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Backyard Biome: Exploring the Ecosystem in Your Yard When you step outside into your backyard, it may look like just a patch…
Let’s be real—kids and chickens are basically made for each other. Chickens are funny little dinosaurs that poop eggs (magical, right?), and…
Crows and Chickens: Pros, Cons for Backyard Flocks So you’ve got chickens. They’re fluffy, they’re fabulous, and they lay breakfast. But now…
Outfoxing the Fox: How to Protect Your Chickens From Predators The fox, the mortal enemy of the chicken. For as long as…
Chicken Wound Care: How to Treat Flesh Injuries at Home Wounds are just an unfortunate, yet inevitable occurrence if you have animals.…
Hot Chicks: How to Keep Your Backyard Flock Cool When the Sun’s on Full Blast Summer: the season of sun, sweat, and…
Why Keep a Rooster? Benefits for Your Backyard Flock Besides the obvious need for procreation, many people ask me what the reason…
If you’ve ever been curious about trying duck eggs, then this article is for you! Side by side, the duck egg is…
Shopping for friends who homestead is actually quite fun and easy! Whether you know someone with 3 backyard hens in a subdivision,…
Chickens have been doing just fine surviving winters with humans for many hundreds of years. Long before the invention of electricity, chickens…
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When it is time to go from learning to Keeping, Hoover's has a complete selection of backyard poultry, hatched with care and shipped to your door or to a partner store near you.