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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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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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Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg EaterI thought I had this problem, I even identified who i thought the culprit was and separated her from the others to be sure. But eggs were still...
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Chicken bully/chicken victim - a two-sided issueVery good, informative take on chicken bullying!
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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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Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg Eatertried the egg with the mustard - they loved the mustard ate it all in no time. Rolling nesting box inserts seem to work once they accept going in...
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Six Tips On Breaking Your Egg EaterThis article is what I was looking for! Photo is the second time I've found just yolk. I've had 2 hole poked eggs this week too. I'm going to...
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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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How To Clip Trim The Feather Wings Of Your Chicken To Prevent Flight
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Graphic and text courtesy of "A Guide to Raising Chickens" by Gail Damerow. Wing clipping, the most common method of controlling the flight of... -
An Inside Look at the Humble Sexlink Chicken
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. An Inside Look at the Humble Sexlink Chicken Sexlinks are one of the most common types of chickens out there, sold by most big hatcheries... -
So you want to rescue a chicken... Now what?
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I Have Done Something….. I looked at all the caged animals in the barn...the cast-offs of human society. I saw in their eyes love and hope, fear... -
Raising and Caring for Goslings
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Pic by Elizabethy27 Ducks and geese are hardy and fairly easy to raise. Their brooding requirements are simple and they don't need special... -
aart's Waste-Free Funnel Bucket Feeder
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I started with a trigger feeder, it ended up not working so well, but details of that are in the spoiler ADDITION 11-7-16 I played with making a... -
TREATING SCALY LEG MITES (SLM) ~ WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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How To Integrate Your Chicken Flock The Easy Way
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Advice on how to integrate your chicken flock Integrating your flock can be very difficult is some cases. It’s not as easy as just... -
Beekissed's Rooster Speak
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Copied from this post: #34 @Beekissed I'm going to give you a clue on "rooster speak"....holding him down doesn't mean anything to him. If... -
Deciding To Free Range Your Flock
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Often one of the first things a new chicken owner wants to do is let the flock out to free-range. One of the joys of owning chickens is watching... -
Chicken FAQs - The Frequently Asked Questions Of Raising Chickens
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1. Should I buy sexed or straight run chicks? Straight run chicks are generally less expensive, but they are roughly 50% females and 50% males... -
Adding To Your Flock
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Adding New Chickens to Your Flock Compiled and edited by Buff Hooligans Part One: Quarantine! Part Two: Understanding Flock Dynamics (the... -
Hot Climate Chicken Housing and Care
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Killer in the Shadows. How My Flock and I Learned to Deal With Marek's Disease
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There are few words in the world of keeping chickens that strikes fear into our hearts more than the two words, Marek's Disease. It seems that... -
Coturnix Quail Egg Candling Guide
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I used a Brinsea Mini Advance. I started with 8 quail eggs from a local guy. The next day I added to fridge quail eggs. From 10 eggs, half were... -
How To Incubate & Hatch Chicken Eggs - Just 21 Days From Egg To Chicken!
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How To Incubate and Hatch Chicken Eggs Incubating and hatching eggs is one of the most enjoyable (and addictive) aspects of chicken keeping and... -
How To Prevent Dirty Eggs in the Chicken Coop
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How can you prevent dirty eggs in the chicken coop? Fortunately, there are a few ways you can use to prevent dirty eggs. Only some simple... -
How much does it cost to raise backyard chickens?
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So your kids (or spouse) talked you into chickens. Now, one of the first questions that came up was probably: "How much is this going to cost?"... -
Treating bumble foot in ducks:
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This spring lead to a scary and exciting month of work, dedication, and a lot of love. I found that my Pekin Jeffery had a severe case of bumble...