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Click Your Way to a Well-Trained Chicken
- Jacquej57
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UPDATE: Yesterday the neighbors accidentally set the pasture next to our property on fire. The fire jumped the creek and set our shelter belt... -
Almost Country Coop
- Jpamero13
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Living in one of those satellite neighborhoods in the middle of the country that just seem to pop up after miles of corn, it just seemed fitting... -
Top 8 Boredom Busters for Backyard Chickens
- CHlCKEN
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Chickens are curious creatures. They are naturally programmed to scratch, Peck, and forage all day long. But today’s birds are quite literally... -
Top 10 Favorite Backyard Chicken Breeds
- BYC Project Manager
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When it comes to keeping backyard chickens everyone has their favorite breed. For a variety of reasons some enjoy better popularity than the rest... -
The "EGG PLANT"
- chickinlittles
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Hello, my name is Coko Brown. I live with my husband in Wynola, California on 2.5 acres in the back country of San Diego County. We call our... -
Fixing Curled Toes With Tape - Picture Tutorial and Video
- casportpony
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7-31-2019 Sometimes a chick will develop or hatch with a condition called curled toes or curly toes in one or both feet. Many people believe... -
The Chicken Keepers Health Armoury.
- Shadrach
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There are various threads on what you should have as essential items to care for your flock. This list is what I've found essential. The bulk of... -
The Essential Beginners Guide to Backyard Chickens.
- Kuntry Klucker
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By: Noelle Moser So, you want to raise chickens, but you have no idea where to begin. In this article, I show you how to start a backyard flock... -
Egg Laws in the U.S.A
- A_Fowl_Guy
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We all like our eggs but what happened when we have more than we can eat? Well we want to sell them of course so! Selling eggs supplements cost of... -
My coop brooder and Integration
- blackdog043
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I use a coop brooder with the Mama heat pad. At four weeks, I use a panic door panel for the brooder, to let the chicks interact with the big... -
Can You OUTSMART a Chicken?
- Mimi13
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And the answer is, “Heavens NO! Are you kidding?” The species would not have continued to exist if the answer had been yes. This somewhat fragile... -
The Chik Inn
- Tammerella
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This is the third coop we have built. The first one we built was our beginning stages into raising chickens, and was a temporary coop until we had... -
Featherdust Flock: Retrofit Shed Coop
- Nambroth
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INTRODUCTION When we first got into chickens, we built a medium/small coop from scratch, after much research. Experience has a way of teaching... -
Small urban coop, Quaker style 4x4 with walk-in run
- staceyj
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After admiring,talking and reading about chickens for 30+ years my spouse surprised me last Christmas morning with a really cute coop he bought at... -
S&D Roost
- sgrzybin
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As with all backyard chicken stories, we started with 6 chickens and a small roost and it quickly turned into a lot more. No, this is not the... -
Fanci Feathers' Coop
- Fanci Feathers Marans
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Hatched: October 1, 2017. Chick of RedHead Name: FTBH Hatched: August 25th, 2016 by broody hen Temperament: stand-offish Adventures: went to MO... -
The Little Cottage Coop
- dewtattoo
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This coop was a 4-week build. I did most of the construction on the weekends and worked on the smaller stuff during the week. I have... -
Lavender Guinea & Keets 2016
- BlueShadow
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This mama guinea sat on her nest for 4 weeks, right under our noses, and we never noticed. I knew she had disappeared, but I just assumed that a...