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Should you wash eggs? The pros and consI don't wash mine when I bring them in but I do clean off the feathers, if they have dried on stuff on them I'll wash them before I use them...- RennaeHanson
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Top 10 Best Egg Producing Chicken BreedsI'd like to get some California Whites, but every time I look, they're sold out with no info on when they will be available. Where and when did...
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Top 10 Best Egg Producing Chicken BreedsWe have White Leghorns and Easter Eggers, but we also get excellent production out of our Golden Comets and Cinnamon Queens (est. 250-320 large...
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Top 10 Best Egg Producing Chicken BreedsI have a bunch of Leghorn cross hens that are really good layers...BUT they are the problem children of my poultry yard! They have a tendency to...
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Top 10 Best Egg Producing Chicken BreedsI've had several breeds off this list and my current ones are the Australorps. I chose them since the black sex links weren't available at the...- Happyville
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Chicken Behavior The Ignorant Gal's Guide To Things No Sane Person Would Tell You About ChickensVery entertaining!- BeccaDuck
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Should you wash eggs? The pros and consFor the egg test put it in a cup of water if it sinks it's good, floats it's bad stays in the middle use it soon- matheny00
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Top 10 Best Egg Producing Chicken Breedswould have been a 5 but i don't want to eliminate " there's always room for improvement" My 3 Easter Eggers are amazing, 3 Ex Large Eggs every...- stuccofarm
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Top 10 Best Egg Producing Chicken BreedsI agree with reviewers that this is a good list but doesn't cover production over time. I had a buff opington hen that was laying an egg a day for...- CackleBabies
Getting Started Raising Chickens
This section has the most frequently asked questions when beginning your journey to raising chickens.
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Chicken Behavior The Ignorant Gal's Guide To Things No Sane Person Would Tell You About Chickens
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Noodle, contemplating scratching, Pepper, armpit deep in a hole, and Salt, who has just found something that needs excavation. The Ignorant... -
Interesting Facts About Chicken Eggs
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Have you ever wondered how a hen can lay an egg every day? Why some eggs are brown and some eggs are white? How many days does an egg take to... -
What Happens When Chickens Molt?
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Molting refers to the shedding of feathers. It is the natural process of losing and re-growing feathers. Most all birds do it including chickens... -
How To Raise Chickens
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Raising Chickens 101 – All the info you need to get started raising chickens. Choosing a breed, hatching eggs, building a perfect coop & more! -
Name That Chicken! A Guide to Improving your Identification Skills
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. Name That Chicken! A Guide to Improving your Identification Skills Take a look at the picture below. What do you think? Is this a picture of... -
Common Rooster Myths - Clearing Up Rooster Misinformation
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Keeping a rooster can be fun and rewarding, and they are often great additions to the flock, and beautiful to boot. However, there is a lot of... -
Cleaning and storing fresh eggs
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Cleaning eggs Sometimes, in spite of our efforts to provide a nice clean spot for our feathered friends to deposit the rent in, we'll get a... -
Egg Color Chart - Find Out What Egg Color Your Breed Lays
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I have seen a lot of posts lately about what color(s) a breed lays, so I made a chart to put them all together. If you have any pics to add... -
The 9 Comb Types
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1. The Single The single comb is the most common. It is a simple straight row of spikes beginning at the bird's nostrils and sweeping back its... -
How to Handle the Ageing Process of Chickens
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Like any living creature, chickens grow old. They start out as tiny embryos inside an egg and end up as large, clucking birds full of life... -
Keeping Chickens Without Free Ranging
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Many people out there long to have our feathered clucking friends, but may not be able to free range the flock as most people are able to do... -
Common Mistakes Poultry Keepers Make (And How to Fix Them)
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If you ask any poultry keeper, they will probably give you a list of things they would have done differently. Everyone has made mistakes at one... -
Common Chicken Sayings Idioms Other Funny Things We Say
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Chicken Idioms and other Funny Things We Say We've been amazed at how many common everyday sayings originated from people who owned and raised... -
Things I wish I knew before I got my first chick
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New chicken owners – heads up I recently got back in to chickens. I previously had them when I was a child (well, my family did and I helped)... -
Heated nesting boxes help stop frozen eggs!
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Last winter was unusually cold for my area, with days turning to weeks of temperatures way below freezing. My schedule allowed me to gather my... -
10 Health Precautions For Backyard Chicken Owners
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10 Health Precautions for Backyard Chicken Owners Note: This page is for people who have a suppressed immune system, asthma, COPD or any... -
Beekissed's Rooster Speak
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Copied from this post: #34 @Beekissed I'm going to give you a clue on "rooster speak"....holding him down doesn't mean anything to him. If... -
Chicken-Keeping Tips for City Slickers
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Those of us new to chickens and living on small city lots aren’t able to follow a lot of traditional chicken-keeping practices. Full-time...