How cold is too cold for chickens?
It is not easy to determine when the outside temperature becomes too cold for chickens. The average, or optimal, temperature for chickens is between 50 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Chickens …
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5 Dog Breeds That Get Along With Chickens
Want to know the dog breeds that get along with chickens? Let me tell you, dogs and chickens can be best friends or worst enemies. Honestly, the correlation between these two …
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Breeding Chickens: What You Need to Know About Roosters
If you hope to breed chickens, you will need the help of a rooster. This friendly rooster for dummies info will help you if you thinking of getting a rooster. …
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Cleaning Considerations in Chicken Coop
When you try to raise backyard chickens, one of the things that you would have to come face to face with is cleaning the chicken coop. You would, unfortunately, realize that …
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What plants are poisonous to chickens?
Below is a list of plants poisonous to chickens. If you are free-ranging your flock, you probably won’t have to worry. This is because hens aren’t stupid. If they happen to …
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How do Chickens Have Sex & Does a Rooster Impregnate a Chicken?
I always wondered do chickens have sex to lay eggs? Do chickens have sex? However, a rooster does not impregnate a hen. Hens do not get pregnant, they lay eggs …
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She Knits Sweaters for rescued “battery hens” to keep them warm in winter!
Nicola Congdon, 30 year old from England, got an idea how to keep her chickens warm in winter. She and her mother Ann knit wooly sweaters for her 30 rescued …
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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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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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