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Chicken Coop Heaters: Safe Options vs. Heat Lamps
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Best Heated Chicken Waterers: How to Choose (Buyer’s Guide)
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15 Best Egg-Laying Chicken Breeds for Beginners
From ISA Browns to Australorps and blue-egg Ameraucanas, here are the 15 best egg-laying chicken breeds for beginners, with an honest look at hybrids…
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Backyard Chickens for Beginners: How to Raise a Happy First Flock
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What Do Chickens Eat? Safe and Unsafe Foods (Printable Chart)
Layer feed first, treats second: here is what chickens can and can’t eat, with a printable A-Z chart of 50 common foods and the…
Winter checklist for your flock
Shorter days, frozen water and drafty coops are the three big winter problems. Start with winterizing your coop (ventilation matters more than heat), keep water liquid with a heated waterer, think twice before adding a coop heater, and read why hens lay less in winter and what you can do about it.