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Old-Time Tips For Healthy Winter Chickens

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Winter chickens inspire a range of tips for keeping flocks healthy and happy. We've rounded up thoughts from writers of yesteryear on the topic.

Infographic: Biosecurity Helps Keep Hens Healthy

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Having healthy chickens is a matter of protecting against illness. Follow these simple steps for biosecurity to keep your flock guarded against sickness.

Here’s A Chicken Tip: What To Know When Starting Out

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Poultry |
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Thinking about getting some laying hens this year? Experienced keepers offer up a chicken tip (or two) they wish they'd known earlier.

Animals Heal The Land In Regenerative Agriculture

Animals | Farm Management | Large Animals | Poultry |
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The Combes family in California’s Central Valley turned a few acres of dirt into a multispecies hobby farm, using livestock for regenerative agriculture.

Stacy Benjamin Of 5R Farm Loves Raising Turkeys

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We talk turkey with farm owner Stacy Benjamin about how she got into raising turkeys, the birds' curiosity and those eye-catching snoods.

How To Get Started Raising Turkeys

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Looking to add some variety to your poultry endeavors? Raising turkeys might be right for you. Here's how you can get started.

Black Chicken: Get To Know Ayam Cemani

Animals | Poultry |
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This black chicken brings new meaning to the term dark meat. Learn more about this rare breed, which hails from Indonesia.

Meet Montana Brand Inspector Paul Johnson

Animals | Farm Management | Large Animals |
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As a brand inspector, Paul Johnson never knows what his day will hold. Read about his goat-wrangling, cattle-chasing career in the Big Sky Country.

Meet The Sicilian Buttercup Chicken

Animals | Poultry |
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Learn about the Sicilian Buttercup chicken. It's a breathtaking—and breathtakingly rare—heritage breed with a storied past.

5 Dangerous Chicken Diseases (And How To Avoid Them)

Animals | Poultry |
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Keep your flock healthy and lower the chances of menacing maladies. A clean coop and common-sense hygiene can protect against these five diseases.

An Old World Wonder: Visiting Jacobs Heritage Farm

Animals | Beekeeping | Large Animals | Poultry |
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Jacobs Heritage Farm is the place to find exceptional honey, eggs, meat and more, with a nod to times and places gone by.

10 Gift Ideas For Farmers

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Poultry |
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Stuck on what to buy this holiday season? Here are 10 gift ideas that are sure to put a smile on the face of that farmer in your life.

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