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Poultry Care

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

Chickens and the Vegetable Garden

Millions of Americans proudly harvest tomatoes, squash, beans, lettuce and a host of other vegetables from their backyard garden. Delicious, fresh, clean…

Seasonal Planning

How to Keep Chickens Cool in the Heat

One Memorial Day weekend, an unexpected heat wave slammed the upper Midwest. All-time temperature records shattered as the mercury climbed near 100…

Getting Started

Learning From Chickens

All across America millions of families have begun raising a small chicken flock in the yard. Most have no experience, so many…

Letting The Girls Do The Work

Opening a box of just delivered peeping baby chicks is an exciting spring event. Perhaps not as dramatic but just as fascinating…

Getting Started The Brooder Setup

How to Make a Simple Chick Brooder for Your Baby Chicks

There are few things more exciting than the day a peeping box of baby chicks arrives from the post office or comes…

Daily Care

How to Manage a Chicken Run for a Dry, Healthy Flock

A well-run outdoor space is one of the best things you can give your birds, but to manage a chicken run takes…

Advanced Topics

Coccidiosis in Chickens: Symptoms, Prevention, and Treatment

Raising backyard chickens is one of life’s real joys. Before getting a flock, many of us scroll through social media dreaming about…

Getting Started The Brooder Setup

How Long Should Chicks Stay in the Brooder?

You’ve got your chicks home and settled in the brooder. Now the big question: how long should they stay there, and when…

Do Chickens Make Good Pets?

Every so often, a woman is spotted on a New York City sidewalk, leash in hand, walking a chicken. Ask her whether…

Health & Wellness

Oregano Essential Oils for Chickens: My Q&A With Dr. Stock

People ask me all the time how I have kept my flock so healthy this time around, and honestly, it has not…

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