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The Moonshiner's Pepsi Cooler IncubatorFigured I'd add an update..... In 2021 I put this thing to the test. I was really happy with it and it ran without issues that season and by fall...- The Moonshiner
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Tractor Vs Permanent Coop The Pros ConsThe only thing I disagree as a disadvantage of a building for a coop versus a tractor was this: "I mean you will need to clean your chickens'...- Debbie292d
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A Crash Course on Brooding DucklingsI'd add that an idea we tried based off of seeing someone else's idea, was to put their water in a plastic tupperware or other type container...
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The Dig Box: Customizable Fun for Any Chicken RunThis is a great idea, and well written! I have been wanting to put a compost in my chicken run, and this might just be how I can accomplish that...- ChickenShepherd_6116
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What to Feed Your QuailOoooooooh. This is really helpful. I am not a deliberate quail keeper- it was foisted on me against my will. I still appreciate learning what I...- Udderend
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Fisher Cat - Chicken Predators - How To Protect Your Chickens From Fisher CatsHelpful and detailed article on the Fisher Cat. Great list of points and the last point was especially helpful as far as preventing attacks from...- Lacy Duckwing
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Information on Chicken EyesightVery interesting article! I knew chickens could see more than we did, but I didn't know that they were near-sighted in one eye and far-sighted in...
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10 Health Precautions For Backyard Chicken OwnersWell-written article and very helpful for those wondering what to do when they have a suppressed immune system. Each point stayed on topic and was...
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Aggressive Baby Chicks and How to Stop the BehaviorFound it great. Responding to the last comment of Sylvester017 , you said you separated the calm chick. Think it should be the other way around...
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Frostbite: What to Know About Injury, Care and Recovery
- Allsfairinloveandbugs
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Each year numerous frostbite threads appear on BYC where individuals seek information and advice. In most cases the frostbite is to the comb, the... -
Grass for Chickens-Taking a look at the natural health benefit provided by this everyday green
- Mountain Peeps
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Keeping Muscovy Ducks
- Catie79
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If you tell someone you have ducks, they immediately envision white, chubby cheeked Pekin ducks. Maybe they envision something with a bit more... -
Utilizing the Parrot Chop Principle to Improve Chicken Diets
- Jacquej57
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Let me begin by saying I am NOT in favor of forgoing a commercial chicken feed for my girls. It would be difficult, if not impossible, for an... -
Top 50 Herbs for Your Chickens
- BYC Project Manager
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Herbs can provide a lot of health benefits to your flock of backyard chickens. Furthermore, they can save you money, keep your coop clean and... -
Egg failure to hatch - Diagnosing incubation problems
- sumi
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Diagnosing and troubleshooting incubation problems and hatch failures Eggs failing to hatch can be a disappointing and sometimes costly... -
The naturally good rooster
- AquaDuck
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A lot of people seem to have had negative encounters with roosters. Stories about roosters mating hens every 10 minutes, crowing at 3 am, picking... -
Heated nesting boxes help stop frozen eggs!
- RonP
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Last winter was unusually cold for my area, with days turning to weeks of temperatures way below freezing. My schedule allowed me to gather my... -
Introduction to Keeping Guinea Fowl
- irisshiller
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I used to think guinea fowl were just chickens with polka dots, but nothing is further from the truth! Guinea fowl are quite a bit different from... -
10 Health Precautions For Backyard Chicken Owners
- CarolJ
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10 Health Precautions for Backyard Chicken Owners Note: This page is for people who have a suppressed immune system, asthma, COPD or any... -
Broody Management - From the First Turkey Strut to Weaning the Chicks
- DobieLover
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Sterilizing hatching eggs
- Debbie292d
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Proving soaking hatching eggs in an Odoban solution won't kill a chicken embryo. -
Oxytocin as a bonding agent between us and our chickens
- azygous
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What if there was a magic potion to get our chickens to love us? Perhaps there is. It’s called mesotocin, the bird version of oxytocin, the... -
Getting Chickens Out Of Trees.....and into their coops.
- Shadrach
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This is a picture of a chicken up a tree. She looks very at home up there. Makes a lovely picture. Shame about the photographer not getting the... -
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... -
Winter-Coop-Temperatures
- patandchickens
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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...