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Chicken General Store: Gifts, Decor & More!

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Poultry | Poultry Equipment |
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Check out these fun chicken-themed products, from a pewter spoon to homeopathic treatments and more, in this recent General Store roundup!

Can You Identify This Mystery Chicken Breed?

Animals | Breeds | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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One of the oldest breeds of domesticated poultry, this rare breed has a long body, short legs and a fifth toe! Can you identify this mystery breed?

How To Handle End-Of-Life Decisions For Chickens

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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Chicken keeping isn’t always easy, and when chickens fall ill, it's important to know how to handle treatment and potential end-of-life decisions.

Helpful Tips For Getting Started With Chickens

Animals | Chicken Coops & Housing | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Health & Nutrition | Poultry | Poultry Equipment |
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Whether you’re getting your first or 40th chick, this advice is sure to start chickens off right, so check out these poultry-keeping tips before you begin.

Chicken Chat: Growing A Joyful, Fancy Flock

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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Chickens filled a void left by the loss of Stella M's beloved cat, leading this young chicken-keeper to start flocks for herself and others.

Chicken Coop For The Soul: Therapy Chickens At Work

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | News | Poultry |
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Chickens are waddling their way into more hearts through animal-assisted therapy. Check out these stories of chickens helping people in times of need.

Reasons To Keep Older Hens In Your Flock

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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Why would you keep older hens who no longer lay eggs? There are a number of reasons, in fact, from brooding abilities to friendship and more!

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.

The Honest Truth About Serama, 3 More Chicken Breeds

Animals | Breeds | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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In this final "honest truth" about popular poultry, we recount experiences keeping Rhode Island Red, Golden Comet, Barred Plymouth Rock and Serama chicken breeds.

Setting Up An Egg CSA For Your Community

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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Give your flock a job by setting up an egg CSA for feed funds, good food for your neighbors and food production education for those who want to know more.

The Honest Truth About Marans, 3 More Chicken Breeds (Pt. 3) 

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Poultry |
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Looking at four more popular chicken breeds, we discuss real-life experiences keeping Dutch Booted Bantams, Japanese Bantams, Polish and Marans.

The Honest Truth About 4 More Chicken Breeds (Pt. 2)

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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Continuing with our look at popular breeds, we discuss real-life experiences keeping Araucana, Cochin, Easter Egger and Welsummer chickens.

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