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Chicken Treat Chart—the Best Treats for Backyard ChickensGreat info! But regarding the quote above about the administrators chickens eating Styrofoam pellets, some of those “Styrofoam pellets“ are...
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Short on Time? Recycle-a-Prefab BrooderThis is very helpful. I had envisioned doing you plan A. I will learn from you and go with plan B. Thanks -
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How To Make A Chicken Diaper - A How-To With PicturesThank you. I modified this for one of our chickens who is convalescing inside, so she can still get some exercise.
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The Egg song, it’s not about the egg; it’s an escort call.Interesting information. I love all the new things I learned here and the pictures are really...- SoftSilkie
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She Does It Just to Make Me Mad!Enjoyed reading, and the points were great! Would love a few pics added to the article.- DiYMama540
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Grass for Chickens-Taking a look at the natural health benefit provided by this everyday greenGreat article! I didn't know that buttercups were bad, thank you!- cluckmecoop7
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Common egg quality problems
Approximately 2% of all chicken eggs has some defect, ranging from minor, barely noticeable faults to downright alarming deformities. So the... -
Interesting Facts About Chicken Eggs
Have you ever wondered how a hen can lay an egg every day? Why some eggs are brown and some eggs are white? How many days an egg takes to hatch... -
Chicken Treat Chart—the Best Treats for Backyard Chickens
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... -
Reasons for Tossing Out Your Indoor Brooder and Start Raising Your Chicks Outdoors
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... -
Candling Pics Progression Through Incubation Of Chicken Eggs
CANDLING PICS: Progression Through Incubation Thanks to ZooMummzy, I am doing a test run of my little plywood bator and her little rooster... -
Guide to Assisted Hatching for All Poultry
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... -
Development of a Chicken Embryo Day by Day
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... -
Ten Reasons You Should Spend Ten Extra Minutes With Your Flock Every Day
Ten Reasons You Should Spend Ten Extra Minutes With Your Flock Every Day Let’s be honest: In the summer, when it’s hot and humid, it can... -
Do ducks like boats?
So, this story starts with my neighbors wanting to get rid of an old dilapidated boat. She just wanted it out of their yard. It had a good motor... -
The Egg song, it’s not about the egg; it’s an escort call.
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... -
Chicken Math 101 – with Quiz!
Dear esteemed colleagues, there is a well-known and documented phenomenon known as “Chicken Math” effecting our coops, though there is little... -
How much room do chickens need
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... -
Chicken Behavior The Ignorant Gal's Guide To Things No Sane Person Would Tell You About Chickens
Noodle, contemplating scratching, Pepper, armpit deep in a hole, and Salt, who has just found something that needs excavation. The Ignorant... -
How To Raise Mealworms
How to raise mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) Everyone who has a small flock of chickens should raise mealworms, not because they need them, but... -
Nest Boxes; why do we make a sitting hens job so difficult?
Hens have been laying eggs, sitting on them and and hatching them for centuries without human interference. Considering their ancestors the jungle... -
Chicken bully/chicken victim - a two-sided issue
Just as school officials often overlook the importance of dealing with the victim of bullying in a school situation, we chicken folk often neglect... -
Cleaning and storing fresh eggs
Cleaning eggs Sometimes, in spite of our efforts to provide a nice clean spot for our feathered friends to deposit the rent in, we'll get a... -
Guide to Letting Broody Hens Hatch and Raise Chicks
Using a Broody Hen to Hatch and Raise Chicks A broody hen is the absolute best way to hatch chicks for you and your flock. She will do all the...