Washed, construction grade sand is a better litter choice for the coop and run than play sand. Manufactured sand should never be used as chicken litter.

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Want to incubate and hatch your own clutch of eggs? Check out the Brinsea Incubator Sweepstakes

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Fighting to Legalize Backyard Chickens: Proposed Regulation Commentary

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Chicken Coop Design Essentials, Details

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Coccidiosis is a common and very serious problem in chickens and one that every chicken keeper should know about before the first chick's feet hit the brooder floor. With a little common sense and good flock management practices, cocci can be controlled and easily treated when necessary.

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Egg-palooza via The Chicken Chick®

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Feeding Chickens at Different Ages

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Decrease in Egg Production: Causes

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Sand performs brilliantly as a litter choice for backyard chickens both in the coop and in the run

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emerging pin feathers contain a blood-filled vein that can attract unwanted attention from other birds.

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During a molt, chickens lose their feathers and grow new ones, which places great demands on their energy and nutrient stores. Since feathers consist of 85% protein, supplementing chickens’ diet with additional protein can help them get through the process. This protein-packed alfalfa cake recipe is a fantastic way to provide molting chickens with a variety of protein sources in one treat while keeping them entertained and active.

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If you have never witnessed a hen laying an egg, it's your lucky day! I find the entire process of egg production is fascinating and thought you might like to know some fascinating facts about the mighty egg!

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The Chicken Chick®: Flock Focus Friday 4/10/15 featuring a Vetericyn Prize Package GIVEAWAY!

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Eggs by breed via The Chicken Chick®

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Pink flamingos remain a symbol of solidarity with the backyard chicken keeping cause as they pop up in front yards and properties all over town!

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Buff Orpington Chicks The Chicken Chick®:

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Kate. Speckled Sussex hen. The Chicken Chick®

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Little voices in my head keep telling me to "get more chickens."

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The Royal Couple: Blaze & Rachel.

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Freezing eggs when the hens are firing on all cylinders ensures a steady supply of eggs in the lean months. If you have chickens in your backyard, there is never an excuse for getting caught buying eggs from the grocery store. So, let’s take a look at how to freeze and use fresh eggs!

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As a general rule, a broody prefers a dark, private, comfortable location in which she will sit until her eggs hatch.

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In the past decade, the popularity of backyard chicken keeping has elevated the status of chickens from expendable, barnyard livestock to valued family pets. Unfortunately, many of the earlier poultry-keeping articles and books were written with livestock in mind; frequently in those writings, culling is the proposed solution for certain injuries, behaviors and physical imperfections. "Culling" technically means to eliminate or remove from the flock, but the term is often used as a sanitized synonym for "kill." However, for most chicken-keepers, culling is considered the last resort and making a beloved pet the guest of honor at the dinner table, unthinkable.

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Before my first flock members were old enough to lay eggs, some of them were using the nest boxes as bedrooms. Chickens poop a lot while they sleep and I knew that I had to put a stop to the nightly nest box occupations. I had read that hanging burlap in front of the nest boxes could deter these unwanted slumber parties and figured it was worth a try.

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That fermented feed has many benefits for chickens is undisputed; many studies have been done and books and articles written documenting the value of fermentation for poultry, so I'm not going to re-invent the wheel here. (Sources & further reading can be found below.) This article outlines the basic benefits of feed fermentation for backyard chickens and shows how to do it in 3 easy steps. Fermenting is easy and the advantages for chickens, significant.

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DE is not eco-friendly when used as a poultry pesticide and does not fit into a holistic, natural chicken keeping model.

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Flock Focus Friday, 4/24/15 featuring a Grandpa's Feeders GIVEAWAY!

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With all the joys and benefits that come with keeping backyard chickens, there are plenty of heartbreaks and weighty decisions to be made about their care, chief among them, whether or not to permit a flock to free-range. This is a sensitive subject and for good reason- the stakes are high and the emotions it evokes, even higher.

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Chicken genetics

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This article is intended to arm backyard chicken keepers with the tools they need to defend against this rapidly-spreading bird flu in North America.

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