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I’ll never forget the first time I thought my hen, Coco, laid her first egg. I was so excited I told the…
Chicken Wound Care: How to Treat Flesh Injuries at Home Wounds are just an unfortunate, yet inevitable occurrence if you have animals.…
Hot Chicks: How to Keep Your Backyard Flock Cool When the Sun’s on Full Blast Summer: the season of sun, sweat, and…
There is nothing better than getting little chicks. I love listening to their tiny peeps and spend hours just observing their behaviors.…
How to Candle an Egg and Track Chick Development It’s spring, and for many backyard chicken keepers, that means one thing: new…
Why Keep a Rooster? Benefits for Your Backyard Flock Besides the obvious need for procreation, many people ask me what the reason…
Chickens come in an incredible variety of shapes, sizes, and colors, but few turn heads quite like the Frizzle chicken breed. With…
It’s spring, and you know what that means! Backyard flocks are booming. Thanks to rising egg prices, baby chicks are flying off…
If you’re not familiar with backyard chickens, you might not automatically know the difference between a hen and a rooster. It’s something…
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