- Raising Chickens 101 - Chicks, Breeds, Coops, Tips
Tips Tricks for raising chickens, building chicken coops, choosing chicken breeds + ask questions in our community forum Featured Content Keeping Chickens Cool in Summer 2025-06-16 00:00:00 | 2025-06-23 00:00:00
- Choosing the Right Chicken Breed: A Guide for Beginners
Choosing the right chicken breed is a decision that will have a big impact on your flock’s success By considering your primary purpose (eggs, meat, or both), your local climate, the amount of space available, and the chickens' temperament, you can make a well-informed choice that will set you up for a productive and enjoyable chicken-raising
- Just a Chicken Coop | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens
There's a time skip where I admittedly forgot to take photos, but we finished the siding and painted the coop, pre-painted the boards for the run, and then erected the run and added the hardware cloth We used pier blocks as the base for the posts, which got away from us and ended up being 4x4's Not very "just a chicken coop", but it IS very
- What Is The Life Expectancy of Chickens?
Chicken life expectancy, health, and other genetic traits received very little attention Chickens were simply chickens In the 19th century, people started gathering chickens and experimenting with their genes to see if they could better meet human needs and expectations
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- The White Leghorn: A Basic Overview - BackYard Chickens
Prized for its consistent egg-laying abilities as well as its pretty color, the White Leghorn is not only valued in the farming industry but is also appreciated by the backyard chicken community Appearance: The White Leghorn's general appearance is a single comb that falls slightly over the side of the head, white earlobes and plumage, and
- 24 Cool Chicken Runs – Plans, Pictures, Designs
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- Development of a Chicken Embryo Day by Day - BackYard Chickens
This is an explanation of what is happening each day as a chicken embryo develops, complete with candling pictures The egg I am using is a silver spangled spitzhauben Definitions you may need: Vitteline membrane: The membrane that surrounds the yolk and separates it from the white Allantois: The allantois is the chick's connection to the chorion
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