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    Essential Oils: Helping Your Birds Live Their Best Lives

    While there is still skepticism around the use of essential oils and more research to be conducted, some poultry farmers have integrated essential oils and other natural ingredients into their birds' ...

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    Amino Acids: Helping Your Flock Through Molt

    You may have seen the words amino acids on labels of human dietary supplements that claim to build healthy muscle, lower blood sugar, or improve skin condition. What are amino acids, and why are they ...

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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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    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...