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10 Practical Tips To Keep Dogs Out Of Your Garden

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden |
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We love gardening and our dogs, but a dog in the garden can cause a real mess. Here are 10 things you can do today to deter canines from invading your growing space.

Cattle Feeding Basics: Vitamins & Minerals

Animals | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Large Animals |
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Cattle need a range of vitamins and minerals, depending on herd-specific factors. Here are some tips for determining your animals' nutritional needs.

Shutterclucks: Chickens Editors Choose Reader Photos

Animals | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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In the September/October issue of Chickens magazine, editors chose the best of the flock from submitted reader photos. Enjoy this gallery of beloved backyard chickens!

Chicken General Store: Fun & Helpful Poultry Products

Animals | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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Check out these fun chicken-themed products, from fun dishes to coop deodorizer and more, in this recent General Store roundup!

Compost Chicken Manure Right For Valuable Nutrients

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Permaculture | Poultry |
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You can apply chicken manure to add valuable nutrients to the garden, but it's critical to properly compost it first to keep dangerous bacteria off your produce.

Can Chickens Eat Table Scraps?

Animals | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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Here's What To Feed & How Much You Can Give Your Birds

This Cool Moveable Coop Keeps Chickens Happy

Animals | Chicken Coops & Housing | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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Chris Brown of Castleton, Vermont, shares how an interest in chickens led to construction of a moveable coop from on-hand materials.

Tour The World With These 7 Egg Recipes

Animals | Farm & Garden | Food | Poultry | Recipes |
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Spice things up in the kitchen with these 7 egg recipes from various parts of the world, from a sweet French omelette to curried deviled eggs.

The Boreray Sheep Of Orkney (Excerpt, “The Lost Flock”)

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals |
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In this excerpt from "The Lost Flock," author Jane Cooper recounts adding Boreray sheep to her flock and the resulting first-ever Boreray birth in Orkney.

Valerie Shaff’s Professional Tips For Photographing Chickens

Animals | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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New York-based animal photographer Valerie Schaff reveals five key things you can do to take better pictures when photographing chickens.

Flying Feathers: A Few Facts About Chicken Molting

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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Learn more about molting, the natural process in which a chicken sheds old feathers and grows new ones, by Chickens magazine editors.

Battle Of The Bulge (Pt 2): Overweight Cattle Challenges

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals |
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What happens when a fattened steer is too fat? Learn about some of the health challenges that overweight cattle can suffer from.

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