- 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
- How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to . . . - BackYard Chickens
If there's an odor coming from the head of the chicken that smell similar to sauerkraut, then you are probably dealing with sour crop The cause is a yeast called Candida albicans Impacted crop If the crop is extremely full and hard, or perhaps lumpy, and maybe feels like it's full of fibrous material, you are probably looking at impacted crop
- Vent Gleet aka Nasty Chicken Butt - BackYard Chickens
Vent Gleet "Nasty Chicken Butt" The word “Gleet” derives from the Latin “glittus”meaning “Sticky” so “Vent Gleet” is “Sticky Vent” Vent Gleet is a chronic disease of the cloaca, also called the "vent" ,"butt", or as my 5 year old sons suggests "The Tweeter"
- The Best Chicken Feed | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens
Need a comprehensive guide to the best chicken feed for all life stages? Chicks, hens, and roosters need different nutrients, and feeding them incorrectly can have disastrous consequences We know that laying hens need more calcium in their feed
- Common Chicken Sayings Idioms Other Funny Things We Say
Chicken Idioms and other Funny Things We Say We've been amazed at how many common everyday sayings originated from people who owned and raised chickens Who would have thought that the lowly chicken was so interwoven into our everyday lives
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