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3 Weeds Your Chickens Will Love to Eat

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Before you mow your lawn, look for these free-growing treats that your backyard flock will love.

Enrich Your Chickens’ Environment for Better Health

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Bust your birds' boredom while boosting natural behaviors and nutritional health in your flock by thinking like a zookeeper.

How to Catch a Chicken That Doesn’t Want to Be Caught

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When you need to catch one of your birds that is set on getting away from you, use one of these approaches.

Breed Profiles: Meet the Roman Goose

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The Roman goose goes back to ancient times. Its bright personality and vocal nature make it good for guarding smaller poultry such as chickens.

Get Eggs From Your Chickens All Year Round

Animals | Farm Management | Poultry |
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By having the right chicken breeds and adding proper light, you can continue to produce and collect farm-fresh eggs through winter.

Right & Wrong Ways to Store Eggs

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Regardless of whether they are farm-fresh or store-bought, there are right and wrong ways to store eggs. Here are some basic tips.

4 Store-Bought Treats Your Flock Will Love

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Leftovers have their limit before they affect chicken health, so for supplemental treats, try products with names such as Crackleberry, Fly Fiesta and Grubblies.

Shutterclucks: Our Editors Choose Readers’ Best Chicken Photos

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Chickens editors asked for photos, and readers sent them in. Here are some of the best.

Chicken Health A to Z (Part 2): Know the Ailments That Can Affect Your Flock

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In the second part of this series, we continue alphabetically through chicken ailments, covering dehydration, egg binding and egg eating.

Control the Big 3 Parasites in Chickens

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Infestations of certain types of mites, lice and fleas can decrease egg production and affect bird health. Learn to fight these parasites.

Say “Cheese!” Here Are the Best Recent Livestock Photos From Readers

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This round of contenders is led by a group of cows watching a fencing project. Also appearing are a honeybee, goats, a rooster and a smiling lamb.

Help! My Chicken Ate Something Terrible

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Rocks, cigarette butts, small mammals—chickens eat some alarming things. As it turns out, most of them are not cause for concern.

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