Tag: backyard poultry
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Toxic Foods for Chickens: What Should You Never Feed Your Flock?
Chickens are famously enthusiastic eaters. Give them access to a garden and they'll happily scratch around looking for insects, seeds and vegetation, while m...
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How Much Does It Cost to Keep Chickens
Keeping chickens at home can be incredibly rewarding. Fresh eggs are an obvious attraction, but for many people, the real enjoyment comes from watching their...
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Fireworks and Chickens: How to Reduce Noise, Fear and Stress
ireworks can be an enjoyable part of celebrations such as Bonfire Night and New Year's Eve, but the sudden bangs, flashes and vibrations can be frightening f...
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Why Grit Is Essential for Healthy Chickens
If you are new to keeping chickens, you will quickly discover that their diet involves a little more than simply filling a feeder with layers pellets. Alongs...
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Which Chickens Lay Which Colour Eggs
One of the joys of keeping chickens is opening the nest box and discovering a collection of freshly laid eggs. While supermarket shelves might make you think...
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The importance of providing a dust bath for your chickens
Why do I need to provide a chicken dust bath?
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