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Protein For Your Chickens – 3 Recipes!

December 16, 2016May 2, 2016 by Gold Cochin

Protein is very important for your chickens, at all of their stages of life. Protein needs to be regularly given to your chickens and it is crucial in every diet that you put them on. As most of our readers already know we at the typesofchicken.com team love our unconventional recipes for chickens. We have … Read more

Top 5 Reasons Why Keeping Chickens Is Great For You!

November 12, 2021May 1, 2016 by Gold Cochin

Keeping chickens is not simple – it takes a lot of your money, time and strength. But if you do it properly it will absolutely be worth your while. We have discussed previously on many issues concerning chicken keeping as a process, How To`s and whatnot but we haven’t scratched one of the most obvious question that helps people decide on chicken keeping. Why to keep chickens is the first question that needs to be answered on this subject and we at the typesofchicken.com team apologize for being late on the matter, but without any further ado here are the Top 5 Reasons Why Keeping Chickens Is Great For You.

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How To Introduce New Chickens Into Your Flock

October 17, 2021April 30, 2016 by Gold Cochin

Introducing a new chicken or chickens to your flock may prove difficult because the previously formed flock always want to keep their pecking order. The new chicken or chickens may get bullied and even killed in the first few days of being in your flock. However, there are a few things that a chicken keeper can do in order to prevent or lower the amount of bulling when introducing a new chicken or chickens to his/hers flock. This is what made us the typesofchicken.com team prepare this article for our readers on How To Introduce New Chickens Into Your Flock.

When To Expect Your Hen To Lay Her First Egg – 3 MOST IMPORTANT Tips!

October 17, 2021April 29, 2016 by Gold Cochin

It is not rare that a chicken lays its first egg too early or a bit late. This may cause many problems if a chicken keeper is not prepared to maintain the egg. To calculate the time when your hen will lay her first egg you will need to know a few things about that particular hen. This is also a frequently asked question in our e-mails so these are the 3 MOST IMPORTANT Tips How To Know When To Expect Your Hen To Lay Her First Egg.

Mistakes Chicken Keepers Tend To Make When Building Their Chicken Coops

October 17, 2021April 28, 2016 by Gold Cochin

Building your chicken coop is not very hard – all you need is some time, the right materials and of course the right source of information on how to do it. When chicken keepers make their coops they are aware of the crucial things a chicken coop needs to have, four walls, a window or two, a door and a roof. There are however, some things that some chicken keepers tend to forget or just are not aware of them that are very important for the well being of their chickens.

How To Care For Your Baby Chickens – 5 Steps

May 12, 2022April 27, 2016 by Gold Cochin

We have discussed in many of our articles how chickens are gentle and every chicken keeper needs to know how to properly care for his chickens in order to keep them healthy, productive, and most importantly – alive. And since your chickens are that gentle that means that your baby chicks are even gentler. What we at the typesofchicken.com team would like to do for this article is walk you through the process of taking care of your pullets and cockerels.

How To Maintain Your Waterer And Keep The Water Uncontaminated – 3 Tips

September 14, 2021April 26, 2016 by Gold Cochin

First of all, we would like to say that we are aware that the word “waterer” is not a correct word but it will do for this article and is commonly used between chicken keepers. Some time ago we at the typesofchicken.com team gave you an article on how to keep your chickens hydrated. But is keeping your chickens hydrated enough? If the water you give to your chickens is dirty, you increase the risk of them getting sick. Maintaining the water your chickens drink is an important part of their health. And it is also very easy once you get used to doing it. There are 3 easy tips on how to maintain your waterer and keep the water uncontaminated and we will be kind enough to show them to you in the form of an article.

How To Prepare Corn For Your Chickens – 3 Recipes!

October 17, 2021April 25, 2016 by Gold Cochin

Giving treats to your chickens should be fun, not a boring daily obligation. Preparing different kinds of treats for your chickens can be a fun family activity and something that can easily become a habit. We at typesofchicken.com want to help our readers make this activity as fun for them as it is for us.

How To Keep Your Chickens Hydrated! Read Carefully No.4

September 14, 2021April 24, 2016 by Gold Cochin

Keeping your chickens hydrated is very important and it is not easy as many people say it is. Every chicken keeper needs to know how to keep their chickens hydrated. And the amount of water chickens receive should be changed when weather changes appear. There are also many things you can add to the water so that you can boost the chicken`s immune system. Knowing how to keep your chickens hydrated properly has many advantages to the chicken`s health. This is why we at the typesofchicken.com team decided that for this article we will give you some instructions on that particular subject.

10 DIY Physical Exams For Your Chickens

September 14, 2021April 23, 2016 by Shannon Stansberry

For today`s article we at the typesofchicken.com team decided to walk our readers through the steps of doing your own physical examination of your chickens. How you can do it and why you should do it are also included. Doing the physical examination yourself can save you a lot of time and money because let`s be honest, sometimes it is not necessary to call the vet. And once you learn how to do it as thorough as possible it can be done regularly.