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Successful Incubator Egg Hatching Starts With Your Phone

Animals | Poultry | Poultry Equipment |
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Adding a smart temperature and humidity controller to your incubator will cost you less than $50, but the devices might just save your next hatch.

Get Your Hands Dirty With Quarter Acre Farm

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Chicken Coops & Housing | Poultry |
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Kallie Sizemore of Quarter Acre Farm tells us how her chicken-focused farming adventure has become a form of beneficial growing therapy.

Book Review: “The Small-Scale Poultry Flock, Revised Edition”

Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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The revised edition of Harvey Ussery’s “The Small-Scale Poultry Flock” is an expanded guide to all-natural chicken-keeping for a variety of purposes.

Beyond Poultry Keeping: Becoming An NPIP Tester

Animals | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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If you love chickens but can't commit to full-time education, consider becoming an NPIP tester to monitor disease spread among chicken flocks.

Say Cheese! For Recent Reader Livestock Photos

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Large Animals | Poultry |
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This round of "Say Cheese" contenders includes perky piglets, goats gathered in greeting, a kitten playing peek-a-boo and much more!

Smart Devices Make Keeping Chickens Easier

Animals | Chicken Coops & Housing | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Poultry | Poultry Equipment |
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These ingenious smart devices handle common poultry-keeping tasks so you can focus on what's important—enjoying your chickens!

Beyond Poultry Keeping: Online Poultry-Science Certification

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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If you want to learn more about poultry science but don't have time for or access to in-person education, you may consider online poultry science certification programs.

Beyond Poultry Keeping: Learn More In A University Poultry Science Program  

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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Delve into your love of poultry with an education in poultry science! We look at some program options and what's involved in pursuing further education.

2022 Best Of Cluck Annual Photo Contest Winners!

Chicken Coops & Housing | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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Check out the winners of our annual 2022 Best of Cluck photo contest. We've got the cutest chick, best hen and rooster and much more!

Snapdragons, Rainbow Eggs Star At Goose Pond Homestead

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Chicken Coops & Housing | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Poultry |
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Telo Anderson from the Wisconsin-based homestead tells us about using a farm stand to forge connections with the local community.

Bantam Breeds Pack A Lot Into A Little

Animals | Breeds | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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Bantam breeds are certainly cute little birds, but these chickens carry their own weight in delicious eggs and meat, and incomparable companionship.

An Emergency Plan Is Essential To Keeping Chickens

Animals | Chicken Coops & Housing | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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When disaster strikes, it's important to have an emergency plan in place not just for you, but for your chickens, too. Here are some things to keep in mind.

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