Great solutions to reduce Chicken Feed waste
Wasted chicken feeds can cost you more than you’re willing to charge as wastage. So if you’re planning or are already raising chickens in your backyard, keeping wastage to a …
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CDC WARNS AMERICANS TO STOP KISSING, SNUGGLING THEIR CHICKENS
A recent advisory from the Centers for Disease Control is warning Americans of the hazards of contact with chickens, including the risk of catching salmonella. This year alone, the CDC has recorded …
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6 Easy and Inexpensive DIY Chicken Feeder ideas
We’ve featured an inexpensive DIY chicken feeder from PVC before. But while it is a great idea, it is also not always for everyone. The best kind of chicken feeder would depend …
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How do you tell the gender of a chicken, so you can tell if you have a hen or a rooster?
Do you want to know how to distinguish a hen from a rooster? When they’re little: You can’t. Professional sexers who stare at their cloacas everyday aspire to get 95-96% …
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How does a rooster impregnate a chicken?
First things first, a rooster does not impregnate a hen. Hens do not get pregnant, they lay eggs which can be fertile or not. Eggs are fertilized when a rooster …
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Why do chickens bully and peck each other?
Pecking and “bullying” are normal chicken behavior. “As backyard flock owners, we are tasked with becoming chicken whisperers,” says Patrick Biggs, Ph.D., a flock nutritionist with Purina Animal Nutrition. “Keeping …
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Raising Free Range Chickens – Ultimate guide!!
What constitutes raising free range chickens? In the U.S. it is, unfortunately, a very broad statement. The USDA standards for labeling chicken “free-range” is that the animal has access to the …
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Do chickens get upset when their eggs get taken by humans?
Unless they’re broody, chickens don’t give a hoot in hell if we take any eggs, unfertilized or fertile. Sorry if this doesn’t fit your mother hen as a loving devoted …
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Do raccoons eat chickens?
Want to know what killed your chicken? Do raccoons eat chickens? Well, the short answers is YES. Raccoons are very stealthy animals, they hunt in the middle of the night. …
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What are the Pros & Cons of Owning Chicken?
So, you’d like to know what are the Pros and Cons of Owning Chicken? There are a lot of different opinions about owning or raising chickens. We prepared a lot of …
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