How long do chickens live?
The average chicken will live for anywhere from three to seven years. Why such a wide range? Mostly because there are so many different kinds of chickens living under a …
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How are baby chickens made?
A rooster mates with the hen, depositing sperm in her oviduct. He sperm fertilizes one of the ovum or egg cells given off by the hen’s overy.
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Make your chickens HAPPY with these HEALTHY homemade TREATS
Just like any pet, chickens deserve occasional treats too. They may not be as affectionate as your dog but they certainly help a lot in the backyard. The treats are …
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A New Zealand man accidentally bought 1,000 chickens online for $0.96
Not so for Steve Morrow, whose desired purchase of one bird accidentally resulted in ownership of 1,000 hens. Morrow told Insider that he was browsing Trademe.co.nz, New Zealand’s largest auction website, …
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Raising your own chickens from eggs
Who came first, the chicken or the egg? Fortunately, you would not have to think about the answer to that age old question when it comes to searching for ways …
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What’s All the Cluck About? Reasons to Raise Backyard Chickens
Even before the so-called free-range or organic eggs in the grocery store hit $4 a dozen, thousands of people around the country were discovering the benefits of raising their own …
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Disease Prevention for Chickens
Chickens can pick up diseases from living microorganisms such as bacteria, virus, mycoplasma or parasites that can cause infections. As with most infections, these diseases are contagious and can be …
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Few Tips About What Chickens Eat
The process of feeding them is also very simple. All you have to do is go to the local feed store and get a bag of chicken feed formulated for …
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Choosing a Chicken Breed to Raise
There are varieties of chickens to raise. Choosing a breed will depend on the kind of chicken that you want to raise. There are chickens that seem healthy but their …
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8 Awesome Benefits About Keeping Chickens
1. Waste Disposal When raising chickens you can vary your chickens’ diet by feeding them kitchen scraps and waste vegetable matter, and by doing so, keep them healthy and reduce …
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