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How Guinea Fowl Protect Your Garden (Naturally and Without Chemicals!)Thanks for another informative article!- N F C
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How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing withExcellent step by step and easy to understand, especially for new chicken mama. Thank you very much.
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Hespo-clucky Inn (pallet coop)
- mollybeth
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:D We started our coop in the summer of 2015 it's an ongoing family project. We used a mix of pallets , treated and untreated lumber, and... -
Successfully managing ducks in the garden
- farmincity
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I have been very successful in keeping ducks in my garden while many tried and failed. In my opinion one reason is I practice a permaculture non... -
Sonnyside Up! in South Dakota
- AmberSD
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Welcome to the Sonnyside Up! coop in northeastern South Dakota! 2015 is the Year of the Chicken. Maybe not on the Chinese calendar, but it is... -
Chickens in the Garden
- Catie79
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A lot of keepers start with the image of their chickens peacefully ranging through the yard, picking at unseen bugs on a carpet of green with a... -
Understanding the Heritiability of the Rose Comb Trait
- chickenpooplady
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Rose combs are interesting comb shapes found in breeds like the Wyandotte and the Dominique. These combs are not as tall as the more common single... -
Gallus Haus
- bhaus
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Though I am interested, I don’t have a lot of opportunity to explore “green” building techniques and designs. This Suburban chicken coop is my... -
What To Do With Unwanted Cockerels
- marlyn5
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Yikes, one of my chicks is a cockerel! What do I do? by Becky Flanagan Remember when you bought your chicks from the feed store? They came with... -
Half Monitor Chicken Coop
- bugsaroo
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Half Monitor Chicken Coop from the 1920's re(hatched)born to create sustainable hen house for the early 2000's Having grown up in the Midwest on... -
California Chicken Coop Plans Drawings Included
- mother_hen6
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California Coop We have a very small urban back yard that is mostly taken up with our vegetable garden. The challenge was to fit in a coop that... -
Chris Lil Coop and Art work
- ChrisC
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Chris' Lil' Coop Porcelain Rooster Holland Rooster Buff Silkie Rooster Salmon Faverolle Rooster Cochin and Chabo Roosters Bigfoot makes an... -
Birdicus7s Chicken Coop Plans And Progress Pictures
- birdicus7
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Hi folks, and welcome to our page! A brief background is in order. I raised Rhode Island Reds all through high school for my FFA project and was... -
Building Your Own Chicken Coop Plans Supplies Materials
- NChickenwing
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This Page Submitted By: NChickenwing Building Your Own Chicken Coop In the spring of 2009 we decided to join a friend in raising chickens for... -
Jennys Small Suburban Coop
- chuckzoo
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Jenny's Small Suburban Coop My 2 Barred Rock pullets have arrived! We named them Crazy Daisy and Sally While they are growing coop... -
Bluies Coop And Run
- bluie
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THE COOP IS FINALLY (almost) FINISHED! Planning started over a year ago, but actual construction started on July 7, 2008 and was more or less... -
Snake - Chicken Predators - How To Protect Your Chickens From Snakes
- BYC Support
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General Information & Description Snakes are long, legless carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes. Fifteen families of snakes are... -
Backyard Chicken Health Checklist for Mid-Year Maintenance
- BYC Project Manager
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If you’re a backyard chicken keeper, you know how quickly the months fly by. One minute you’re raising spring chicks, and the next you’re... -
Handling Death in Poultry
- Shelby R.
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A guide to dealing with death in chickens, with helpful links and resources. -
An instant and affordable quail aviary option?: Using pop-up mattress mosquito netting to house quail.
- Susan Skylark
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An attempt at housing coturnix quail in a pop-up mattress mosquito tent.