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Urban chicken-keeping has become a popular trend in recent years. As a result, many city dwellers are opting to keep chickens for their eggs. However, keeping backyard chickens in the city has some unique challenges that are important to understand before leaping into poultry ownership. This article explores the pros and cons of keeping backyard chickens in the city. City Chicken, Urban Chickens, Brooder, Backyard Chickens, Leaping, Raising Chickens, Baby Chicks, Poultry, How To Become

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Raising Chickens

Urban chicken-keeping has become a popular trend in recent years. As a result, many city dwellers are opting to keep chickens for their eggs. However, keeping backyard chickens in the city has some unique challenges that are important to understand before leaping into poultry ownership. This article explores the pros and cons of keeping backyard chickens in the city.

Do you free-range your chickens? How do you get them to come home? Teaching chickens to come when called can be a great way to bond with your flock and help keep them safe. This article will provide step-by-step instructions on training your chickens so they will come when you call them. Training Chickens, Home Teaching, Free Range, Step By Step Instructions, Flocking, Bond, Call

Training Chickens

Step By Step Instructions

Do you free-range your chickens? How do you get them to come home? Teaching chickens to come when called can be a great way to bond with your flock and help keep them safe. This article will provide step-by-step instructions on training your chickens so they will come when you call them.

Broody hens are an invaluable resource for backyard chicken keepers. They will not only hatch eggs but also protect and raise the young chicks. Taking advantage of a broody hen's natural instincts requires some planning, but anyone can learn how to do it successfully. Read on for tips on using a broody hen to hatch eggs. Hatch Eggs, Egg Incubator, Explore Outdoors, Natural Instinct, Chicken Eggs, Egg Laying

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Natural Instinct

Broody hens are an invaluable resource for backyard chicken keepers. They will not only hatch eggs but also protect and raise the young chicks. Taking advantage of a broody hen's natural instincts requires some planning, but anyone can learn how to do it successfully. Read on for tips on using a broody hen to hatch eggs.

Whether you are a first-time chicken keeper or an experienced one, these tips will help ensure your baby chicks get the best start in life. From setting up the brooder to knowing how to feed your chicks properly, this article will provide information on caring for baby chickens. Day Old Chicks, Garden Fertilizer, Hatching Eggs, Baby Chickens, Effects Of Stress, Carrot Recipes, Local Farm, Best Start

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Effects Of Stress

Whether you are a first-time chicken keeper or an experienced one, these tips will help ensure your baby chicks get the best start in life. From setting up the brooder to knowing how to feed your chicks properly, this article will provide information on caring for baby chickens.

Keeping backyard chickens is a rewarding experience, and hatching chicken eggs with an incubator is a fun way to get started. With the right equipment and a little patience, anyone can learn how to hatch chicken eggs with an incubator. This article provides an in-depth look at the incubation process, from setting the fertilized eggs to caring for the chicks after they hatch. Hatching Chickens, Bad Eggs, Egg Carton

Hatching Chickens

Keeping backyard chickens is a rewarding experience, and hatching chicken eggs with an incubator is a fun way to get started. With the right equipment and a little patience, anyone can learn how to hatch chicken eggs with an incubator. This article provides an in-depth look at the incubation process, from setting the fertilized eggs to caring for the chicks after they hatch.

Raising chickens can be a rewarding and enjoyable experience, but it is also filled with surprises. From unexpected personalities to the amazing variety of breeds, many aspects of raising chickens may surprise you. So whether you're a beginner or have been around chickens for years, this article will provide some interesting facts about raising chickens that might surprise you. Chicken Home, Sweet Chicken, Raising Backyard Chickens, Keeping Chickens, Chicken Pecking, Chicken Treats, Surprising Facts, Garden Pests, Coops

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Surprising Facts

Raising chickens can be a rewarding and enjoyable experience, but it is also filled with surprises. From unexpected personalities to the amazing variety of breeds, many aspects of raising chickens may surprise you. So whether you're a beginner or have been around chickens for years, this article will provide some interesting facts about raising chickens that might surprise you.

