How To: Feed Your Chickens Scratch Grains
Is Scratch Grain Good For Chickens? Some chicken keepers feed their birds only chicken scratch. Other chicken keepers sa…
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How To: Set Eggs Under a Broody Hen
How to Hatch Eggs Under a HenSetting a hen means putting eggs under a broody hen for her to incubate and hatch. It is co…
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How To: Manage Your Flock to Avoid Egg Shortages
How to avoid egg shortages with backyard chickens If you have chickens, you have food. But backyard chickens do not alwa…
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How To: Protect Chickens in a Heat Wave
Keeping Chickens Cool in a HeatwaveKeeping chickens cool in the summers is one thing, but a heatwave is something else! …
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How to: Recognise and Treat E. coli in Chickens
Symptoms and treatment of E. coli in chickens
E. coli infection, also called colibacillosis, is a common disease in chicken…
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How To: Stop Your Chickens From Getting Bored
Chicken Boredom BustersChickens have evolved to spend most of the day foraging. When their food is provided and they have not…
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How To: Make a DIY Brooder for Chicks
Brooder boxes - What is the best choice? Once your chicks have hatched and completely dried off, they can be moved from …
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How To: Quarantine New Chickens
Quarantine for chickens Why would you need to quarantine chickens? Unfortunately, the fact is that new birds are th…
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What Do Chickens Want? A guide to keeping backyard chickens happy and healthy
What Do Chickens Want?Joel Salatin, the American farmer and food advocate, believes that happy animals are the key to good fo…
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