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How Much Space Do Chickens Need for a Healthy Flock Raising happy, healthy chickens isn’t just about food and water—it’s about space.…
If you have ever fallen down an internet rabbit hole searching for unique egg colors, you may have stumbled onto something that…
Homemade Chicken Feed: What Your Flock Needs to Thrive Backyard chicken keepers are some of the most resourceful people out there. A…
How to Keep Chicken Water from Freezing Safely in Winter Brrrr. It’s cold out. A new flock owner soon learns that subfreezing…
Molting is a natural and essential part of a chicken’s life! It’s when they shed old feathers and grow new ones. Some…
We need a steady supply of eggs from our backyard coop. Doing it successfully takes planning and requires tough decisions. Each spring…
Have you ever noticed at the end of a long, lazy day of foraging that your chickens have a little bulge in…
Top Chicken Diseases Every Backyard Keeper Should Know The internet is full of beautiful chicken coops, elegantly feathered chickens and chicken keepers…
Justin Bieber’s song, NEVER SAY NEVER, applies to chickens. How can that be? Rich and Marion Patterson learned “how” with their new…
From time to time, we’ve had to downsize our flock. It’s emotional. Saying goodbye to the feathery friends who have generously given…
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