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Brooder Basics: Buy or build your own
A brooder is the baby chick’s home for the first few weeks of its life and will provide everything the hen does for her offspring after they hatch. The five main items needed for an effective set up...
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Summer Chicken Challenges: Tips to keep backyard chickens cool
Summer heat is far more detrimental to backyard chickens than winter’s cold. And while plenty of folks seem willing to place potentially dangerous, and in many cases unnecessary, heaters in their coop...
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Brinsea EcoGlow 20/50 Review
With the amount of chicks we raise here to breed and to sell, I needed a reliable way to brood them. But let me back up a little bit. We have had chickens off and on for over 20 years. We always...
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Brooder Basics
By Andy Schneider, aka The Chicken WhispererA brooder is the baby chick’s home for the first few weeks of its life and will provide everything the hen does for her offspring after they hatch. The five...
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Bedding for Your Chickens
Are you using the right materials?By Brigid McCrea, PhDThere is a great deal of misinformation out there regarding bedding for small flocks. First of all, let’s define litter vs. bedding, as the terms...
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Two paths to organic farm fresh eggs
Transitioning process depends on if you are producing eggs for your family or for resale. Shoreview, Minn. [March 23, 2017] – Spring is an exciting time for chicken raisers. For families just starting...
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