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Summer Digs ~ Tractor-Coop Using 100% Reclaimed MaterialsIt's always helpful to be able to reuse materials.
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Chicken Math 101 – with Quiz!I've read this article multiple times since it first appeared and have shared it with everyone I know. It's informative and entertaining. I will...- fowltemptress
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Chicken bully/chicken victim - a two-sided issue
- azygous
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Just as school officials often overlook the importance of dealing with the victim of bullying in a school situation, we chicken folk often neglect... -
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... -
Wichita Cabin Coop
- baldessariclan
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The "WICHITA CABIN COOP" A simple, secure, & easy-to-use home for any small backyard flock. 3D Computer Models and Material List... -
Cleaning and storing fresh eggs
- sumi
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Cleaning eggs Sometimes, in spite of our efforts to provide a nice clean spot for our feathered friends to deposit the rent in, we'll get a... -
How To Tame Chickens from the Start
- Mountain Peeps
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How To Tame Chickens from the Start Many chicken keepers these days have friendly, tame flocks of birds they consider to be their pets. People... -
Nest Boxes; why do we make a sitting hens job so difficult?
- Shadrach
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Hens have been laying eggs, sitting on them and and hatching them for centuries without human interference. Considering their ancestors the jungle... -
The "Mod" Coop
- feathermaid
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The overall size is 3’ wide by 18’ long by 6’ tall. The coop itself is 3’x 6’x 4’ and raised 19” off the ground. Made to house 3-6 chickens... -
Chicken First Aid Kits - Handy and Essential Supplies, and How to Use Them
- pipdzipdnreadytogo
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Chicken First Aid Kits Sometimes in chicken-keeping, things happen that no one expects. It could be a sudden disease, a squabble between birds... -
The Beginner's Guide to Incubation
- Pyxis
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The Beginner's Guide to Incubation This guide is intended to help people new to incubation learn how to properly incubate and hatch eggs. It... -
Bee's key points to successful and safe free ranging.
- Beekissed
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You really need the right breeds/birds, the right rooster or dominant hen, the right place, the right dog, the right perimeter fencing(if in... -
The Great Big Giant Marek's Disease FAQ
- Nambroth
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A long FAQ style article about the complex and frustrating Marek's Disease of Chickens. -
How To Process A Chicken At Home
- booker81
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With the rising cost of food and especially meat, many people are looking to closer to home to start raising their food. Backyard gardens are on... -
My $10 Inexpensive DIY Fodder Tower with Dollar Tree Dish Bins
- gtaus
- 8 min read
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I have been reading great things about making barley fodder for the chickens. After much thinking, I decided to build my own fodder tower out of... -
Pecking! Not all pecks are equal.
- Shadrach
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Pecking; not all pecks are equal. A chicken’s beak is extremely sensitive. It is packed with tiny receptors that scientists believe provide the... -
Wholesome home-made chicken feed, without sweat, tears, a calculator, or deep pockets.
- Perris
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Introduction This article is written in response to several requests to write up how I make my own chicken feed for my flock of heritage and rare... -
The perch experiment
- True Patriot
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A recent posting has given me an idea to conduct an experiment on what perch types are preferred by my chickens. This will be an ongoing learning... -
Rooster Flocks
- RoostersAreAwesome
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If you have too many roosters, a simple solution is to start a rooster flock. A rooster flock is a flock that consists of all roosters and no... -
Sandyks Chicken Coop
- SandyK
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Sandy's Chicken Coup Once upon a time . . . There was this woman who wanted some chickens. Now she had some chickens, ducks and geese years ago...