The benefits of raising chickens are plenty. The main challenge of keeping chickens in a neighborhood is convincing your neighbors that chickens won't be a nuisance. Learn the pros and cons to raising chickens in a neighborhood. Factory Farming, Urban Farming, Its A Wonderful Life, Hens

Factory Farming

Its A Wonderful Life

The benefits of raising chickens are plenty. The main challenge of keeping chickens in a neighborhood is convincing your neighbors that chickens won't be a nuisance. Learn the pros and cons to raising chickens in a neighborhood.

Starting a flock of backyard chickens is as easy as picking up baby chicks at the feed store. The better prepared you are for the chicks arrival, the greater chance of success you will have at raising them into adulthood. Here are 5 things to arrange before bringing baby chicks home. Homestead Chickens, Backyard Chicken Coops, Zoo Animals, Animals And Pets, Hen Care, Chicken Feed, Chicken Shack

Homestead Chickens

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Animals And Pets

Starting a flock of backyard chickens is as easy as picking up baby chicks at the feed store. The better prepared you are for the chicks arrival, the greater chance of success you will have at raising them into adulthood. Here are 5 things to arrange before bringing baby chicks home.

Adding to your flock of chickens by hatching chicks is lots of fun. Deciding to use an incubator or a broody hen is not an easy choice to make. Here are the pros and cons of both to help you decide. Raising Meat Chickens, Laying Chickens, Raising Quail, Raising Baby, Backyard Farming, Hens And Chicks

Raising Meat Chickens

Laying Chickens

Backyard Farming

Hens And Chicks

Adding to your flock of chickens by hatching chicks is lots of fun. Deciding to use an incubator or a broody hen is not an easy choice to make. Here are the pros and cons of both to help you decide.

Raising baby chicks into adult hens to provide eggs isn't difficult and can be a lot of fun to watch them grow. Learn five things to prepare before bringing baby chicks home to help them stay healthy and grow strong. Baby Chickens Care, Pet Chickens, Duck Pens, Hatch Baby, Preparing For Baby

Baby Chickens Care

Preparing For Baby

Raising baby chicks into adult hens to provide eggs isn't difficult and can be a lot of fun to watch them grow. Learn five things to prepare before bringing baby chicks home to help them stay healthy and grow strong.

Did you know that from the day chicks hatch, they know how to scratch and peck for food, preen and clean their feathers, and roost for the night when the sun goes down. It is instinct for them. Here are 12 interesting facts about chickens that you may not know. Cute Chickens, Chicken Facts, Chicken Humor, Unusual Facts, Interesting Facts, Chicken Roost

Interesting Facts

Did you know that from the day chicks hatch, they know how to scratch and peck for food, preen and clean their feathers, and roost for the night when the sun goes down. It is instinct for them. Here are 12 interesting facts about chickens that you may not know.

When it comes to hatching chicks, which is best, broody hen or incubator? We weigh in on both options with pros and cons to help you decide how to add to your flock of backyard chickens.

When it comes to hatching chicks, which is best, broody hen or incubator? We weigh in on both options with pros and cons to help you decide how to add to your flock of backyard chickens.

Thinking about starting a backyard chicken flock for eggs? Visit for tips to help you get prepared before you bring home baby chicks from the feed store. Backyard Poultry, Meat Chickens, Organic Chicken

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Organic Chicken

Thinking about starting a backyard chicken flock for eggs? Visit for tips to help you get prepared before you bring home baby chicks from the feed store.

Are your chickens molting? Molting is a natural yearly process chickens go through to replace their feathers. Visit the for tips to help you understand what is happening and how to care for molting chickens. Rabbits, Chicken Coup, Canned Chicken, Turkey Farm

Are your chickens molting? Molting is a natural yearly process chickens go through to replace their feathers. Visit the for tips to help you understand what is happening and how to care for molting chickens.

Deep litter bedding system works by balancing beneficial microbe levels allowing the chicken manure and bedding to compost right in the coop. Read on to learn how to use the deep litter bedding system in your chicken coop.

Deep litter bedding system works by balancing beneficial microbe levels allowing the chicken manure and bedding to compost right in the coop. Read on to learn how to use the deep litter bedding system in your chicken coop.

