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Identifying Problems in Your Birds
For new chicken owners, identifying when a bird in their backyard flock is sick can be a challenge......
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Keeping ‘Em Healthy
Chickens are amazingly healthy animals, however, they can be vulnerable to many diseases if proper care isn't implemented....
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What Is FlockShield?
FlockShield healthy flock support aids in a strong gut as well as supports the absorption of nutrients....
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Chickens and Ticks: Tick-Tock, Tick Time is Here!
The warmer than average winter temps we enjoyed the past few years are taking revenge on our backyards. High tick populations are the result. Besides being pesky, the risk of Lyme disease contrac...
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Backyard Poultry Biosecurity In 6 Steps
Backyard Poultry Biosecurity? What exactly is it? As a poultry owner, you know how important it is to keep your birds healthy. By practicing biosecurity, you can help reduce the chances of your birds ...
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Care and Feeding of Meatbirds
The basic care of meatbird chicks is similar to other types of chicks. You'll need to provide a heat source along with free choice fresh water and appropriate feed. An important part of raising meatbi...
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When “She” Becomes “He” – Spontaneous Sex Reversal in Chickens
Sometimes chicken observers see birds do odd things... and few seem stranger than when a hen transforms into a rooster. It's not common, and a backyard flock owner may never experience it, but it happ...
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Salmonella Safety Tips
We emphasize the importance of good sanitation practices in many parts of our every day lives......
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How to Supplement Calcium to Your Flock
The shell of each egg that your hens are laying is made up of nearly 95% calcium carbonate by dry weight. To produce hard eggs, your chicken will be consuming up 20 times the amount of calcium in one ...
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Bumblefoot – Causes, Treatment and Prevention
The health and success of your chickens lies in your hands. Knowing what diseases, they're at risk for is critical for you to allow them to lead healthy lives. Bumblefoot, or plantar pododermatitis, i...
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Laying Issues: Internal Layers and Peritonitis
Similar to egg binding, Peritonitis (an indicator of internal laying), is a distressing issue that can occur with laying hens. Internal laying is a disorder where the yolk of the egg, rather than be...
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Egg Binding – Symptoms, Prevention and Treatment
Chickens are one of the only pets who can also make you breakfast - about once a day they provide you with a nutritious egg that can help feed yourself and your family. But when a normally healthy hen...
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Medicated Chick Starter Facts
You’ve decided on a breed, you decided how many to get, you may have even decided on some names – now there is one more decision to make: should you feed medicated or non-medicated chick starter?...
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Why Keep Ducks?
The backyard chicken keeping movement has been growing steadily over the past few years, invading residential neighborhoods, but what you may not realize is that backyard ducks are quietly growing in ...
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Molting: The Naked Truth
There comes a time in every chicken's life (usually around 14 - 18 months old) where they start to lose all their feathers, look gangly and downright ugly. But don't be alarmed! This is a natural proc...
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Disease Prevention in Poultry
For most backyard poultry enthusiasts, diseases are rare as long as the flock doesn't come into contact with other flocks. The most common disease for young, unmedicated flocks is coccidiosis, which i...
