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4 Tips to Boost your Chickens' Immune System

Follow these tips to boost your chicken's immune system, keep your flock healthy, and prevent illness. Chickens are often susceptible...

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Rhode Island Red Chicken: The Ultimate Guide

Welcome to our journey into the fascinating world of Rhode Island Red chickens, a breed that has earned its place...

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Australorp Chicken: The Ultimate Guide

Few chicken breeds evoke the charm and utility of the Australorp, a breed that has left a mark on poultry...

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White Crested Black Polish Chicken Breed

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Polish Chicken Breed: The Complete Guide

In the realm of poultry, few breeds capture the imagination quite like the Polish chicken. With its regal crest of...

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Olive Oil Chicken Feed: 7 Health Benefits

Offering Olive Oil Chicken Feed to your flock can offer some important potential health benefits! From the lustrous sheen of...

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Speckled Sussex Chicken: The Complete Guide

The Speckled Sussex boasts a delightful personality that has won the hearts of chicken enthusiasts worldwide. Join us as we...

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Olive Egger Chicken Breed: The Ultimate Guide

The Olive Egger chicken breed, with their stunning plumage and unique egg colors, have taken the poultry world by storm....

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Easter Egger Chicken: The Complete Guide

Easter Egger chickens are popular among backyard chicken keepers because they are easy to care for, have friendly personalities, and...

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4 Tips to Boost your Chickens' Immune System

Follow these tips to boost your chicken's immune system, keep your flock healthy, and prevent illness. Chickens are often susceptible...

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Rhode Island Red Chicken: The Ultimate Guide

Welcome to our journey into the fascinating world of Rhode Island Red chickens, a breed that has earned its place...

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Australorp Chicken: The Ultimate Guide

Few chicken breeds evoke the charm and utility of the Australorp, a breed that has left a mark on poultry...

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Polish Chicken Breed: The Complete Guide

In the realm of poultry, few breeds capture the imagination quite like the Polish chicken. With its regal crest of...

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Olive Oil Chicken Feed: 7 Health Benefits

Offering Olive Oil Chicken Feed to your flock can offer some important potential health benefits! From the lustrous sheen of...

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Speckled Sussex Chicken: The Complete Guide

The Speckled Sussex boasts a delightful personality that has won the hearts of chicken enthusiasts worldwide. Join us as we...

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Olive Egger Chicken Breed: The Ultimate Guide

The Olive Egger chicken breed, with their stunning plumage and unique egg colors, have taken the poultry world by storm....

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Easter Egger Chicken: The Complete Guide

Easter Egger chickens are popular among backyard chicken keepers because they are easy to care for, have friendly personalities, and...

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Safe Food for Chickens to Eat

Raising chickens is a fun and rewarding hobby, but it's also important to make sure that they are receiving a...

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Toxic food for chickens: 15 foods to avoid

Feeding chickens toxic food can harm their health and lead to various health problems, including illness, reduced egg production, and...

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Best Chicken Breeds for Beginners

Choosing the best chicken breeds for beginners is important to ensure that you have a successful and enjoyable experience raising...

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Welsummer Chicken Breed: The Complete Guide

The Welsummer chicken breed is distinguished by its beautiful brown and red feathers. It is also renowned for its exceptionally...

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Plymouth Rock Chicken: The Ultimate Guide

The Plymouth Rock chicken breed is well-known for its hardiness, heat and cold tolerance, and friendly personality. They also lay...

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Wyandotte Chicken Breed: The Ultimate Guide

The Wyandotte chicken breed is a favorite among backyard flock owners for their dependable, egg-laying, easygoing nature and cold hardiness....

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Top 5 Chicken Coops for sale in 2022

My Pet Chicken offers the best selection of backyard chicken coops for sale at great prices! We have coops and...

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Backyard Chicken Care Calendar - A Year-Round C...

Our easy-to-follow year-round backyard chicken care calendar checklist will help you with everything related to your backyard chicken flock. Raising...

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Pros of Ordering Started Chicken Pullets

Started Pullets are a great way to add to your backyard chicken flock. There are many benefits to ordering started...

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Has the Avian Flu Outbreak Affected Your State?

