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How to Start Raising Chickens: Five Welfare Needs
October 25, 2019 · · Chickens 101

Proper chicken husbandry means understanding what chickens need to be healthy. Learn how to start raising chickens with this lesson in chicken welfare.

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Environmentally Friendly Chicken Keeping
March 6, 2024 · · Chickens 101

Smart gardening, material reuse, and other easy tricks incorporate your flock into an environmentally friendly approach to animal husbandry.

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The Realities of Guinea Fowl Care

Providing good guinea fowl care can be a pleasure … or cause problems with the neighbors. Learn about the realities of guinea fowl.

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Kenyan Crested Guinea Fowl
March 1, 2024 · · Guineas, Poultry 101

Cotswold Wildlife Park is home to a wide range of animals, including exotic birds. Today we’re meeting the Kenyan Crested Guinea Fowl.

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What is Custard and Where is It From?

Sometimes, all it takes is a simple bowl of goodness like egg custard to wash away the worries and stresses in life. But what is custard?

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Egg Yolk Color and Nutrition

Get to know and understand how chicken feeds can impact egg quality, egg yolk color and nutrition.

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What Causes Double Yolk Eggs and Other Odd Eggs?
February 29, 2024 · · Eggs & Meat

What causes double yolk eggs? As chicks start to lay eggs, odds are you may find a double yolk egg in your egg basket.

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Egg Candling Chart

By candling the eggs, you can determine stage of development or if the egg has failed to develop and died within the shell.

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Modern Tips for Hatching Eggs for Kids in Classrooms
February 27, 2024 · · Eggs & Meat, Kids' Corner

The rules have changed.
When I was a kid, hatching eggs for kids in schools was as simple as bringing in eggs and an incubator.

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Spotting Ectoparasites on Ducks
February 23, 2024 · · Feed & Health

Waterfowl parasites, also called ectoparasites, eat blood, feather shafts and cause long term illness in your ducks.

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Picking A Tractor for Tractor Coops
February 23, 2024 · · Coops

Chicken tractors are a popular method of grazing birds on the homestead. Let’s look at some considerations for picking a tractor for tractor coops.

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