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A Walkthrough of a Poultry Show (With Pictures!)Where does everybody get their exhibition cages?
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Training Chickens to "Coop" at Nightis it time for my chickens and ducks to stop laying eggs
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Coturnix Incubation TipsDry hatching can work very well depending on your ambient humidity. You may need to experiment a bit with the settings to find what is ideal for...- Nabiki
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What to Feed Your QuailI have never tried giving them raw meat. I don't think they'd eat it. They do love insects, greens and veggies, though. Quail are not as...
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Repecka Illustrates Coop VentilationInformative article with illustrated pictures that helps give a visual understanding of ventilation, and of what is good and what is not.- Lacy Duckwing
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BahamabrooderLooks great but need a few more pictures and some instructions for how to build it.- Debbie292d
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-Barbie BrooderVery nice job! This will work great for chicks for a couple of weeks, which are the two most important ones!
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New Super BrooderVery nice. Bonus that you're not bending over to take care of the chicks. Very functionable too. Needs a bit more information on how to build...
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Chicken Behavior The Ignorant Gal's Guide To Things No Sane Person Would Tell You About Chickens
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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!
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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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How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing with
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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... -
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... -
Development of a Chicken Embryo Day by Day
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Chicken Treat Chart: The Best Treats for Backyard Chickens
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How Much Room Do Chickens Need?
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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...