General urban chicken articles:
All about the general care and practices of raising chickens!
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Feeding Backyard Chickens: It is crucially important to feed your backyard chickens the right feed for their purpose (e.g. egg-layers eat different feed than meat birds) and their age (e.g. chicks require different feed than pullets). Follow our easy tips on feeding chickens to ensure your flock gets the nutrients it needs.
Housing Chickens (Building Chicken Coops): Chicken coops may vary in their design, layout and paint color. However, all good chicken coops incorporate the same characteristics to keep the chickens safe and healthy. It's very important to know how much floor space to give your birds; how to setup a nest; and where to place ventilation holes.
Hatching and Brooding Chicks - Many hobbyists fall in love with chickens the first time they hold a little chick in the palm of their hand. Keeping that little chick healthy so that it can grow into an egg-producing hen requires you to know a bit about brooding, feeding and caring for chicks.
General Care of Chickens: Did you know that a chicken is designed to live up to 30 years? Did you also know that a healthy hen can lay fresh eggs for up to 18 years? Most chickens do not live that long because they succumb to a multitude of stresses, disease, and predation. But with a little common sense and the right care and good nutrition, your backyard chickens can live a long and happy life.
A Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens (Part 1): A quick look at some of the many benefits of raising urban chickens, whether for fun or for profit!!
A Beginner's Introduction to Raising Chickens: Yet another helpful article for beginners interested in raising chickens.
Controlling Mites in Chickens: Once you find a mite infestation on your bird, the treatment course will vary depending on the severity of the problem. If you have a minor problem, simply spraying the bird or dusting it once and then again three days later can usually do the trick. You may also want to replace their bedding and use poultry/livestock dust or Seven dust underneath the new bedding.
Poultry/Chicken Manure as Garden Fertilizer: Save your money by using your poultry manure as a wonderful soil amendment that can do much to increase the value of your soil and generate revenue in the form of fresh vegetables and fruits.
Chicken Stress Management: Learn how to keep your chickens healthy and happy by reducing their stress!
Your Chicken Coop's Poultry Biosecurity: Protect your chickens with smart poultry biosecurity.
What Are Probiotics for Chickens?: What are "probiotics", and how can they help you keep your chicken flock healthy?
Preventing and Handling Coccidiosis Disease in Chickens: Coccidiosis can wipe out an entire chicken flock. Educate yourself on how to prevent this disease from affecting your birds.
Preventing and Handling Marek's Disease in Chickens: Marek's Disase can kill your entire coop of chickens. Protect your birds by reading this article!
Upper Respiratory Fungal Infections in Chickens: Don't think that occasional, unexplained deaths are normal.
Vaccinating Chickens Against Mareks Diseaes: The sooner you vaccinate your chicks, the more effective the vaccine will be. This is because the Mareks virus is virtually everywhere, travels on the wind, and can be anywhere in your environment. It's true that you can take precautions to reduce the risk of exposure to your chicks until you have a chance to vaccinate, but basically, the longer you wait, the higher the risk.
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