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For several weeks in late spring and early summer, gnats, flies, and other nuisance insects make their arrival known. Most are exactly…
Today we’re addressing the not-so-beautiful side of raising backyard chickens. When most of us start researching the illnesses and injuries a flock…
This week marks the Rudd chicks’ 2nd week birthday. They are averaging 180 grams now and truly growing each day! The 13…
Foxes are lethal chicken predators. They’re fast, cunning, and remarkably bold, and a single fox can decimate an entire flock in short…
Happy Independence Day! It’s hard to believe the 4th of July is already here! I love this time of year. My hometown…
The most important part of raising your own meat birds is preparation. We begin preparing well in advance, so when the baby…
Millions of Americans proudly harvest tomatoes, squash, beans, lettuce and a host of other vegetables from their backyard garden. Delicious, fresh, clean…
One Memorial Day weekend, an unexpected heat wave slammed the upper Midwest. All-time temperature records shattered as the mercury climbed near 100…
All across America millions of families have begun raising a small chicken flock in the yard. Most have no experience, so many…
Opening a box of just delivered peeping baby chicks is an exciting spring event. Perhaps not as dramatic but just as fascinating…
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