Announcing our upcoming contest! Does your hen look like its gone gangsta? We thought maybe one of our hens had been talking to the local High School kids, and had started sagging her pants; but it turns out that she has ascites! There are several conditions that can cause your hen to look like her …
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What do you do in a chicken emergency? No I don’t mean you need to get to the store and buy more chickens, a real first aid emergency? Are you ready for a medical situation? Birds are adept at hiding injury and illness and by the time you’ve noticed theres something wrong, you might have …
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Are your chickens living up to their full potential? Do you have the kind of relationship you want to have with your chickens? Don’t be content with a flock of unmanageable fowl, start training your chickens now! We promise no chickens were harmed in the production of this episode; we called it the hunger games …
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This week we take the show to Guatemala for a very special look at chickens Mayan Style! We spent a month in the Lake Atitlan area of Guatemala, exploring through the Mayan tribal villages in search of chicken secrets and ancient chicken wisdom! Amber and I were lucky enough to stay for a week with …
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A lot of people spend money on their flock where they don’t need to. For those of us who see birds primarily for what they provide; eggs, meat, paying a hatchery or a breeder for a uniform flock might not be a priority. Some people don’t have the time, space or inclination to raise birds from …
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Lets face it, most of us aren’t looking to retire off our chicken enterprise, but making extra money never hurts; and its always a good justification for our chicken obsession! Your hens provide you with many unique niche marketing opportunities. Did you know you can make money selling feathers? We’ll explore the unusual market of …
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Who doesn’t love the idea of watching the broody hen in the back yard, hatching out all those cute baby chicks, and watching momma hen teach them all about becoming chickens? Maybe you even enjoy the antics of a breeding pair of birds in their courtship; it can be quite a drama ( see video …
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Some time back in college, I got interested in Bonobo chimps. Bonobos are our closest genetic animal relative, and are a fascinating species for a number of reasons, one of which is their unparalleled intelligence. One interesting thing I noted was that for many years the capacity for A chimps vocabulary was thought to be …
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Is your coop ready for chickens? Today Shannon and Amber go over basic (and some less considered) aspects of planning the perfect home for your chickens. There are a lot of ways to house chickens, we’ll share with you some lesser-known ideas you’ve never considered! Whether you want shacks, high-rolling chicken palaces, mobile coops for …
“Oh… Its a Silkie” I thought, looking at the ad on Craigslist. Tiny fluffball bird. “Why would anyone want one of those?” I thought. Why take up space in the coop when you could fill it with a big egg layer or a good size meat bird. I’ll admit it, I had made up my …
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