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Chicken Treat Chart: The Best Treats for Backyard ChickensI did forget to mention another favorite treat for my girls is when I cut a pumpkin or butternut squash in half and let them peck away. Todays...- Raeja
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Chicken Treat Chart: The Best Treats for Backyard ChickensI have found that my chickens love Boon Worms, thanx to my brother-in-law's suggestion. He owns a Feed Store in Janesville, WI. I was low on...
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Ms Biddy's Cattle Panel Hoop CoopI love this and I have a ton of tin I could use and a frame from an old shed!! Thank you for the great inspiration!
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Preparing hatching eggs for incubation, and hatching.Can you edit the article and re-upload the pictures?- Lacy Duckwing
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Preparing hatching eggs for incubation, and hatching.Oh no! I'm not sure how to fix that...
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The Coop 24Just pictures isn't helpful really. It's nice but for someone to want to build this, there's no explanations of anything. A materials list, a...- Debbie292d
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Chknfrmrs Member PageThere's no explanation to help someone build this. It sounds and looks nice, but it's lacking a lot to be an example to someone.
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querimonious's Member PageNicely explained how you built this. The pictures are helpful too! Plans would be nice but you've done a great job narrating almost every move.
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Deathstar Pallet CoopNo plans or explanations or end result. How did it work? Looks awful small.
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New Chicken Coop 2Nice start but never updated with what was done or how it looks now on the inside.
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Do ducks like boats?
- WVduckchick
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So, this story starts with my neighbors wanting to get rid of an old dilapidated boat. She just wanted it out of their yard. It had a good motor... -
How To Raise Mealworms
- Gallo del Cielo
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How to raise mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) Everyone who has a small flock of chickens should raise mealworms, not because they need them, but... -
How To Raise Chickens
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Raising Chickens 101 – All the info you need to get started raising chickens. Choosing a breed, hatching eggs, building a perfect coop & more! -
Poultry Ownership and Dealing with Loss (From a Tenderhearted Farmer)
- orrpeople
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There really could not have been a worse scenario for the first death we experienced in our backyard flock. Prior to owning chickens, I had read... -
Guide to Letting Broody Hens Hatch and Raise Chicks
- Pyxis
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Using a Broody Hen to Hatch and Raise Chicks A broody hen is a great way to hatch chicks for you and your flock. She will do all the work... -
Name That Chicken! A Guide to Improving your Identification Skills
- pipdzipdnreadytogo
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. Name That Chicken! A Guide to Improving your Identification Skills Take a look at the picture below. What do you think? Is this a picture of... -
Accessorizing Your Run- How to Make Your Run More Fun For Your Chickens
- Bloveschickens
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Today many urban chickens are not able to free-range, they are confined to a run. Many people do not have enough space to let their chickens... -
Norwegian style chicken coop
- Gailens
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Welcome to my chicken coop. Coop is located in Latvia, so winters here my be freezing. That's why I have to built it insulated. Coop size is 13' x... -
Do Poultry Mourn Over The Loss Of A Flock Mate?
- TwoCrows
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Do Poultry Mourn? It has long been known that Elephants do indeed mourn their fallen comrades as do... -
Integrating new birds at 4 weeks old
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Integrating as young chicks is much much easier than older birds, setting the space up to facilitate might not be so easy but well worth the... -
Common Rooster Myths - Clearing Up Rooster Misinformation
- Pyxis
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Keeping a rooster can be fun and rewarding, and they are often great additions to the flock, and beautiful to boot. However, there is a lot of... -
Herbs, Flowers, and Weeds for Chickens
- Mountain Peeps
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Herbs, Flowers, and Weeds for Chickens Chickens are scavengers. Foragers. Omnivores. They eat herbs, flowers, and weeds along with insects and... -
Chicken Coop Ventilation - Go Out There And Cut More Holes In Your Coop!
- patandchickens
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Patandchickens' Big Ol' PageVENTILATION Or, Go out there and cut more holes in your coop! Now! Really truly! Why is ventilation such a big... -
Sour Crop, Impacted Crop, Doughy Crop - Prevention and Treatments of Crop disorders
- TwoCrows
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Crops And Their Story Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treating Crop Issues The Crop. Just what IS a Crop, what do they do and why do birds have them... -
Making the Tough Calls - Difficult but Essential
- Blooie
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In a mad frenzy of enthusiasm - that's how we seem to dive into the world of raising chickens. It is so exciting – and scary! For most of us... -
Understanding Your Rooster.
- Shadrach
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The reader needs to be aware that these observations and conclusions are taken from a particular chicken keeping arrangement which was conceived... -
Honeymooners Turn Old Garden Shed into Palace for Super-Spoiled Pets
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In the first year of our marriage, Dear Husband received this hen-scratch conception in a love letter that proposed we build a coop sometime next... -
"Hentirement"
- Kuntry Klucker
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When acquiring a flock of backyard chickens most people are excited about the farm-fresh eggs they will be collecting from their own girls. Not...