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If you brought chicks home this spring, and if they haven’t started laying, they will soon! There’s nothing much better than collecting…
One of the perks of raising backyard chickens is teaching our kids responsibility. There’s nothing more cute, fluffy and fun than baby…
Have you ever been into a farm store that just got a new batch of chicks? If you are like me, you…
Some chicken keepers may be secret arenophiles! They lug sand into the coop and use it for bedding. Is that a good…
Chickens are prey animals and stress easily. Common causes are running out of feed or water, rough or scary handling, overcrowding, predators…
If chickens sometimes act in quirky ways, it may be because of their vision. It’s easy for people to assume that animals…
Farms, chickens and flies. They all go hand in hand. Unfortunately, you can’t have animals (even chickens) around without having flies around. …
It’s finally spring! We have been busy out in our yard and gardens. Do you like to garden? We have our go-to…
A limping chicken usually has a problem in the foot or leg: bumblefoot (a bacterial infection from a cut), scaly leg mites,…
Raising fluffy baby chicks is one of the most rewarding parts of keeping poultry, right up until those little peepers suddenly outgrow…
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When it is time to go from learning to Keeping, Hoover's has a complete selection of backyard poultry, hatched with care and shipped to your local post office, or available at a partner store near you.
