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EGG-cellent Ideas For Hands-On Learning Activities

March 26, 2020
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Chicken Care, Recipes

By: Shannon Latham, Enchanted Acres Spring in Iowa is synonymous with chicks, bunnies, lambs, baby goats, daffodils and tulips. This year it also brought an early spring dusting of snow at Enchanted Acres. A set of twin kids was born right…

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By webwise
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Week 7 With Rudd Rangers

March 25, 2020
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The Diary of a Chicken Owner, Chicken Care

The chicks are now 6 weeks old and moving their tractor everyday has become a part of my daily routine. It is hard to believe that not too long ago, they were little fluff balls arriving in the mail! They…

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By Hannah Sanders
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Learning from Chickens

March 24, 2020
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Chicken Care

With coronavirus closing schools, millions of parents have unexpectedly become home school teachers. They are learning how valuable trained professional teachers are as they attempt to help their kids expand their math, reading, and problem-solving abilities. It’s a great time…

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By Rich & Marion Patterson
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Week 6 With Rudd Rangers

March 18, 2020
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The Diary of a Chicken Owner, Chicken Care

A whole week in the great outdoors, and our Rudd Rangers are loving the extra space! Each weighs about a pound now. All together they eat 3/4 a feeder full of food per day! All this eating makes…

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By Hannah Sanders
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Week 5 with Chicks

March 12, 2020
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The Diary of a Chicken Owner, Chicken Care

This week the chicks have officially moved outside! All 13 are now living in the chicken tractor with lots of extra space to run, play, and just be chickens. As they grew in size, they also grew in stink. Of…

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By Hannah Sanders
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If Eggs Could Talk

March 12, 2020
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Chicken Care, Egg Laying

Pop open a carton of grocery store eggs and all 12 of them look identical. Gleaming white and nutritious. Open a carton of eggs laid by a mixed backyard flock of hens and the eye is greeted with a delightful…

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By Rich & Marion Patterson
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Brooders for 1st Time Chick Owners

March 9, 2020
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Chicken Care

You’ve been told that you need to set up a brooder for your chicks. But how do you set up a brooder when you aren’t even sure of what a brooder is? Don’t worry. Brooders are simple to set up…

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By Shelby DeVore
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Week 4 With New Chicks

March 9, 2020
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Chicken Care, The Diary of a Chicken Owner

Our Rudd Ranger chicks are turning from babies into teenagers right before our eyes! They are growing more "real" feathers, and just like true teenagers, love to act silly and play rough with each other. One of their favorite things…

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By Hannah Sanders
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To Heat or Not to Heat the Chicken Coop…

February 28, 2020
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Chicken Care

A big question on backyard chicken keepers’ minds when the snow starts to fly and the temperature start to drop is to heat the coop or not to heat the coop. Some people emphatically say no way! And other chicken…

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By Michelle Marine
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How to Keep Multiple Species of Birds Together

February 28, 2020
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Chicken Care, Ducks & Fowl, Guineas, Quail, Turkeys

Let’s face the truth. Chickens are the gateway to multiple species of birds. Or was that only me? I started out with a flock of chickens, learned that it’s not that hard to keep backyard poultry, and then found myself…

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By Michelle Marine
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