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Identifying & Treating Chicken Heat StressI freeze treats for my birds and provide a lot of water. And the coop is shaded by both an oak and crape myrtles. The chickens get hot anyway. I'm...
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How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing withThank you so much for creating this wonderful article!!!! It will help so much and i won't have to look any further! Best regards, Morgan...- Roosterfeather
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Identifying & Treating Chicken Heat StressI feed soaked scratch grains , and Steam Rolled Barley with Apple cider vinager 1 pint per 50 #, Liquid 747 1/4 Cup per 50# , Power Up 4ounces per...
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Identifying & Treating Chicken Heat StressI'm in Arizona. We hit 118 the other day but out girls did just fine. We have a 13 X 20 enclosure with their coop attached on one side. The...
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Are Your Chickens Bored? Summer Ideas for a Happy FlockSome great ideas for fun things to do for them. Some are quite entertaining! Links to other great ideas/articles too!- Debbie292d
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How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing withExcellent summary on how to treat impacted and or sour crop! Very good explanation on how to help!
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Quarantine: how I kept the hens safe from Marek'sVery detailed and informational article. The steps on quarantine were especially helpful. I would like to add: If testing for Marek's, there...- Lacy Duckwing
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Are Your Chickens Bored? Summer Ideas for a Happy FlockHelpful article with great pointers on keeping your chickens entertained!
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Identifying & Treating Chicken Heat StressVery good article. I found my beloved hen dead in the coop the other day, she wasn't showing any signs of lethargy, loss of appetite, parasites...- talkinboutchickens
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Chicken Behavior The Ignorant Gal's Guide To Things No Sane Person Would Tell You About Chickens
- madwomn
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Noodle, contemplating scratching, Pepper, armpit deep in a hole, and Salt, who has just found something that needs excavation. The Ignorant... -
Common egg quality problems
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Approximately 2% of all chicken eggs have some defect, ranging from minor, barely noticeable faults to downright alarming deformities. So the... -
Chicken Math 101 – with Quiz!
- BaaKaaawk
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Dear esteemed colleagues, there is a well-known and documented phenomenon known as “Chicken Math” effecting our coops, though there is little... -
Reasons for Tossing Out Your Indoor Brooder and Start Raising Your Chicks Outdoors
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My early brooders Six years ago when I got my second batch of day-old baby chicks, I thought I had arrived at the ultimate solution for a... -
Guide to Assisted Hatching for All Poultry
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Preface If you need immediate instructions on how to assist a hatch, you may skip this section and go to the next one, where the instructions... -
Candling Pics Progression Through Incubation Of Chicken Eggs
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CANDLING PICS: Progression Through Incubation Thanks to ZooMummzy, I am doing a test run of my little plywood bator and her little rooster... -
The Egg song, it’s not about the egg; it’s an escort call.
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In the normal course of events, free-range chickens move around their territory as a group. The focal point of these groups is the senior rooster... -
Interesting Facts About Chicken Eggs
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Development of a Chicken Embryo Day by Day
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This is an explanation of what is happening each day as a chicken embryo develops, complete with candling pictures. The egg I am using is a silver... -
What Happens When Chickens Molt?
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Molting refers to the shedding of feathers. It is the natural process of losing and re-growing feathers. Most all birds do it including chickens... -
Chicken Treat Chart: The Best Treats for Backyard Chickens
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CHICKEN TREATS This is a list of almost everything you can feed a chicken. However, everybody's chickens have their own tiny brains full of... -
How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing with
- azygous
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Diagnosing the crop disorder A hen is behaving lethargically, not eating much, if at all, but she has a full crop. This is the first sign... -
How Much Room Do Chickens Need?
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I don’t believe in magic numbers for chickens. We keep them in so many different conditions, in different climates, with different flock make-ups... -
Who is Laying.....and Who is Not? Butt Check!
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I've typed this out many times in the past few days, so decided to put it in an article so I can link it in responses. Got pullets newly laying... -
Ten Reasons You Should Spend Ten Extra Minutes With Your Flock Every Day
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Let’s be honest: In the summer, when it’s hot and humid, it can sometimes discourage us from spending as much time with our flock as we normally... -
Do Poultry Mourn Over The Loss Of A Flock Mate?
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Do Poultry Mourn? It has long been known that Elephants do indeed mourn their fallen comrades as do... -
Guide to Letting Broody Hens Hatch and Raise Chicks
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Using a Broody Hen to Hatch and Raise Chicks A broody hen is a great way to hatch chicks for you and your flock. She will do all the work... -
How To Raise Mealworms
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How to raise mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) Everyone who has a small flock of chickens should raise mealworms, not because they need them, but...