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Chicken Care

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Gardening With Chickens

It’s August! What in the world? Where did the summer go? I’m torn between being ready for 2020 to be over (with…

Advanced Topics

Keeping Your Flock Safe From Predators

Chickens are a wonderful addition to any farm or backyard. Chickens, however, attract not so wonderful critters to your farm or backyard.…

Advanced Topics

How to Keep Chicken Water from Freezing in Winter

Just like us, chickens enjoy sipping cool, clean water throughout the day. What surprises many new flock owners is how much they…

Daily Care The Morning and Evening Routine

How to Care for Backyard Chickens: Simple Ways to Show Your Flock Some Love

Few backyard experiences are as rewarding as carrying a basketful of freshly laid eggs from the nest box into the kitchen, but…

Predator Protection

How to Identify Chicken Preadators: Weasels

This less common chicken predator is one that shouldn’t be written off just because it’s not as common as the fox, raccoon…

Daily Care

How to Control Flies in Your Chicken Coop with Coop Recuperate™

Summer is finally here, and there is so much to love about it after a long, cold winter. The warmth, the sunshine,…

Advanced Topics

Processing of Rudd Rangers

Rudd Rangers are a backyard meat chicken. In this Keeper’s spring batch, 13 birds reached an average live weight of 6 pounds…

Egg Production

How to Get Your Chickens to Lay Eggs in Nesting Boxes

One of the most exciting times we’ve had in our backyard chicken experience is the day we received our very first egg.…

Growing Your Flock

Week 11 With Rudd Rangers

This past week, our Rudd Rangers have been truly enjoying their new found freedom!   Every morning, I walk out to their tractor…

Getting Started Choosing Your First Breed

Chicken Breed Characteristics That Will Love You Back

Late each winter, both new and seasoned chicken keepers run into the same happy problem. You flip through the Hoover’s Hatchery chick…

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