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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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Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg EaterThis is a great article, very informative! I tried the mustard egg on my egg eater... she ate it; the whole thing. I am now going to try pinless...- ChickenShepherd_6116
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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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Reasons for Tossing Out Your Indoor Brooder and Start Raising Your Chicks OutdoorsI have probably read this at least 3 times and each time I think of what I can do to adjust it to our coop. Great article. Thank you.- C Siena
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Alternate method to prevent water freezing.
- R2elk
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If you have ground for your coop floor or in your run you can use this method to prevent water from freezing without the use of electricity. Use... -
Stuck egg! Collapsed egg hanging from vent! Prolapse! Oh my! What to do!
- azygous
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The last thing any chicken keeper wants to see is a favorite hen standing helplessly in a nest box with a frightening prolapse hanging out of her... -
Daily to weekly chicken maintenance.
- chickenmama109
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If you are thinking of getting chickens and want to know what it takes to keep them, this article will give you the daily to weekly maintenance... -
Cozy Cottage Coop
- kdikeman
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- 8 min read
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This is the coop I made for my small 2-3 hen flock in Houston. I based my plans partly off of a design in the book 'Building Chicken Coops for... -
Winter-Coop-Temperatures
- patandchickens
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- 11 min read
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Pic by SyzyQlou The Cold Coop: What to do (and not do!) about it. The 'heat budget' of a chicken coop You can think of the temperature of your... -
Maurice, the Car Chicken Coop
- BYC
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Maurice, The Car Chicken Coop Michael Thompson lives in the heart of the Norfolk Broads, and has just finished converting a dead 1970 Morris... -
The Blue House Coop
- K0k0shka
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A medium-sized walk-in lean-to coop with a covered run. -
Raising Guinea fowl 101: A beginners guide to raising Guinea fowl
- Brahmachicken240
- 4 min read
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General info: Guinea fowl belong to the Numididae family, they are related to pheasants, turkeys and other game fowl. Guinea fowl originate in... -
Primal Chickens – 6 chicken keeping secrets from the evolution of chickens
- PatchtoTable
- 26 min read
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When I got started with backyard chickens, I was excited by the idea of fresh eggs every day and I had this romantic idea of chickens pecking... -
Jen's Hens'- A Southern Texas Coop
- jlpierce45
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This coop was inspired by a combination of hot weather coop designs that I have seen throughout the years. I decided that it was most important... -
Short on Time? Recycle-a-Prefab Brooder
- rosemarythyme
- 10 min read
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or: How I learned to stop worrying and love brooding outdoors! Contents: Building the Brooder Making a Mama Heating Pad Early Integration... -
Egg-bound chicken causing obturator paralysis - A case study
- Sonjamaria
- 16 min read
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Update 02/12/20 - I have updated the story with new content! I'm sure you all want to know how she is getting on, so I have posted further... -
Egg Production and How to Get the Most from your Laying Hens
- sumi
- 6 min read
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Pic by @RobG7aChattTN Most flock owners keep hens as either pets or for their eggs, the latter being the highest priority. Often flock owners... -
Keeping a Rooster (A Personal Journey)
- Reurra
- 11 min read
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A year ago I started my chicken venture. My Dear Husband, in all his doubting, was happy to finance my insanity. Me, armed with my Green Horn... -
Molting: All You Need To Know
- BYC Project Manager
- 6 min read
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What is molting and what happens during it? In late summer/early fall, your coop is full of feathers, and your birds are half-naked. First, if... -
Mallard Derived Duck Color Genetics Basics
- Pyxis
- 12 min read
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Mallard Derived Duck Color Genetics Basics Ducks have come a long way since they were first domesticated from mallards and now come in many... -
Raising Cornish X for Meat – The TRUTH
- aoxa
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- 7 min read
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If you do not want to read about chickens used for meat, you may want to skip over this post. We are omnivores here.. so we eat meat, and enjoy... -
Da Coop
- MyLittleRedCoop
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- 34 min read
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Welcome to Da Coop. We're from Minnesota (Me-ne-SOOO-tah!) so we say it da cOOOOp. We talk funny and we're proud of it! When we first...