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How To Prevent Dirty Eggs in the Chicken CoopThere's nothing like reaching into a nesting box to get a nice, clean egg, and then realizing it's not so clean after all. -
How To Prevent Dirty Eggs in the Chicken CoopThanks for commenting. I too, have this one hen that will poo on her a egg just little a bit, about every other egg laid. I finally narrowed it... -
Common Rooster Myths - Clearing Up Rooster MisinformationThough it can be rare for two normal roosters to not kill each other in a fight, it happened twice too me. A Sumatra cockerel killed my Sumatra... -
Chickens 101 - if You get this You are on Your wayA short bit of advice for planning on having chickens. Advice about the feeders and waterers that is very good.
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Name That Chicken! A Guide to Improving your Identification Skillsfantastic article I adore the photos! I have several distinct breeds of week-old chicks to identify, so I'll be referring to this in the upcoming...
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How To Prevent Dirty Eggs in the Chicken CoopExcellent information! Thank you for passing this on! In a side note: I have one Easter Egger...
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How To Prevent Dirty Eggs in the Chicken CoopVery good info, but I've never had a broody hen soil her nest. In fact, a good broody is...- janiedoe
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How To Prevent Dirty Eggs in the Chicken CoopGood information except for : Broodies don’t poop in the nest when they behave naturally. They...- BDutch
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Getting Started Raising Chickens
This section has the most frequently asked questions when beginning your journey to raising chickens.
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Chicken Behavior The Ignorant Gal's Guide To Things No Sane Person Would Tell You About Chickens
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Noodle, contemplating scratching, Pepper, armpit deep in a hole, and Salt, who has just found something that needs excavation. The Ignorant... -
Interesting Facts About Chicken Eggs
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Have you ever wondered how a hen can lay an egg every day? Why some eggs are brown and some eggs are white? How many days does an egg take to... -
What Happens When Chickens Molt?
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Molting refers to the shedding of feathers. It is the natural process of losing and re-growing feathers. Most all birds do it including chickens... -
How To Raise Chickens
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Raising Chickens 101 – All the info you need to get started raising chickens. Choosing a breed, hatching eggs, building a perfect coop & more! -
Name That Chicken! A Guide to Improving your Identification Skills
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. Name That Chicken! A Guide to Improving your Identification Skills Take a look at the picture below. What do you think? Is this a picture of... -
Common Rooster Myths - Clearing Up Rooster Misinformation
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Keeping a rooster can be fun and rewarding, and they are often great additions to the flock, and beautiful to boot. However, there is a lot of... -
Cleaning and storing fresh eggs
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Cleaning eggs Sometimes, in spite of our efforts to provide a nice clean spot for our feathered friends to deposit the rent in, we'll get a... -
Egg Color Chart - Find Out What Egg Color Your Breed Lays
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I have seen a lot of posts lately about what color(s) a breed lays, so I made a chart to put them all together. If you have any pics to add... -
Common Chicken Sayings Idioms Other Funny Things We Say
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Chicken Idioms and other Funny Things We Say We've been amazed at how many common every-day sayings originated from people who owned and... -
Common Mistakes Poultry Keepers Make (And How to Fix Them)
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If you ask any poultry keeper, they will probably give you a list of things they would have done differently. Everyone has made mistakes at one... -
The 9 Comb Types
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1. The Single The single comb is the most common. It is a simple straight row of spikes beginning at the bird's nostrils and sweeping back its... -
Things I wish I knew before I got my first chick
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New chicken owners – heads up I recently got back in to chickens. I previously had them when I was a child (well, my family did and I helped)... -
How to Handle the Ageing Process of Chickens
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How to Handle the Ageing Process of Chickens Like any living creature, chickens grow old. They start out as tiny embryos inside an egg and end up... -
Keeping Chickens Without Free Ranging
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Many people out there long to have our feathered clucking friends, but may not be able to free range the flock as most people are able to do... -
Heated nesting boxes help stop frozen eggs!
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Last winter was unusually cold for my area, with days turning to weeks of temperatures way below freezing. My schedule allowed me to gather my... -
Chicken FAQs - The Frequently Asked Questions Of Raising Chickens
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1. Should I buy sexed or straight run chicks? Straight run chicks are generally less expensive, but they are roughly 50% females and 50% males... -
An Inside Look at the Humble Sexlink Chicken
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. An Inside Look at the Humble Sexlink Chicken Sexlinks are one of the most common types of chickens out there, sold by most big hatcheries... -
10 Health Precautions For Backyard Chicken Owners
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10 Health Precautions for Backyard Chicken Owners Note: This page is for people who have a suppressed immune system, asthma, COPD or any...