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How To Start Raising Friendly Chickens

October 17, 2021May 20, 2016 by Shannon Stansberry

Every chicken keeper knows the feeling when a friend comes to their house and wants to pet the chickens and you have to tell them that it is not a good idea to pet that particular chicken due to their pecking human’s habit.

It is kind of dumb when you have to tell that sort of thing to a friend and what we at the typesofchicken.com team want to do for this article is take away that awkward feeling from our readers. How to start raising friendlier chickens you ask?

You have to start as early as when they are only 3 days old.

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Do You Have An Egg Eater In Your Flock? Here`s How To Stop Them!

February 21, 2023May 20, 2016 by Gold Cochin

Egg eating chickens are more than common in every chicken keepers career.

Out of curiosity or hunger, a hen can start eating eggs that she lays.

For some novice chicken keeper, the sight of a hen eating her own egg can be disgusting.

Luckily, we at the typesofchicken.com team have found a number of methods that can break the habit of egg eating in your chickens and we focused this article on providing our readers with them.

Should You Keep A Rooster In Your Flock?

May 19, 2016 by Shannon Stansberry

It is not easy being a chicken keeper and being employed at the same time. Doing both of these things can take most of a persons free time and if one of them gets harder to do it may be a problem. <!–more–>Roosters in your flock can make chicken keeping both harder and easier for … Read more

Killing The Summer Heat For Your Chickens!

May 19, 2016 by Gold Cochin

Summer is on its way and that means that your chickens will need proper care if the upcoming summer days get too hot. We have discussed this particular problem many times before and because we want to give our readers the best advice for keeping their chickens cool in the summer we want to continue the heat problem subject with showing our readers the process of killing the summer heat for their chickens.

6 Things Everyone Should Know About Chickens!

September 14, 2021May 18, 2016 by Gold Cochin

When I started raising my first flock of chickens, I would sometimes start a conversation with something like, “So sorry I’m late! I had to chase a chicken.” It was always true, of course, but it was a great conversation starter about my favorite hobby.

Do NOT Make These Mistakes When Keeping Chickens During The Winter!

May 12, 2022May 18, 2016 by Gold Cochin

Every chicken keeper makes mistakes from time to time, we don`t judge.

What we want to do is help our readers be aware of some of those mistakes and perhaps that will prevent them from making them.

For today`s article, we wanted to focus on mistakes that chicken keepers tend to make while keeping their chickens during the winter.

Chicken keepers can make these mistakes due to misinformation or as we all sometimes do forget about some of their daily chores concerning the well-being of our chickens during the winter.

How to Prevent Parasites in Your Flock

March 20, 2017May 17, 2016 by Gold Cochin

Is there a certain type of plant that attracts mites/lice. Which plants should I steer away from growing to deter inviting them to the coop? Fortunately for us, garden-loving chicken keepers, plant parasites, and chicken parasites are two completely different beasts.

Chicken Behavior – What Should You Expect?

May 16, 2016 by Gold Cochin

In order to properly execute the process of chicken keeping every chicken keeper should know what kind of behavior he or she should expect from chickens. That will help them recognize a problem in the flock or just to stay calm and not to panic when the behavior of their chickens is not the same as it was before.

Avian Pox In Your Chickens – How Can They Get Infected & How To Prevent It!?

August 31, 2021May 15, 2016 by Gold Cochin

Avian pox is a rare viral disease in birds, and you can notice it if you see wart-like nodules on the skin of your chickens.

It has always been present in birds.

In many cases, it won`t kill your chickens if you treat them in time.

This disease can occur in young and old birds, and it does not choose the time when it strikes. There are three types of viruses that cause avian pox in birds.

Fowlpox virus, pigeon pox virus, and canarypox virus.

There is always turkey pox but it is not recognized because is almost the same as the fowlpox virus. Different type of virus attacks different types of birds. The virus that can attack your chickens is the fowlpox virus.

How To Prevent Predators From Harming Your Chickens

March 13, 2023May 15, 2016 by Gold Cochin

Predators are a problem to every chicken keeper out there. There are many different kinds of predators that can harm and kill your chickens, but we have discussed that already in one of our previous articles. Few days ago we wrote an article about how to prevent your chickens from getting killed by cats and dogs and that motivated some of our readers to ask for an article on how to make their chicken coop predator proof – we at the typesofchicken.com team are happy to oblige.