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Does your pet make you breakfast? Tips Tricks for raising chickens, building chicken coops, choosing chicken breeds + ask questions in our community forum
- Choosing the Right Chicken Breed: A Guide for Beginners
Choosing the right chicken breed is a decision that will have a big impact on your flock’s success By considering your primary purpose (eggs, meat, or both), your local climate, the amount of space available, and the chickens' temperament, you can make a well-informed choice that will set you up for a productive and enjoyable chicken-raising
- What Is The Life Expectancy of Chickens? - BackYard Chickens
A heritage chicken is one that has been naturally raised and bred, while a hybrid chicken is one that has been selectively bred for specific traits Chickens of heritage are naturally capable of laying eggs and their egg-laying cycle may last two or three years, or even longer On the other hand, hybrid chickens lay hard and then fizzle out
- Coccidiosis How To Treat It - BackYard Chickens
Coccidiosis How To Treat It Picture by animallover1654 What is Coccidiosis? Coccidia are a microscopic parasitic organism that infect poultry when ingested by the chicken The parasites found in the ground or bird feces attaches
- 24 Cool Chicken Runs – Plans, Pictures, Designs - BackYard Chickens
24 Cool Chicken Runs – Plans, Pictures, Designs BYC Support Aug 4, 2015 Updated Oct 23, 2015 1 min read Article Reviews (3) Leave a rating
- How To Raise Chickens
Raising Chickens 101 – All the info you need to get started raising chickens Choosing a breed, hatching eggs, building a perfect coop more!
- A Backyard Chicken Enthusiasts Formulary (Avian Drugs and Dosages)
A brief guide to medications for backyard poultry, focusing on antibiotics, pain medication, sedatives, antifungals, coccidiostats, dewormers and a few other useful or necessary drugs
- Bird Flu: What You Need To Know - BackYard Chickens
Bird flu symptoms Among the difficulties with avian flu is that it can infect healthy chickens that initially show no symptoms of the disease So healthy chickens can spread the virus, and you won't be able to see the difference between healthy chickens and infected chickens However, infected chickens are likely to be dead within a few hours of getting highly pathogenic avian influenza You
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