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Recipe: Cozy Up With Some Chicken Wild Rice Soup

Farm & Garden | Food | Homesteading | Recipes |
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This recipe for chicken and wild rice soup makes a delicious (and deliciously versatile) meal that's sure to cozy up the coldest winter day!

10 Last-Minute Gifts for Your Chicken-Loving Loved One 

Animals | Chicken Coops & Housing | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry | Poultry Equipment |
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These last-minute poultry gifts are perfect for the chicken lover in your life and still shipping for timely holiday delivery.

Video: Raise Mealworms To Save Money, Delight Your Chickens

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With little cost or effort, you can raise live mealworms to provide your backyard chickens for much less than you'll pay for the store-bought, dried treats.

Can You Identify This Mystery Chicken Breed?

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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Do you know this breed? This ancient Japanese chicken with striking tail and distinctly handsome colors and combinations is most often kept as an ornamental breed.

75 Tips For Successful Chicken-Keeping

Animals | Chicken Coops & Housing | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry | Poultry Equipment |
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To celebrate 75 issues of Chickens magazine, we present 75 expert chicken-keeping tips to help you enjoy your backyard poultry!

Warm Your Baby Chicks Without Using Heat Lamps

Animals | Chicken Coops & Housing | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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Raising chicks is fun and rewarding, but you need to provide the right heat to ensure their survival. Here are a few options for warming chicks without a heat lamp.

3 Creative Uses For Common Yard Carts

Beginning Farmers | Equipment | Farm & Garden | Homesteading |
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Yard carts can be put to use in so many ways. If you're looking to be inspired with new ways to use yard carts, you’ve come to the right place.

How To Help Your Chickens Through The Cold Winter

Animals | Chicken Coops & Housing | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry |
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Chickens generally fare fine in winter temperatures, but you can do a few things—from choosing hardy breeds to checking water—to help your birds keep cool in the cold.

Consider A Heritage Breed Of Sheep For Your Farm 

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Breeds | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Large Animals |
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When choosing what sheep to raise, consider a heritage breed. You can meet your own livestock needs while also ensuring breed diversity.

Video: How To Transplant A Newly Purchased Potted Plant

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Video |
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Potted plants liven things up inside or out any time of year, but it's important to follow a few steps when transplanting a new plant to a permanent container.

Great-Great-Grandma Selma’s Sugar Cookie Recipe 

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This century-old sugar cookie recipe makes delightful confectionary treats sure to liven up any occasion with a sweet and festive taste!

Finding Comfort & Joy At Willamette Valley Lavender

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden |
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Mike Mitchell and Sandra Solano-Mitchell from the Oregon-based Willamette Valley Lavender tell us about the benefits of living with lavender.

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