- Raising Chickens 101 - Chicks, Breeds, Coops, Tips
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
- 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
- Forum list | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens
Tips for raising chickens, building chicken coops choosing breeds Get help from thousands of community experts
- Composting With Chickens | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens
Because part of the chicken yard is on a slight side hill, the chickens kept on scratching everything downhill, I added boards to "terrace" the compost area Chickens and compost are “a match made in heaven”, because of their love of digging and scratching You know all that labor-intensive, back-breaking work of having to turn your compost
- How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you . . .
If the chicken has been drinking lots of water, yet not eating anything, this is further indication of impacted crop Impacted crop sour crop If the crop is full and hard and lumpy and the chicken has been drinking lots of water and it smells like sauerkraut, you likely have an impacted crop that has developed a yeast infection
- Should you wash eggs? The pros and cons - BackYard Chickens
A commonly debated topic in the chicken world is whether or not you should wash eggs I'm going to present to you some pros and cons of washing eggs To begin, we must first look at what is possibly the biggest reason many people choose either
- Sand in Chicken Run? | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens
I haven’t used the sand from Home Depot or Tractor Supply, but here are some tips when picking sand for your chicken run: Washed Sand: Make sure it’s washed to avoid dust and debris, which can be harmful to chickens and make the area too messy Coarse Sand: Opt for coarse sand over fine sand for better drainage and less compaction Avoid Contaminants: Double-check that the sand is free
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