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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...

Best Chickens for Cold Weather
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Best Chickens for Cold Weather

Picking the top chicken breeds for cold weather is crucial to keeping a thriving flock in winter. So, if you...

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Cold weather chickens - 8 things NOT to do to in winter
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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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Keeping Geese in Winter: Top 3 Tips
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Keeping Geese in Winter: Top 3 Tips

Are your geese ready for winter? Geese are large, hardy birds that often thrive in cooler weather. But if you...

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So you want chickens? Here are the first 4 rules of chicken farming.
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......

"Time Oat!" The Problem with Oatmeal for Chickens + 2 Healthy Alternatives
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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...

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

What happens when frostbite strikes
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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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