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Growing Your Flock

Week 9 With Rudd Rangers

This week marked another first for the Rudd Rangers; they experienced freedom! It was brief, it was supervised, but it was freedom!…

Seasonal Planning

Flock Fixer™ Frozen Treats!

Hey everyone! If you live in the upper Midwest like I do, you understand my need to not complain about the heat…

Getting Started Growing Up (Weeks 2 to 9)

Demystifying Chicken Feed

When it comes to food, chickens are just like people. Both need a nutritious well-balanced diet to be both healthy and productive.…

Predator Protection

How to Identify Chicken Preadators: Birds of Prey

A bird of prey attack usually shows as a missing chicken with few feathers left behind, puncture wounds from talons, or a…

Growing Your Flock

Egg Layers- One Month Old Update

My lovely assortment of chicks have officially made it to the one month mark! At about 3 weeks old, they graduated to…

Getting Started The Brooder Setup

My Chicken Coop Is Here! A Step-by-Step Chicken Coop Setup Guide

The day is finally here, friends. The girls’ new home has arrived, and to say I was excited would be a serious…

Daily Care Handling and Socializing Your Flock

Building Play Areas for Your Chickens

I would love to tell you that I’m a DIY queen and that I know my way around power tools and the…

Daily Care Coop Cleaning

Coop Spring Cleaning: A Step-by-Step Guide for a Healthy Flock

Spring can be slow to arrive, especially across the Midwest, where late snowstorms and cold snaps stretch well into April. But once…

Neighbors, Neighbors, Neighbors

A century ago most Americans lived on farms or in small towns. That’s changed.Today’s people either live in suburban neighborhoods or big…

Daily Care Is a Backyard Flock Right for You?

The Deep Litter Method for Chicken Coops: A Beginner’s Guide

Let’s talk about poop. It is not the most glamorous part of raising backyard chickens, but it is the part that never…

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