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3 biggest problems owners can have with chickens

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The ones who have been raising chickens know that the biggest problems with keeping chickens are not feeding, nor watering, but diseases and predators together with the hygiene.  Someone would say these are not so unusual concerns, as well as that every other animal keepers have the headache about same problems. It is true, however [...]

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How to cut out the food cost for your chickens?

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In our previous article we spoke about daily nutritional needs of our chickens and we gave a short list of the food that can satisfy these needs. However buying all of this food can be a big shock for your budget especially if using just commercial feed.  That is why we made a short research [...]

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With proper chicken’s diet against summer heat

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Although chickens have their own mechanism to adapt on the weather outside, during these exetremly hot days if we see them panting, with wings away from a body, this is the sign they had too much of the sun and they need help to cope with long hot summer day. Despite regularly summer care tips [...]

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The most unbelievable facts about chickens

We have already heard that chickens can lay colored eggs, that they can fly although not that long and that the chicken’s meat is one of the most consumed type of meat. But did you know that from the chickens that are consumed just in KFC, around the equator the Earth can be circled 11 [...]

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What do you have to know before introducing new chickens to your flock?

You already have your own small flock and you are thinking to join it a few more chickens. Now you are worrying  how the  new one will react to the old one , but also how the old  one will react to  the  new  one? You don’t have to think that much, as the chickens [...]

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Why chickens stop laying eggs?

If you have noticed the difference in number of eggs your chickens are laying these days, you should definitely first check if your flock is not suffering of some disease, as this is the main reason for depressed egg production. However, there are a few more situations when this can be a case. So, if [...]

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Summer care tips for your chickens

Long summer is just starting and as if believed to the weather cast it will be hot and hard to bear. Although chickens prefer warm days more than winter, high summer temperatures can be even dangerous if not given the proper treatment. Statistics says that there is three times more loss of the chickens during [...]

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Watering chickens

As much as the food is important for your chickens, watering chickens properly is as important as feeding them. Water is the nutrient chickens consume in huge quantities and depending on how much water they drink it is probable they will eat too. These two influence on each other directly, but amount of water your [...]

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How to maximaze the genetic potentials of your chicken flock

The newest researches confirmed that the very first week of life is one of the most demanding period when it is about raising chickens, as it is characterized as one of the most critical stage in life of all birds, especially poultry. Poultry Technical Manager at Biomin GmbH, Andrew Robertson warns that the main reason [...]

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Chicken management

How payable is to raise chickens in our yards? From the time when the Mayflower had landed to American land and the first fowls were domesticated, chickens were the most used goods civilization has invented.  No matter you are raising chicken for your own purposes, as pets for your children or for getting the eggs, [...]

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How to protect your chickens from predators?

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We have already pointed out that the three mayor problems with keeping chickens are hygiene, diseases and safety, as the [...]

3 biggest problems owners can have with chickens

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The ones who have been raising chickens know that the biggest problems with keeping chickens are not feeding, nor watering, [...]

How to cut out the food cost for your chickens?

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In our previous article we spoke about daily nutritional needs of our chickens and we gave a short list of [...]

Daily nutritional needs of chickens

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For optimal productivity and health of your chickens it is very important to know the minimal amount of daily nutritional [...]

Lightning as a stimulant to chicken’s productivity health and welfare

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We have been familiar with the influence that lightening has to the general health conditions and welfare of our chickens, [...]

With proper chicken’s diet against summer heat

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Although chickens have their own mechanism to adapt on the weather outside, during these exetremly hot days if we see [...]