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Backyard Chickens and Salmonella Prevention

We’ve all heard the horror stories about salmonella poisoning, and believe it or not, your feathered flock can be one of the…

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Buffalo Gnats: Should You be Concerned for Your Birds?

For several weeks in late spring and early summer, gnats, flies, and other nuisance insects make their arrival known. Most are exactly…

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What You Need to Know About Flystrike in Chickens

Today we’re addressing the not-so-beautiful side of raising backyard chickens. When most of us start researching the illnesses and injuries a flock…

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Coccidiosis in Chickens: Symptoms, Prevention, and Treatment

Raising backyard chickens is one of life’s real joys. Before getting a flock, many of us scroll through social media dreaming about…

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Adventures in Ordinance Change

During the past few years thousands of American families have started a backyard chicken flock. Bringing a breakfast’s worth of fresh eggs…

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Dr. Stock Compares Non-Medicated Chick Starter Feed vs. Medicated

I’m really excited about this week’s blog for two reasons. First of all, we get to talk about feeding our chicks as…

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All Things Eggs!

Welcome to my kitchen! Today we’re going to be talking about all things eggs! One of the biggest reasons people get into…

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Kauai’s Wild Chickens

Visitors to Hawaii’s island of Kauai are surprised and often delighted to spot chickens nearly everywhere. Kauai’s wild chickens lead strings of…

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Enjoying Chicken Behavior

One of the joys of keeping a backyard flock of hens is learning that most people are wrong about chickens.Ask most folks…

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What’s the Scoop on Turkey Eggs?

Did you know you can eat the eggs from around 9,000 different types of birds? A lot of people are surprised to…

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