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Pasty Butt: The Unglamorous Problem Every Keeper Solves Quick answer Pasty butt is when droppings dry over a baby chick’s vent and…
Summer Heat: Reading Your Flock Before It’s a Problem Quick answer The earliest signs of heat stress in chickens are behavior changes,…
I think one of the most stressful parts of raising backyard chickens is the thought of one, or many, of them getting…
Testing Chicken Treats: What Backyard Hens Love Most Sometimes our chickens are just like kids. Put a serving of steamed kale on…
How to Manage and Prevent Lice in Your Chicken Flock Raising chickens can be one of the most rewarding homestead or backyard…
Keeping Your Backyard Flock Healthy Through Good Care Chickens are amazingly healthy animals. Given good care they’re hardly fazed by winter’s chill…
A Real Story: Bleu the Silkie A number of years ago, I hatched a small group of Silkies in an incubator. That…
Pin Feathers in Chickens: What They Are and How to Help If you’ve ever seen your chickens looking a bit rough—sporting more…
Antibiotics for Chickens: When to Use Them Safely Every backyard chicken keeper dreams of a happy, healthy flock, strutting through the grass…
