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Health Monitoring - Case StudyI love this article! I'm always on the lookout for health issues in my twelve hens, most of which are rescues. I love how close attention you pay...- Barnette
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Hot Climate Chicken Housing and CareI am in Central Florida with Wyandottes and Orphingtons in my flock. They do just as well as my others. We have been 95 plus for a couple of weeks...- Go Gators
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Hot Climate Chicken Housing and CareGreat article. Here in Central Florida we set our coops up as a breezeway style/ open air with 2 walls and roof and open/ hardware cloth screen...- PoppasGrill
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Reasons To Grow A Chicken GardenI would not feed chickens spinach, chard, or beet greens. These are very high in oxalates which bind calcium, magnesium, iron, and zinc...
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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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Chicken bully/chicken victim - a two-sided issueThis is a great idea, one I've often utilized in my own flock. I do have one hen who just has to live by herself now, as the three hens who pick...- HorseGirlAbby
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"Hentirement"Good article about what to do when your hens are no longer laying. Mine are reaching that point, but will definitely still have a home with me as...
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Do Poultry Mourn Over The Loss Of A Flock Mate?A quite touching and emotional article. Very well written.
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How To Keep Your Rooster from Abusing Your HensGreat article! We opted for a saddle for one hen that for some reason has finer feathers than the others. I never heard of using pine tar...- Debbie292d
Maintaining A Healthy Flock
Raising chickens requires proper care. Learn how to maintain your flock so they remain healthy, safe, and happy.
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Beak and Claw Trimming
- TwoCrows
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Beaks and Claws...every bird has them! Birds use their beaks for grooming, they explore their environment with their beaks, they can feel textures... -
Selecting Good Flock Roosters
- Redhead Rae
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When selecting roosters for your flock, many people only consider the breed or the confirmation of the bird (when selecting for the Standard Of... -
Dust bathing – Why, where and how? Keeping your flock clean and happy.
- KayTee
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We all know that chickens love to dust bathe – and very frequently in the areas of our garden that we would prefer they didn’t! So why do they do... -
Introducing New Chickens: Using the “See but don’t touch” Method
- Mountain Peeps
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Introducing New Chickens: Using the “See but don’t touch” Method Chicken keeping is addicting. Along the road of your own chicken raising... -
PTFE Toxicosis (Teflon Poisoning) in Chickens
- BantyChooks
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What is PTFE? How can it harm my chickens? Polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE, often known by the brand name Teflon, is a synthetic polymer often... -
Information on Chicken Eyesight
- Mountain Peeps
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Chicken eyesight is amazing! They can see better in color than humans, can detect and see light and color shades better than humans, have three... -
Dealing with and Taming Aggressive Roosters
- TwoCrows
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We see it a lot here on BYC, "Help! My cuddly "Simon" the chick has grown up to be an aggressive monster! What do I do?!" The first step in... -
What a Chicken's Comb Can Indicate
- Mountain Peeps
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What a Chicken’s Comb Can Indicate The comb, or the red crown atop a chicken’s head, can indicate many things. But before we look at these... -
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... -
Daily to weekly chicken maintenance.
- chickenmama109
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If you are thinking of getting chickens and want to know what it takes to keep them, this article will give you the daily to weekly maintenance... -
Top 50 Herbs for Your Chickens
- BYC Project Manager
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Herbs can provide a lot of health benefits to your flock of backyard chickens. Furthermore, they can save you money, keep your coop clean and... -
Keeping a Rooster (A Personal Journey)
- Reurra
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A year ago I started my chicken venture. My Dear Husband, in all his doubting, was happy to finance my insanity. Me, armed with my Green Horn... -
How to Train Your Chicken for Showmanship
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Showmanship is a fun way to enjoy your chickens and expand your chicken knowledge. It lets exhibitors show off their chicken handling skills and... -
Getting Chickens Out Of Trees.....and into their coops.
- Shadrach
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This is a picture of a chicken up a tree. She looks very at home up there. Makes a lovely picture. Shame about the photographer not getting the... -
Egg Production and How to Get the Most from your Laying Hens
- sumi
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Pic by @RobG7aChattTN Most flock owners keep hens as either pets or for their eggs, the latter being the highest priority. Often flock owners... -
How To Clip Trim The Feather Wings Of Your Chicken To Prevent Flight
- BYC Support
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Graphic and text courtesy of "A Guide to Raising Chickens" by Gail Damerow. Wing clipping, the most common method of controlling the flight of... -
So you want to rescue a chicken... Now what?
- fishnet1971
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I Have Done Something….. I looked at all the caged animals in the barn...the cast-offs of human society. I saw in their eyes love and hope, fear... -
How To Integrate Your Chicken Flock The Easy Way
- StarLover21
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Advice on how to integrate your chicken flock Integrating your flock can be very difficult is some cases. It’s not as easy as just...