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Some Founding Flocks breeds get by on their looks. The Jersey Giant gets by on sheer size. Developed in New Jersey in…
Some American breeds came over with the settlers. The Wyandotte came from here. Developed in New York and named for the Wyandot…
It’s a hot summer afternoon. You head out to check on your flock and notice something alarming. Your hens are standing still…
Close your eyes and picture a chicken. Odds are you just pictured this one. The black-and-white striped hen scratching around the barnyard…
Top 3 Takeaways The Rhode Island Red is America’s most-raised backyard hen. In a recent Hoover’s survey of 253 backyard keepers, 66%…
Of all domestic food-producing animals honeybees are special. They can legally trespass! If cows, pigs, sheep or even chickens wander off a…
I think one of the most stressful parts of raising backyard chickens is the thought of one, or many, of them getting…
One of the most fascinating experiences of raising a backyard flock of hens can also be the most frustrating. Every once in…
On a rural property outside Mason City, Iowa, sits a 10-Bird Hoover’s Lean-To Easy Clean Coop and Run. It’s been there for…
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