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Chicken Quarters: Prevent Coccidiosis Infection In Your Flock

Animals | Poultry | Urban Farming |
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The best indicator of this potentially fatal parasitic condition can be found in your chickens’ poo.

4 Udder And Teat Problems Affecting Your Breeding Animals

Animals | Large Animals |
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Take proactive measures to keep your animal mother’s teats and udders disease-free during breeding season.

About Hog Raising

Animals | Large Animals |
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Before you bring home the bacon, learn about what it takes to get started in the pig farming.

Chicken Quarters: 3 Solutions for Aggression Within the Flock

Animals | Poultry | Urban Farming |
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Handle a nuisance hen or rooster with one of these three proven methods.

Win Over Native Bees with These 5 Hospitality Secrets

Beekeeping | Crops & Gardening |
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We sure hope native bees aren’t going anywhere, but without some TLC (and possibly some swooning), they’re likely to take their bee bodies elsewhere.

The News Hog: Bird Bugs

Animals | Poultry |
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A new study finds external parasites are a problem for backyard chickens, but you don't need to worry—too much.

Therapy Chickens: Creating Bonds And Improving Health

Animals | Poultry | Urban Farming |
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Although they’re not the most likely of companion animals, chickens can help bring joy to humans in recovery.

Permaculture Chicken Keeping

Animals | Farm Management | Poultry | Urban Farming |
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Integrate your flock into a healthy growing system that is self-supporting.

Why Trapping Flock Predators Is A Bad Idea

Animals | Poultry | Urban Farming |
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Trapping an unwanted wild animal in your backyard can not only injure you or the animal, it could be illegal.

Chicken First Aid: How to Treat a Sick or Injured Chicken

Animals | Poultry | Urban Farming |
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A sick or injured chicken’s road to recovery starts with the chicken keeper.

12 Signs You’re Becoming a Beek

Beekeeping | Urban Farming |
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Have you traded your time in front of the TV for time in front of the hive? Watch out, you’re on your way to becoming a bee geek.

Ventilate Your Coop

Beginning Farmers | Homesteading | Poultry | Urban Farming |
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Different from a draft, coop ventilation is needed year-round to keep your flock from getting sick or frostbitten.

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