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Heritage Chicken Breeds
Old is the new "new" when it comes to chicken breeds. Try raising some of these old-timer chickens for their unique qualities.
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Dominique Leal from the California-based farm The Clucking Sisters breaks down the personalities that sparkle in her backyard flock. 📸 The Clucking Sisters, ✍ Phillip Mlynar
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Sticktight fleas are smaller and less mobile than common fleas, and the parasites love chickens and other poultry. Here's how to prevent or manage an infestation in a flock. 📸 Sidorov_Ruslan/Shutterstock, ✍ Audrey Pavia
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If your hen keeps smashing eggs you hope you hatch, your girl may (for a few reasons) be just too young to serve as a broody. Here's why. 📸 Adina Voicu/Pixabay, ✍ Ana Hotaling
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How long does a chicken live? If cared for properly, chickens can have a lifespan of a decade or more, producing eggs for much of that time. 📸, ✍ Ana Hotaling
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Types Of Chickens
Raising Chickens
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Poultry Farming
Mulberry Color
Rhode Island Red
Silkie Chickens
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Chicken combs come in a variety of shapes and sizes, depending on the breed. Whether you're choosing for climate or aesthetics, here's a quick primer on combs! 📸 Pat Stornebrink/Shutterstock ✍ Samantha Johnson
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Keeping Chickens
Spring Weather
Cold Weather
Spring Time
This Is Us
Spring weather can be very unpredictable, so when springtime cold weather hits, protect your chickens and other poultry from the frosty effects. 📸, ✍ Ana Hotaling
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Chicken Coops
Geography
Purpose
Bedding
Though bedding material used in chicken coops may vary by geography and availability, the purpose of providing bedding remains the same: to manage waste and to provide a soft place for chickens to lay eggs. 📸 lunamarina/Shutterstock ✍ Sarah Coleman
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Bad Chicken
Broody
Types Of Animals
In The Tree
Bad Habits
There aren't bad chickens, but your birds can certainly develop some bad habits. From egg-eating to sleeping in trees, here are common problems (and what you can do). 📸 loocmill/Shutterstock, ✍ Shelly Wutke
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Free Pictures
Free Images
Red Clown Nose
Bike Horn
The Barnyard
Backyard Birds
It's true that roosters can make quite a racket. But female chickens get plenty noisy, too, and these communications are nothing to worry about. 📸 Lolame/Pixabay, ✍ Ana Hotaling
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Mcmurray Hatchery
Bantam Chickens
Brown Eggs
Guinea Fowl
Heads And Tails
Dark Brown Eyes
This large, white chicken lays brown eggs and has striking features great for showing. Can you guess what it is? Read on for the answer! 📸 Diane Jacky
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Button Quail
Emu Egg
Egg Incubator
Quail Eggs
If you've got some hens and at least one rooster, you may consider hatching your own eggs with an incubator. Here's a look at some popular models. 📸 Aleksey Mnogosmyslov/Shutterstock, ✍ Marissa King
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Chicken Eating
Chicken Runs
Funny Chicken
Flash Fiction Stories
Wild Bird Feeders
Urban Chickens
Chicken Breeds
What will chickens eat? Honestly, just about anything, so be careful of the few things that can hurt your flock of precious birds. 📸 Jan Baborák/Unsplash, ✍ Ana Hotaling
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Poultry For Sale
Laying Hens
Lean Body
Garden Pests
What's the right chicken breed for your farm? Here's how to determine which breeds will best meet your poultry expectations. 📸 Tyler T. Photography/Shutterstock, ✍ Ashleigh Krispense
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Chicken Swing
Cute Chicken Coops
Chicken Toys
Buy Chickens
Toys For Chickens
Fancy Chickens
Backyard Chickens
Looking to bring your poultry passion indoors or maybe upgrade the chicken coop? Our editors found these nine items every chicken-keeper should check out! 📸 BackyardBarnyardShop, ✍ Sarah Coleman
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Backyard Poultry
Baby Chicks
Things To Come
Animals
Matins
It's a real question: Is cannibalism common among chickens? And while there is a clear answer, keepers do need to keep an eye out for certain behaviors and conditions. 📸 Thomas B./Pixabay, ✍ Ana Hotaling
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Cucumber Plant
Meet Friends
Coyotes
Chickens Backyard
Hawks
Susan from the Michigan-based Chick Outta Water tells us about warding off hawks, battling coyotes and coming up with food-based chick names. 📸 Chick Outta Water, ✍ Phillip Mlynar
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Poultry Business
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Gourmet Chicken
Us Department Of Agriculture
Joint Venture
First Humans
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is on the move in the U.S., so chicken-keepers should stay vigilant and informed. Here's what to know. 📸 Finn Mund/Unsplash, ✍ Ana Hotaling
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Best Egg Laying Chickens
Chicken Coop Kit
Building A Chicken Coop
Chicken Waterer
Hen Chicken
Organic Chicken Feed
Bird Flu
For those curious about keeping chickens, the question is common: Does a hen need to mate with a rooster to produce an egg? Here's what to know. 📸 klimkin/Pixabay, ✍ Ana Hotaling
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Flocking
Eggs
Advice
Building
Buying hatching eggs from Ebay is a great option for building your flock. Jake from White House on the Hill shares his advice. 📸 White House on the Hill, ✍ Rachel Porter
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Chicken Tractors
Coops
Northern California
Southern
Southern California was a dream until it wasn't for Lisa Wilson, who finally left L.A. for Northern California to enjoy family and a flock of eight chickens. 📸, ✍ Lisa Wilson
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Chicken Race
Black Oil Sunflower Seeds
Bad Eggs
Winter is not the time to be caught featherless! If feather loss persists into colder temperatures, follow these tips to find the cause and keep hens comfy. 📸 Carrie Epley/Shutterstock ✍ Kristi Cook
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Roosters
Hens
Yard
Canning
Health
Though it's perfectly valid to keep only hens, roosters that meet a few important criteria can be invaluable additions to the chicken yard. 📸, ✍ Bruce Ingram
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How To Stay Healthy
Survival
Birds
Navel
A newly hatched chick has a navel from its time in the egg, and ensuring this small area stays healthy is critical to the bird's survival. 📸 andia/Shutterstock ✍ Moira McGhee
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Black Feathers
King
Meat
Animales
A breed that is revered by poultry enthusiasts and breeders, the Ayam Cemani is held in high regard for its black feathers, skin and meat. 📸 dwi putra stock/Shutterstock ✍ Marissa King
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Thanksgiving Leftovers
Green Grapes
Holiday Wreaths
Give your chickens some holiday flair with these four projects for poultry-safe wreaths, which can be hung in or around the coop to add festive fun. 📸, ✍ Ana Hotaling
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