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Grass for Chickens-Taking a look at the natural health benefit provided by this everyday greenJSPeese:My flock aren't sex linked commercial egg layers. If you are the "Chicken Expert" that is so insulting to my 60+ years experience that... -
Grass for Chickens-Taking a look at the natural health benefit provided by this everyday greenMy chickens are always in the barn scratching away at the horses hay. Is this as nutritious or safe as grass for them ?
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Grass for Chickens-Taking a look at the natural health benefit provided by this everyday greenAround here in Louisiana there is an abundance if clover and dandelions growing in everyone’s yards. Most people kill them. I pull them for the... -
Grass for Chickens-Taking a look at the natural health benefit provided by this everyday greenWhen I first started I got two RIR’s from a feed store. They were beautiful abd I was satisfied. Then I went to a poultry show and saw heritage...
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Ten Reasons You Should Spend Ten Extra Minutes With Your Flock Every DaySame here. Even though I now have a Titan automatic (guillotine) coop door I'm still out to the girls after breakfast, by which time they've been...
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Grass for Chickens-Taking a look at the natural health benefit provided by this everyday greenGreat information! I didn't know how healthy grass was!- Silviaschicks
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Chicken Behavior The Ignorant Gal's Guide To Things No Sane Person Would Tell You About ChickensThis was absolutely beautiful to read. I've never read such a masterpiece about chickens. Or...- JustAChickenLoverOverHere
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Grass for Chickens-Taking a look at the natural health benefit provided by this everyday greenI learned a lot and remembered stuff, too. Thanks. Great article.
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Raising Cornish X for Meat – The TRUTHGreat article, thank you for sharing. We are total newbies and have 6 CX to learn more about...
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Learning Center
Hundreds of helpful articles covering everything you need to know about raising chickens. Choose from one of our main categories below, or start with our overview article: "How To Raise Chickens".
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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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
What Happens When Chickens Molt?
Information on Molting Chickens Molting refers to the shedding of feathers. It is the natural process of losing and re-growing feathers. Most all... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
How To Raise Chickens
Raising Chickens 101 BYC (BackYardChickens) has TONS of fantastic information on all aspects of chicken keeping, combined with a wealth of... -
Name That Chicken! A Guide to Improving your Identification Skills
. Name That Chicken! A Guide to Improving your Identification Skills Take a look at the picture below. What do you think? Is this a picture of... -
Integrating new birds at 4 weeks old
Integrating as young chicks is much much easier than older birds, setting the space up to facilitate might not be so easy but well worth the...