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Chickens and Poultry – Weekly Care For You Birds : poultry houses

Looking After Your Chickens

One basic step you need to follow in order to insure that your chickens are happy and healthy is to check their food containers. It is important that both their feeder and drinking containers are fresh and full. Extreme weather conditions can take their toll on your chickens too. If it’s too cold out, make sure that their water supply is not frozen, if it’s too hot; make sure it’s cool enough for them to drink.
 
Protect your chickens by rubbing some Vaseline on the combs to protect against frostbite. Chickens need a bit of… Continue reading →

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Choosing the Best Breeds for Your Chicken Runs and Coops : chicken breeds

When you’re mixing and matching your chickens for your chicken runs and coops. You can check for size and temperament along with a few other traits. To do this it would be a great help if you checked a chart of over 60 breeds. The chart I found to be very helpful is Henderson’s chicken chart.

Henderson’s Chart

This chart covers over 60 breeds, variety, class and type, origin, color and egg production, skin color, brooding, and behavior. I would recommend checking this chart which can be found on the internet through Google. Because of all the information that can… Continue reading →

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Chicken Coop Temperature Tips : laying chickens

Keeping Your Chicks Comfortable

If you are keeping your chickens in order to raise them, and not just for egg-laying purposes, then you will need to be aware of how to keep the temperature in the right range. Baby chicks need it to be quite hot when they’re first hatched. It is for this reason that mother hens will sit with them in the nest for the first 48 hours, keeping her wings spread over them for warmth. In the wild, hens will often keep up this kind of behavior for a few weeks, until the chicks are feathered enough… Continue reading →

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