Category: Chickens
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How to Treat Pasty Butt in Baby Chickens
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Pasty butt is a pretty common ailment in baby chickens. As a chicken owner, pasty butt is gross and you would probably rather not clean a chicken’s butt, but pasty butt can cause death if not cleaned. A pasty butt or poopy butt is simply just a build-up of poop…
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Six Chicken Breeds that are Family Friendly
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Buff Orpington (HANDS DOWN): If you are starting and thinking about getting chickens, I would have a full flock just of these gold beauties. I haven’t had a single Buff that wasn’t friendly. These birds are hardy, and that’s important up here in North Idaho when the weather gets cold.…
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Two Things You Can Do That Will Help Your Molting Chickens
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Your chickens might be looking a little ratty. Their feathers might look torn up or they might be bald in some places. They might even already be regrowing feathers and you just see the quills. You might also notice that there might not be as many eggs in the nesting…
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A Beginners Guide to Raising Baby Chickens
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Baby chickens need love and care. You may wonder if it’s worth raising chickens from day-old or just getting them already grown. I will say that brooding your chicks will be some work, but having chickens that know you far outweighs the cons of brooding chickens. Plus, their tiny peeps…