Introducing new chickens and shaking up the dynamic of the flock is very nerve-wracking. When chickens get stressed, it affects their behavior, egg laying, and immunity. Here are tips to help things go more smoothly when adding new chickens to your backyard flock. Chicken Life, Chicken Coops, Laying Hens, Biggest Chicken

Biggest Chicken

Introducing new chickens and shaking up the dynamic of the flock is very nerve-wracking. When chickens get stressed, it affects their behavior, egg laying, and immunity. Here are tips to help things go more smoothly when adding new chickens to your backyard flock.

A broody hen is driven to be a mother to chicks even if she didn't hatch them. See how to use a broody hen to raise chicks. #backyardchickens #chicks Chicken Diy, Chicken Coop, Chickens In The Winter, Raising Ducks, Backyard Flocks

Chickens In The Winter

Backyard Flocks

A broody hen is driven to be a mother to chicks even if she didn't hatch them. See how to use a broody hen to raise chicks. #backyardchickens #chicks

If you started raising backyard chickens for fresh eggs, but quickly found yourself pampering them as a pets, this post is for you.

If you started raising backyard chickens for fresh eggs, but quickly found yourself pampering them as a pets, this post is for you.

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Molting is a natural process birds go through where they lose their old feathers and grow in new ones. It can be stressful on your hens. Here are tips to help you understand what is happening and how to care for molting chickens. What To Feed Chickens, Chicken Farm, Chickens Losing Feathers

What To Feed Chickens

Chickens Losing Feathers

Molting is a natural process birds go through where they lose their old feathers and grow in new ones. It can be stressful on your hens. Here are tips to help you understand what is happening and how to care for molting chickens.

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The deep litter method is created from repeated layering of organic materials on the floor of the chicken coop. Discover the pros and cons of the deep litter method for chicken coop maintenance. Chicken Mom, Chicken Coop Run, Building A Chicken Coop, Chicken Runs, Chicken Ideas, Backyard Coop

Chicken Coop Run

Building A Chicken Coop

The deep litter method is created from repeated layering of organic materials on the floor of the chicken coop. Discover the pros and cons of the deep litter method for chicken coop maintenance.

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Some hens will be accepting newcomers, while others will intimidate them to protect their position. This can be very stressful for new chickens, especially when several gang up on her. Visit for tips that will help make the transition easier and with less turmoil in the hen house. Easy Chicken Coop, Backyard Chicken Coop Plans, Types Of Poultry

Easy Chicken Coop

Backyard Chicken Coop Plans

Types Of Poultry

Some hens will be accepting newcomers, while others will intimidate them to protect their position. This can be very stressful for new chickens, especially when several gang up on her. Visit for tips that will help make the transition easier and with less turmoil in the hen house.

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Yes, keeping chickens in rural areas is possible with a few adjustments. Special considerations must be taken since you live close to neighbors. Read on for some pros and cons to keeping chickens in the city. Surviving In The Wild, Beautiful Chickens, Outdoor Gardens, Veggie Gardens, Urban Setting

Surviving In The Wild

Beautiful Chickens

Outdoor Gardens

Yes, keeping chickens in rural areas is possible with a few adjustments. Special considerations must be taken since you live close to neighbors. Read on for some pros and cons to keeping chickens in the city.

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Flies are a nuisance around your chicken coop. Here are some strategies to help minimize flies. Keep Flies Away

Keep Flies Away

Flies are a nuisance around your chicken coop. Here are some strategies to help minimize flies.

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Rats are a nuisance around your chicken coop. Here are some strategies to help minimize rats and other rodents. #backyardchickens #coop Chicken Pen, Best Chicken Coop, Chicken Coop Plans, Chicken House

Best Chicken Coop

Chicken Coop Plans

Rats are a nuisance around your chicken coop. Here are some strategies to help minimize rats and other rodents. #backyardchickens #coop

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If you are lucky to have a broody hen available to raise your chicks, you should totally take advantage of it. Read on to find out how... and what NOT to do. Chicken Names

If you are lucky to have a broody hen available to raise your chicks, you should totally take advantage of it. Read on to find out how... and what NOT to do.

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