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Baby chicks are adorable, cuddly, soft, and, let’s be honest, messy. Here’s a little secret nobody warns you about: chickens poop a…
Newcomers to chicken keeping take real pride in their first coop. Some are simple and functional; others, built by people who love…
Chickens on a farm can be like having a flock of small pigs in the backyard. They seem to eat everything and…
If you’ve kept chickens, you’ve almost certainly caught one mid dust bath: sprawled in a shallow pit of loose dirt, kicking soil…
For several weeks in late spring and early summer, gnats, flies, and other nuisance insects make their arrival known. Most are exactly…
We’ve all heard the horror stories about salmonella poisoning, and believe it or not, your feathered flock can be one of the…
What You Need to Know About Flystrike in Chickens Today we’re addressing the not-so-beautiful side of raising backyard chickens. When most of…
One Memorial Day weekend, an unexpected heat wave slammed the upper Midwest. All-time temperature records shattered as the mercury climbed near 100…
A well-run outdoor space is one of the best things you can give your birds, but to manage a chicken run takes…
Raising backyard chickens is one of life’s real joys. Before getting a flock, many of us scroll through social media dreaming about…
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