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Kauai’s Wild Chickens

July 2, 2019
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Visitors to Hawaii’s island of Kauai are surprised and often delighted to spot chickens nearly everywhere. Kauai's wild chickens lead strings of chicks across shopping center parking lots. Rooster crowing seems to come from every direction, and often cars must…

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Three ways to Make your Lawn more Sustainable with Chickens

May 13, 2019
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Homesteading

Most families that keep a flock of backyard chickens have a front or side lawn, but few use it to advantage. Even a small lawn can help chickens. There are many ways you can reuse your lawn clippings when you…

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Giving Your Chickens A Good Night’s Sleep

May 3, 2019
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Chicken Care

Both people and chickens appreciate a good night’s sleep. As warm months approach odds are better that humans will be more comfortable after dark than their chickens. After all, people live in well-ventilated houses with screened windows to exclude pesky…

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Demystifying Chicken Feed

April 18, 2019
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Chicken Care, Feeding

When it comes to food, chickens are just like people. Both need a nutritious well-balanced diet to be both healthy and productive. That’s a simple concept but visit a feed store and a customer confronts a dizzying array of feed…

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Managing A Chicken Run

April 5, 2019
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Chicken Care, Homesteading

A joy of keeping a backyard chicken run is watching hens frolic outdoors. Spending time in the fresh air gives birds a chance to sunbathe, dust their feathers, flap their wings, run, and enjoy dining on tasty green shoots and…

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Enjoying Chicken Behavior

March 15, 2019
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Chicken Care

One of the joys of keeping a backyard flock of hens is learning that most people are wrong about chickens. Ask most folks what they think of chickens and they’re likely respond that they are simple minded, smelly creatures useful…

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Do Chickens Make Good Pets?

March 15, 2019
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Chicken Care, Uncategorized

A woman is occasionally spotted on a New York City sidewalk, leash in hand, walking a chicken. Ask her if chickens make great pets and you’ll get an enthusiastic, “Yes! They are wonderful.” Her chicken lives with her in her…

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Making A Simple Chick Brooder

March 1, 2019
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Chicken Care, Uncategorized

In our modern world, only a tiny percentage of baby chicks are lucky enough to have a caring mother. For nearly all of the 6,000 or so years that chickens have been domesticated the only way chicks came into the…

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Choosing Chickens For Their Traits

December 2, 2018
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In many ways chickens are like people. Both species come in a dazzling array of sizes, body shapes and colors. On top of easily seen features are less visible traits. Chickens, like people, are individuals. They have personalities. Watch a…

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Letting The Girls Do The Work

October 3, 2018
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Homesteading, Uncategorised, Uncategorized

Opening a box of just delivered peeping baby chicks is an exciting spring event. Perhaps not as dramatic but just as fascinating is dropping bean, squash, corn, lettuce, and many other garden seeds in moist spring soil. Both chicks and…

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