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What Is a Heritage Breed Chicken?

If you have spent any time browsing backyard poultry forums or hatchery catalogs, you have probably run across the phrase “heritage breed”…

Getting Started

Tips for Adding Waterfowl to Your Flock

How to Add Waterfowl to Your Backyard Flock Spring will be here soon! It will be the perfect time to add some…

Getting Started Choosing Your First Breed

Best Chicken Breeds to Raise Around Children

One of the most common questions a new chicken owner asks is simple: What are the best chicken breeds to raise around…

Getting Started

James Bond Movie Title Fits Chickens

Back in 1983 swashbuckling and suave actor Sean Connery thrilled movie goers in the  James Bond spy movie, NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN.  …

Getting Started

How to Hold a Chicken

Holding chickens is one of my favorite hobbies! There’s nothing like going out to the coop and getting in some good chicken…

Advanced Topics

Get a Grip: Handling Your Chickens, the Safe and Proper Way

Chickens – little creatures that you just want to pick up and show ALL the affection. While they do not seem to…

Getting Started

Is Changing Feed Harmful to Chickens?

If you’re just starting to raise chickens, a common question that gets asked is, “What is the best feed to give them?”…

Daily Care Choosing Your First Breed

Silkie Chickens: A Complete Guide to the Fluffiest Bird in the Flock

Silkie chickens are some of the most charming little birds you can add to a backyard flock. With their poofy, fur-like feathers,…

Daily Care

VIDEO: The Cluster Cluck 5000 is on the move!

Getting Started

The Broody Hen: How to Care for the Hen That Just Won’t Get Off the Eggs

Broody Hens – When such sweet little ladies turn into complete fire-breathing dragons in a snap. When it happens … you’ll be…

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