Chicken Grit; Grit for Baby & Adult Chickens

This week in our basics series, we’ll be discussing chicken grit, a necessary supplement for your chicks as well as your mature chickens. The need for grit varies

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Super Sized Eggs – Double or Triple Yolks

This week, I’d like to discuss a very unusual occurrence shared by reader, Sandy Elgert… “Dear Duncan and Wendy, I went to gather the last Thursday, and this

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Baby Chickens; Chick Care After Natural Hatchings

In the last few weeks we’ve been discussing the transition from incubator to brooding area for your newly hatched chicks. This week in our “Basics Series”, we’ll talk

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Free Ranging Chickens – Definition

How is “free range” defined? ~ David Helms. When I think of free range chickens, I get a very specific picture in my mind. Let me describe it

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Baby Chickens; Feed & Litter Material

Last week we covered your newly hatched chick’s need for water. This week we’ll move on to their feed and litter material. A chick will instinctively peck at

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Small Scale Hen Keeping – Reader Success

Hi Duncan and Wendy, Just thought that you’d be interested in my 4 Isa Brown Hens. Have had them since the beginning of February 09 and so far

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Baby Chickens; The Importance of Fresh Water

Second to heat, water is the most important thing your newly hatched chicks need and that is the topic for this week’s “Basics Series”. A few weeks ago

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How Do Chickens Bathe Themselves?

“How do chickens bathe themselves?” ~ Katheryn Nutter Katheryn thanks so much for the question. Chickens are naturally clean animals, particularly if their living conditions are ideal. If

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Baby Chickens; Heating The Brooding Area

To quickly review from last week, a newly hatched chick is unable to maintain its body temperature. The chick is usually kept warm by its mother when she

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Increasing Egg Laying Productivity Using Artificial Lights

“If we add a light to our coop during the winter months to try to increase egg productivity will it reduce the egg laying life span of the

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