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What You Need to Know About Fowl Pox!

Most of the time, I look forward to writing these blogs because we get to talk about the wonderful ways backyard chickens…

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How to Blow Out Eggs

Easter Egg Trees were a big deal when I was kid in Germany. All the German families I knew loved heading outside…

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Raising Winter Chicks Part 2

In the last post on raising winter chicks, we talked about the benefits of starting chicks in the winter. This post will…

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Easter Fun

With Easter fast approaching, many of us backyard chicken owners are ready with baskets full of fresh eggs! Hens really start laying…

Getting Started Their First Day Home

Overcoming Transportation Stress with New Baby Chicks

As many of you know, I have 28 chickens and counting! This was never my plan. I was a hard stop at…

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What to do with Aggressive Baby Chicks?

I remember the very first time we got baby chicks. The excitement was off the charts! We were going to have this…

Nurture Your Birds with an Expanded Line of NatureServe Flock Feeds

Nurture your flock from chickens to ducks and turkeys/gamebirds with NatureServe® feed that contains the same essential oils that we feed our…

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Taming Chickens

Have you ever stood in your yard and called your chickens? Have they ever come running like a herd of wildebeest across…

Daily Care Coop Cleaning

The Best Chicken Coop Bedding for a Healthy Flock

One of the first questions almost every new chicken owner asks is simple: What is the best chicken coop bedding to use?…

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Raising Chicks in the Winter Part 1

Most people think of spring as the ideal time to raise chicks, but chicks are available all year from Hoover’s Hatchery. There…

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