A comprehensive guide to keeping yourself informed about the HPAI outbreak. The 2022-2023 avian flu outbreak in the United States has affected...

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10 great reasons to have chickens

The Very Definition of Low-Maintenance Chickens don't need to be walked, brushed, or fed twice a day. Essentially all you...

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How to Choose a Backyard Chicken Coop

Knowing how to choose a backyard chicken coop to purchase for your flock can be a daunting task. Yet it...

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Silkie Chicken: The Ultimate Guide

Of all the ornamental chicken breeds, the Silkie chicken (sometimes spelled Silky) is the most popular and most loved. Can't...

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Top Five Summer Treats for Chickens

During the season's heat, summer treats for chickens can provide mental stimulation, nutrition, and a cooling break. A cooling break?...

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Top Chicken Breeds for Hot Weather

Picking the top chicken breeds for hot weather is crucial to keeping a thriving flock. We humans can head into...

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Chicken Sitter Checklist

A complete guide to leaving your flock with a chicken sitter Your vacation is booked, and your luggage is packed....

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Tips for Planning Your Chicken Coops

Your chicks are on order and the brooder tub is all set up and ready for them. Now you just...

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Avian Influenza is here: 5 takeaways

You’ve heard about highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the news unless you’ve been hiding under a rock! Wondering what this...

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DIY Christmas Garland for your Pet Chickens

Making a DIY Christmas garland for your pet chickens is a fun way to share the spirit of giving with...

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Cold weather chickens - 8 things NOT to do to i...

How to prepare your chickens for winter isn't especially intuitive. In fact, many people may take steps that can actually...

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A Guide to Building a Chicken First Aid Kit

Owning a chicken first aid kit for your flock is a must! Let's face it, no matter what level chicken...

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Herbs for Chickens -Top 6 to Grow for your Flock

If you’re growing a garden, consider adding herbs for chickens. Their benefits are two-fold, because they’re good for your birds...

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Can baby chicks get too much chick grit?

One customer's story of too much chick grit.... Too much chick grit can be harmful to your newly delivered flock....

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Use First Saturday Lime for Chickens & Your Gar...

First Saturday Lime is great for the garden and chicken coop! One of my must-have supplies for backyard homesteading is...

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4 Rules of chicken keeping

So you want chickens? Here are the first 4 rule...

Does Coronavirus have you thinking about producing your own food? Sweet. But take a sec and think this through, please......

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"Time Oat!" The Problem with Oatmeal for Chicke...

During the cold winter months, many of us like to offer a warm bowl of oatmeal for our chickens. While...

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How To Keep Chickens Warm in Winter: 7 Ways to ...

Honey, it's cold outside! Chickens can take the cold better you would think, and in most cases don't require heating...

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Tragedy to Artistry: Appreciating Chicken Feat...

It was crisp and cool, with the pleasant smell of fall in the air, as I walked to my chicken...

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What happens when frostbite strikes

Last week, with the windchill, it was 19 below zero here in Connecticut. I secured our coop and tucked everyone...

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Chicken Vent Gleet: An Icky, Sticky Problem

Our My Pet Chicken Flock Care Specialists receive health-related questions from y'all almost daily. A common question is about what...

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Cats and Chickens Can Be Buddies......

Seriously, cats and chickens, seemingly mortal foes, can be good buddies! A bit over a year ago, my ten year...

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Chicken Coop Fire - Moving On After Tragedy

“Mr. Tim, your coop is on fire!” We ran outside to see the coop engulfed in flames...

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Small flock guidelines for FDA's new rules

If you keep chickens and haven't yet heard about the FDA's recent rules and standards changes please take a moment to read...

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Lash Egg: the grossest egg your hens will lay

While most of the eggs your hens will lay are going to be normal, to start off October on a...

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Farm insurance: 4 good reasons to get it

If you sell or give away your eggs, or have friends and neighbors over to visit your chickens -- and...

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4 things you can do to protect a rural flock

Chickens are so easy to raise that they fit almost anywhere. Many are in small suburban backyards where predator loads...

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5 tips for designing a custom chicken run

Has your chicken math exceeded your run space? Have you decided to add a run to an existing coop for...

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