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Baby Chick Care

Hundreds of articles and videos, organized the way Keepers already browse them.

Getting Started The Brooder Setup

Preparing for Baby Chicks

Spring is almost here! If you’re like me, you’re excited to add some chicks to your flock! (Personally, I am hoping to…

Advanced Topics

How Hoover’s Hatchery Breeds Healthy Chicks: Teaching Tuesday with Jon Alden

Every healthy chick that shows up at your door starts long before the egg hatches. In this Teaching Tuesday with Jon Alden,…

Getting Started Is a Backyard Flock Right for You?

James Bond Movie Title Fits Chickens

Back in 1983 swashbuckling and suave actor Sean Connery thrilled movie goers in the  James Bond spy movie, NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN.  …

Daily Care

How to Hold a Chicken

Holding chickens is one of my favorite hobbies! There’s nothing like going out to the coop and getting in some good chicken…

Advanced Topics

Why can poultry be shipped through the mail?

Did you know millions of baby chicks are shipped through the mail each year in the U.S.?  You might be surprised that…

Getting Started Growing Up (Weeks 2 to 9)

Is Changing Feed Harmful to Chickens?

If you’re just starting to raise chickens, a common question that gets asked is, “What is the best feed to give them?”…

Advanced Topics

VIDEO: Coop Camp- Dr. Patricia Wakenell Chicken Diseases (Marek’s Part 1)

Daily Care The Move to the Coop

VIDEO: The Cluster Cluck 5000 is on the move!

Egg Production

Broody Adventures

Chickens have minds of their own. Broodiness proves it. When a flock owner wants a broody to mother a new generation of…

Getting Started Is a Backyard Flock Right for You?

VIDEO: Part 3- Dalia Taking Care of your Chickens Kids Raising Chickens

Kids Raising Chickens: Dalia’s Simple Chicken Care Tips

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