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Baby Chick Care

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

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Raising Winter Chickens Part 3

Welcome to Part 3 of the Winter Chickens Series! We are now several months into our winter chicken raising experience and loving…

Getting Started

When Can Chicks Start Eating Veggies?

Mom is the best teacher. That’s true with both people and chickens. While a mother hen is teaching her chicks, she can…

Seasonal Planning

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…

Getting Started

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…

Advanced Topics

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…

Advanced Topics

Taming Chickens

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

Seasonal Planning

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…

Getting Started

Where to Begin if You Want to Start Raising Chickens

Animal husbandry or livestock for agriculture. Chick eating food in the tray and two chicks that are sleeping Under the light bulb…

Advanced Topics

Keeping Chicks Warm When the Power Goes Off

When an unexpected storm shuts down the power grid people are lucky.  We can put a comfy fleece jacket over long johns…

Advanced Topics

Off The Grid Chicks

Carl and Gavin Rosier have found solutions to problems shared by many backyard flock owners. They are researching how to use chickens…

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