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Sour Crop, Impacted Crop, Doughy Crop - Prevention and Treatments of Crop disorders
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Oct 16, 2014
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Crops And Their Story Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treating Crop Issues The Crop. Just what IS a Crop, what do they do and why do birds have them...
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In the first year of our marriage, Dear Husband received this hen-scratch conception in a love letter that proposed we build a coop sometime next...
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The perch experiment
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A recent posting has given me an idea to conduct an experiment on what perch types are preferred by my chickens. This will be an ongoing learning...
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Pecking! Not all pecks are equal.
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Pecking; not all pecks are equal. A chicken’s beak is extremely sensitive. It is packed with tiny receptors that scientists believe provide the...
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Chicken bully/chicken victim - a two-sided issue
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Just as school officials often overlook the importance of dealing with the victim of bullying in a school situation, we chicken folk often neglect...
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Sandy's Chicken Coup Once upon a time . . . There was this woman who wanted some chickens. Now she had some chickens, ducks and geese years ago...
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How to Safely Administer Oral Medications to Poultry and Waterfowl Many medications are more effective when given orally instead of in the...
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The Anatomy and Physiology of the Chicken When you own a chicken, it is very important to understand the anatomy and physiology of your bird...
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If you have too many roosters, a simple solution is to start a rooster flock. A rooster flock is a flock that consists of all roosters and no...
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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...
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With the rising cost of food and especially meat, many people are looking to closer to home to start raising their food. Backyard gardens are on...
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Do Poultry Mourn Over The Loss Of A Flock Mate?
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Do Poultry Mourn? It has long been known that Elephants do indeed mourn their fallen comrades as do...
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As an urban farmer I decided to add ducks to my backyard organic garden design. My design called for the use of all salvaged and re-purposed...
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Relative Humidity (RH) “humidity” – simplified, is the amount of moisture present, relative to the amount that would be present if the air were...
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The Beginner's Guide to Incubation
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The Beginner's Guide to Incubation This guide is intended to help people new to incubation learn how to properly incubate and hatch eggs. It...
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Bathing Silkies: How To Keep Them Bright & Fluffy! Do you have a Silkie that's looking grubby? Maybe you think your Silkie looks 'flat'...
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The Great Big Giant Marek's Disease FAQ
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The Great Big Giant Marek's Disease FAQ "Marek’s disease is one of the most ubiquitous avian infections; it is identified in chicken flocks...
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