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Seasonal Planning

What To Do with Frozen Eggs and When Do You Freeze Eggs?

What to Do With Frozen Eggs and When to Freeze Them You come home from a long winter day at work or…

Seasonal Planning

Valentines’ Day Coloring Page

Egg Production

Smokehouse Scrambled Eggs

If you’ve decided to eat better this year, you can’t go wrong with farm fresh eggs! Full of flavor and nutrients, these…

Daily Care

Managing Dust

Dust and chickens go together like macaroni and cheese. Flock Owners know their hens produce eggs for the kitchen and manure to…

Seasonal Planning

Winter Blues and Breathing Problems, too!

I know some people thrive in the colder weather, enjoying the snow sports and getting outside as much as possible, but for…

How to Tell Your Chickens Apart

If you’re new to raising backyard chickens, you may think I’m a bit crazy. However, if you’ve been doing this for a…

Getting Started Choosing Your First Breed

Top 5 Things to Know Before Ordering Chicks for Spring

Spring is a time of new beginnings, and for many people that means welcoming baby chicks into their homes. If you’re thinking…

Seasonal Planning

How to Build a Winter Dust Bath for Your Chickens

Have you ever seen chickens rolling around in the dirt? That’s known as a dust bath, and it helps chickens keep their…

Seasonal Planning

Preventing Frostbite

With the cold weather officially here, the danger of frostbite rears its ugly head. Frost bite occurs when moisture in the air…

Daily Care The Morning and Evening Routine

The Best Time of Day to Collect Eggs

There are many factors to consider when collecting eggs, from the breed of chicken to the time of year. But one of…

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