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Maggot Feeding Station for Poultry

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best egg laying breed of chicken

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Black soldier fly larvae: poultry, fish food

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Solar lights for henhouse

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forage for chickens

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In defense of a Rooster

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Chicken coop insulation?

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Hens and mites

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When to slaughter meat chickens...

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Chickens on compost

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Off-Taste In My Duck Meat and Eggs

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If you can't afford organic meat, you can't afford to raise your own?

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Finally, a mobile chicken coop one person can (easily) move.

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Interest In Review Grid for Hatcheries

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Chicken diet without commercial feed?

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New rooster being aggressive toward my one hen, is this normal behavior?

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Shellfish shells as bio-accumulators of heavy metals

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In defense of a broody hen

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Is there a way to mark/tag chickens to keep track of age classes?

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how do you clean/manage the litter in a small, raised coop?

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Tough old bird

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Help!!! Scary math question. 😳

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Edible Acres - "chickens making compost" videos

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Why wouldn't you...

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Murray McMurray Hatchery from Iowa, USA

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Freeze protection for chickens' water container...

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Spiral Breeding- is it really necessary?

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What are the most important traits in chickens?

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Question about future chicken setup

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My quest for happy turkeys (or chickens)

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New rooster being aggressive toward my one hen, is this normal behavior?

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Tiny paddocks and chickens

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Chicken diet without commercial feed?

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Time and equipment to grade eggs

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Spiral Breeding- is it really necessary?

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Truly no work, no smell chicken litter

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Help! Stretching feed for two weeks!

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Finally, a mobile chicken coop one person can (easily) move.

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Broken toe treatment?

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Hot weather chicken watering with drip irrigation, and a swamp cooler float valve.

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Question about future chicken setup

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Bare and swollen chicken fluff help.

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Who's using heated waterers?

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Weird chicken skin problem

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Adding protein to feed

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Reducing bagged food for poultry!

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Chicken fodder/forage success stories?

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Chicken winter greenhouse

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Chicken with wing ripped off?

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Should I relocate the coop?

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No Electricity Brooding?

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Whats REALLY toxic to free range chickens?

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Humming chicken ?sick?

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what happened to eggs

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What kind of fence for chicken paddock do you use?

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Working on chicken coop design for <-20F temperatures. Need advice for winter ventilation

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Mixing chickens and turkeys, predator defense edition

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making the best of raising cornish rock cross

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Will broilers self-select sufficient protein?

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Managing the threat to free range chickens from hawks, foxes, and other predators

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Hen turned into rooster

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Meat poultry forage

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"Chick" troubles big time!

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Automatic chicken doors: fox proofing a coop for when away or late

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Dry pluckers (or pickers)

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random chicken deaths?

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gape worm/ chicken gasping for air

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hens losing feathers

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Hens and mites

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best egg laying breed of chicken

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How High will Buff Orpington's Fly?

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Rhode Island Red chick not doing well

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Getting started with chickens, what motivates you?

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best perennial chicken feed

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