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

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How to Integrate Your Backyard Flock Into Orchards and Row Crops

  Put your flock back to work! This was a lesson I learned years ago when I first became interested in growing…

Predator Protection

Dogs and Poultry

can be a match made in heaven or a nightmare, depending on a few factors. If you want to keep backyard poultry…

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Hen to Rooster Ratio

You’ve decided that you want to raise backyard chickens.  Now, the question of what you need to get comes up.  Many people…

Daily Care

Tips for Reducing Flies in the Coop

Flies are a constant nuisance, especially in backyards where you have livestock.  Chickens don’t attract a huge amount of flies when compared…

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

Daily Care Choosing Your First Breed

Silkie Chickens: A Complete Guide to the Fluffiest Bird in the Flock

Silkie chickens are some of the most charming little birds you can add to a backyard flock. With their poofy, fur-like feathers,…

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VIDEO: Adding the “Cluck” to Cluster Cluck



Daily Care

VIDEO: The Cluster Cluck 5000 is on the move!

Getting Started

The Broody Hen: How to Care for the Hen That Just Won’t Get Off the Eggs

Broody Hens – When such sweet little ladies turn into complete fire-breathing dragons in a snap. When it happens … you’ll be…

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To Vaccinate or Not

Due to human SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), vaccination is constantly in the news and on the minds of people worldwide. Fortunately, scientists have developed…

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