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The Most Popular Chicken Breeds

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There are various types of chicken breeds that you can raise for home, educational, or business purposes. This list of pure breeds will serve as your ultimate guide and after you have found the best breed for you, feel free to browse our large selection of chicken coops. Ancona Common Breed Names: AnconaAlternative Breed Names: […]

5 Common Illnesses in Backyard Chickens

5 Common Illnesses in Backyard Chickens

Regardless whether you purchased chickens from a reputable store or hatchery, there are unpredictable instances when things go wrong. Even if chooks were raised in clean and warm brooders, equipped with everything they need, such as feed and clean water, sometimes it will still result in unhealthy birds. Nevertheless, there isn’t anything to worry about […]

15 Herbs That Your Chickens Will Love

15 Herbs That Your Chickens Will Love

Perhaps only a few people know about this. Just as they do for human beings, many herbs used in the kitchen have lots of health benefits for chickens. They can be scattered in the nesting boxes to act as a natural insect repellent. They can be fed raw to the chickens. And actually, there’s more […]

7 Reasons Why Chickens Stop Laying Eggs

7 Reasons Why Chickens Stop Laying Eggs

Have you ever visited the chicken coop only to find out there are no eggs? Disappointing, I say. It even makes you anxious and worried. However, is it really something you should focus your attention to? If so, is there anything you can do about it? Honestly, the answer to the question differs. But basically, […]

Quick and Easy Ways to Clean a Chicken Coop

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Raising chickens can be profitable, yet tedious. To be sure you go on the right path, lots of aspects should be checked, including cleanliness. Whether you like it or not, keeping chicken coop cleanliness is something that you cannot avoid as a dedicated poultry raiser. This is extremely vital to prevent health issues that may […]

A Guide to Choosing a Chicken Egg Incubator

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Choosing a chicken egg incubator suited for your needs can be a tedious process. First, you need to select from a variety of models and designs to ensure you properly incubate the hatching eggs. And next is that you need to consider the price and the quality to be sure you are able to make […]

Silkie Chickens and Some Facts About Them

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Among all chicken breeds, Silkie chickens are the most popular and most interesting to watch. But do you know why? Basically, these chickens are exactly as they look – cuddly, sweet, adorable,and funny. At first look, rest assured you’ll immediately fall in love with them. However, they tend to wander a lot into other people’s […]

BIRDS WITH BRAINS: THE REMARKABLY CLEVER CHICKENS

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People have always thought that chickens are unsophisticated and lacklustre in the brains department. For years, everyone has taken for granted that chooks are only ever good fried and hot on the plate or, more harshly (and largely still happening elsewhere in the world), as objects for sport that are kept in chicken coops only […]

Finding the Perfect Enclosure

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Chicken coops and cages are basically housing that provides shelter and protection for chickens raised in a domestic setting. Chicken coops are especially important for the egg-laying process and the general health of the birds. With a secure and comfortable coop, hens are able to develop eggs properly. Temperature is critical to the maturation of […]