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Chickens


Another Chick Buying Panic?
The McMurray hatchery just released its 2025 chick prices, and they are nearly double what they used to be! Other hatcheries will likely...
Isabelle Hansen
Nov 6, 2024
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Shrinking Chickens?
The supply of organic eggs (and even regular sometimes) at Costco has been unreliable for the past few years. Sometimes you would be able...
Isabelle Hansen
Aug 28, 2024
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Why Your Chickens Might be Pecking Each Other
We have lost a few chicks to being pecked and have had a few injured. In this blog I will share what may be the cause of this fairly...
Isabelle Hansen
Apr 23, 2024
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Pasturing a Large Flock of Laying Hens
A common way to pasture chickens is in a chicken tractor, and this works well with smaller flocks, but what if you have 100 hens? Free...
Isabelle Hansen
Mar 28, 2024
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How to Succeed in Raising Laying Hens from Chicks
Raising chickens from tiny balls of fluff to egg laying hens is one of the most enjoyable things you can do on a farm. Whether you...
Isabelle Hansen
Mar 15, 2024
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Raising Chicks to Make a Profit
We recently rehomed 23 of our chickens, most of which were past their peak of laying, so we could replace them with 30 Whitening True...
Isabelle Hansen
Feb 16, 2024
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Lessons Learned: The Perils and Humor of Catching Chickens
Have you ever tried to catch a chicken? If you have, you know that it is almost impossible, they fly into your face, squawk like they are...
Melanie Hansen
Oct 27, 2023
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Chickens On Strike?
We currently have about 45 "laying" chickens and get about 6-10 eggs a day. Before we moved, we were getting about 20-25 eggs a day....
Isabelle Hansen
Sep 29, 2023
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About Easter Eggers
Easter eggers with their cute looks, vibrant personalities, and colorful eggs have become a backyard favorite across America. History The...
Melanie Hansen
Apr 14, 2023
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