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Important Tips For Traveling With Chickens

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Chicken Coops & Housing | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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Sometimes you need to move your chickens from one point to another, so keep these things in mind when traveling with your birds.

A Fungus Can Harm Chickens, So Protect Your Flock

Animals | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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Omnipresent in our environment, fungi can cause serious illness in poultry flocks. Here’s a look at five of the most common fungal diseases and mycotoxins that can affect our fowl. 

Chickens & Fireworks: Flock Dangers & What You Can Do

Animals | Chicken Coops & Housing | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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Animals don't like fireworks, and that includes chickens, too. Here's what to watch for and what to do if your flock's terrorized by neighborly pyrotechnics.

What Should You Do After An Unexpected Chicken Death?

Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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Try as we might to care for each chicken in our flock, sometimes unexpected death occurs. Here's how to respond if one of your hens should die.

Pasture-Raised French Marans Chickens Star At Lé Koopé

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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Musette Gonzalez from Lé Koopé, a family-focused farm in Florida, tells us about producing a rainbow of different colored eggs, chicken hats and more!

Well-Managed Livestock Manure Is A Farmer’s Best Friend

Animals | Chickens 101 | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Homesteading | Large Animals | Permaculture | Poultry |
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Dealing with animal excrement doesn’t have to stink! Put that livestock manure to work on the farm with management practices that yield nutrient-rich fertilizer.

Can You Identify This Mystery Chicken Breed?

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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This cold-hardy breed lays cream-colored eggs and hails from a small village in France. Can you guess what it is? Read on for the answer!

Four Places To Visit If You Really Love Chickens

Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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If your love of chickens goes above and beyond, consider a visit to one of these locales that (in name at least) pay homage to our feathered friends.

Love For Alpacas & Peacocks Keeps KiTri Farms Running

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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The mother-and-daughter duo behind the Ontario-based KiTri Farms tells us how their animals have helped them through periods of pandemic isolation.

This Cool Coop Brings Joy To Chickens & Their Keepers

Animals | Chicken Coops & Housing | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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Custom built with cleanliness and comfort in mind, this coop keeps chickens happy and healthy, and brings joy to their Kentucky keepers.

The Kardashihen Flock Frolics At Hawthorn Creek Homestead

Animals | Beekeeping | Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Homesteading | Poultry |
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Hawthorn Creek Homestead founder Brandie Funk tells us how her flock of chickens, the Kardashihens, and bees help to uphold a family farming legacy.

Chicken Chat: Losing A Pet Teaches The Value Of Life

Animals | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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Losing a chicken is a difficult experience, but one keeper shares how memories of pet chickens can remind us of how all life is precious.

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