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12 Months in a North Iowa Backyard. One Polar Vortex. Here’s How the Hoover’s Coop Held Up. On a rural property outside…
Cleaning Tips for Healthy Hens It’s that time of year. Birds are migrating as plants push greenery up through the ground. They…
Most families have a rule about muddy boots: they come off in the garage before anyone tracks a mess inside. The same…
Hoover’s Easy Clean Coop: Less Maintenance, Happier Flocks After more than 80 years of raising chickens, we know exactly what was wrong…
Our hens love their nests. They tuck themselves into a nest’s quiet confines and semidarkness to enjoy privacy until the magic moment…
When the temperature drops and your chickens start giving you that look, like you personally scheduled winter, the temptation to hang a…
Every spring, backyard chicken keepers face the same happy dilemma. You only have room for five or six pullet chicks, yet the…
Mini Predators: Protecting Chickens from Mice and Sparrows Mention the word predator to a backyard flock owner and they’ll likely conjure mental…
Chickens have been doing just fine surviving winters with humans for many hundreds of years. Long before the invention of electricity, chickens…
If you are looking for a completely free way to keep your coop clean and cozy this winter, raked leaves might be…
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