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The Chicken World's Worst Chore, culling the injured and sick babies.I don’t know, but I wanted to be really sure so I used two full cans on a 4 pound bird. I did put a generous layer of bunched up shop towels over...- Jenbirdee
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The Chicken World's Worst Chore, culling the injured and sick babies.I used this method for the first time today. The only thing I would add is wear gloves. WEAR GLOVES ! my finger tip that was holding down the...
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Pelletized Bedding / ShavingsI've been using straw bedding for about a year now. Hens like it and when it is fouled, it goes around the plants. The straw decomposes and the...
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Guide to Assisted Hatching for All PoultryThank you for making this post, and thank you @Nabiki for sending me the link
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How To Introduce New Chickens to an Existing FlockA beautifully and even professionally written article! I was thinking of writing an article myself on this very topic for a contest, and I read...- BigBlueHen53
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Wholesome homemade feed 2Suitable explanation of the nutritive benefits of homemade flock feed, backed with data from testing. I may become a convert yet!
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Hen Hideout
- CovertChickOps
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- 17 min read
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My wife has always liked chickens, and I of course have always liked eggs. So what’s the problem? Well, we happen to live in an ‘undisclosed’... -
Brooding Chicks: The First 6 Weeks
- TwoCrows
- 19 min read
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Whether you've just hatched your own chicks in your incubator, an ordered batch of chicks from the hatchery has just arrived, or you brought home... -
Does Chicken Keeping Ever Get Boring?
- Mountain Peeps
- 9 min read
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Does Chicken Keeping Ever Get Boring? Can or does chicken raising ever get dull? I’ve been at this chicken keeping business for years now. I... -
Ms Biddy's Cattle Panel Hoop Coop
- Ms Biddy
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Our cattle panel coop was inspired by multiple designs, including several here on BYC. Thank you to everyone who has shared their photos and... -
Aart's Hoop Coop / Chicken Tractor
- aart
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Aart's Hoop Coop / Chicken Tractor I've always been intrigued by the livestock panels as a structural material for a coop, and love the curved... -
Diy hobbit house chicken coop
- chickencheeper
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In this article I will be going through the steps to building our hobbit house chicken coop. First we laid down the concrete footers and put the... -
Using Sand In Your Chicken Coop
- DawnSuiter
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Using Sand as a floor covering in my coops has been one of the BEST decisions I have made in terms of how to properly care for my chickens... -
Utilizing the Parrot Chop Principle to Improve Chicken Diets
- Jacquej57
- 5 min read
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Let me begin by saying I am NOT in favor of forgoing a commercial chicken feed for my girls. It would be difficult, if not impossible, for an... -
A Grade Eh Canadian Woods Coop
- MiaS
- 14 min read
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I had thought about getting some backyard chickens for my acreage a few years ago and then for whatever reason decided that I didn't want the... -
Egg failure to hatch - Diagnosing incubation problems
- sumi
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Diagnosing and troubleshooting incubation problems and hatch failures Eggs failing to hatch can be a disappointing and sometimes costly... -
Grass for Chickens-Taking a look at the natural health benefit provided by this everyday green
- Mountain Peeps
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The naturally good rooster
- AquaDuck
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A lot of people seem to have had negative encounters with roosters. Stories about roosters mating hens every 10 minutes, crowing at 3 am, picking... -
10 Joys of Keeping Backyard Chickens.
- Kuntry Klucker
- 12 min read
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I’m almost about 10 years deep into my backyard chicken hobby and have loved it every step of the way. From ordering chicks, getting the coops set... -
Colorado Coop
- beckyf
- 6 min read
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I grew up with backyard chickens in New Hampshire and have been wanting to get my own hens ever since my husband and I bought our first house in... -
Going Mobile: For the Love of Chickens
- Scissors65
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We are first time chicken owners. We got our chicky babies in the spring, along with a prefab coop. Owing our four pullets now for 18 weeks and... -
Introduction to Keeping Guinea Fowl
- irisshiller
- 5 min read
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I used to think guinea fowl were just chickens with polka dots, but nothing is further from the truth! Guinea fowl are quite a bit different from... -
Broody Management - From the First Turkey Strut to Weaning the Chicks
- DobieLover
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Keeping Muscovy Ducks
- Catie79
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If you tell someone you have ducks, they immediately envision white, chubby cheeked Pekin ducks. Maybe they envision something with a bit more...