevent dirty eggs in the chicken coop? Fortunately, there are a few ways you can use to prevent dirty eggs. Only some simple... -
Dr. Suess Coop
- Stratts
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We are first time chicken owners. We wanted to have some fun with this. The kids decided on a Dr. Suess themed coop. I looked around online and... -
Jjamerbs Pallet Palace Chicken Coop
- jjamerb
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Pallet Palace Chicks love it! Thanks to all at BYC for advice and tips. Also thanks to BYC for the #1 vote in Coop Design Contest! This... -
How much does it cost to raise backyard chickens?
- sumi
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So your kids (or spouse) talked you into chickens. Now, one of the first questions that came up was probably: "How much is this going to cost?"... -
Wanderbrook Coop
- CyndieRauls
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Treating bumble foot in ducks:
- happy duck
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This spring lead to a scary and exciting month of work, dedication, and a lot of love. I found that my Pekin Jeffery had a severe case of bumble... -
An Experiment in Chick Sexing Methods
- pipdzipdnreadytogo
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An experiment testing the accuracy of old wives' tale chick sexing methods on chicks less than 4 weeks old -
MN-Hardy 7'x8' Chicken Coop with Attached Run
- Flower Chick
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MN-Hardy Chicken Coop and Run On April 25, 2015 my husband and I packed up our kids and our dog (she travels with us wherever we go) and drove...