Preparing For Your New Chickens

Raising chickens in your backyard doesn’t require too much work, but initially you will need to work a little harder to set everything up and ensure that you have everything they need to live healthy and happy lives with you. A good healthy chicken will live to be 8 – 10 years. That’s a long…

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Learn How To Take Good Care Of Your Baby Chicks

Baby chicks are without a doubt the most adorable little creatures around. Their fluffy yellow fur gives them the appearance that they are bigger then what they are. Don’t be fooled these baby chicks do require a bit of attention, as does any newborn baby animal. Baby chicks are a bit of a handful, they…

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Feeding Your Chickens

What to feed your chickens will ultimiltey depend on what you expect from your chickens. Do you want them to produce organic eggs? Are you just raising them as your pets or are you looking to plump them up to eat for meat? Firstly, feeding your chickens is extrely simply. Chickens will eat almost anything…

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The Various Breeds of Chickens

There are many different breeds you can select from when keeping chickens. What type of chickens you finally decide to keep will depend on what’s available in your area as well as your purpose for keeping them. Here are but a few…

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Common Chicken Illnesses

It is important to know about common chicken illnesses if you are keeping chickens. If you are aware of the common illnesses and their symptoms you can head of any illnesses as soon as possible. If you don’t stop any illnesses as soon as you can then it may spread to your entire flock and…

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Maintaining Chicken Health in a Backyard Flock

Many people have decided that raising a small flock of chickens in their backyard is a good idea. They are right for a variety of reasons. The availability of fresh eggs, meat for those less squeamish, and bug control are just a few good reasons to keep chickens. Maintaining chicken health in a backyard flock…

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The Basics of Keeping Chickens

Many people keep their own chickens. Keeping chickens is more of a hobby or the desire to have your own fresh eggs, rather than a business. Individuals can keep up to 20 hens easily but this may be too many eggs for your own household. To have enough fresh eggs for yourself you may only…

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Chicken Feed Ideas & Suggestions

Quality chicken feed makes for healthy chickens. If you’ve chosen to raise chickens, it’s imperative that you choose the best possible feed in order to ensure you’re making the most of your investment. Raising chickens is a big commitment, they require constant care and proper nutrition. For these reasons, it might help to take some…

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