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Hot Weather Electrolyte Ice for Backyard Chickens
Protecting Chickens from Killer Black Flies: Buffalo Gnats
Ultimate Chick Brooder Setup VIDEO
Virulent Newcastle Disease: The Poultry Grim Reaper
Arizona Green Tea With Ginseng and Honey Imposter
8 Cake Decorating Tips & Tricks
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Crayon Wreath Tutorial
Jewelry Socks Tutorial
Polka Dot Easter Eggs Tutorial
No Bake Chocolate Dipped Oreo Pops
Super Secret Chili Recipe
Key Lime Pie with Lemon Cookie Crust
Bee Stings in Backyard Chickens
Automatic Chicken Door Opener: Gail Damerow Reviews the ChickenGuard
My Beekeeping Anniversary & National Pollinator Week
Campbell’s Soup Chicken Coop, Mmm, mmm, Good!
How Feather Dusters are Dangerous to Chicks
Chicken Surrogacy: Grafting Chicks to Broody Hens
Homemade Hand Sanitizer & Wipes
Foul Weather Dust Bath for Backyard Chickens
The Shocking Effect of an Oatmeal Breakfast on Chickens
Monkey Bread Cupcakes Recipe
Caring for Broody Hens in Extreme Cold
DIY Sugar Scrub with FREE Printable!
Shepherd’s Pie Recipe
Nesting Material Matters for Backyard Chickens
The Effects of Mint on Chickens, Flies and Rodents in the Chicken Yard
Chickens Don’t Have Teeth and More Fun Digestion Facts!
Handling and Storage of Fresh Eggs from Backyard Chickens
The Effect of the Solar Eclipse on Chickens
Tips for the Care of Crested Chicken Breeds
The Right Way to Hold & Handle a Chicken
Holy Cow, I’m a Beekeeper!
Chicken Picking Causes and Solutions
How Chickens & Honey Bees Are the Same Only Different by Gail Damerow
DIY Chicken Playpen Tractor
Legalizing Backyard Chickens from a Former Chicken Outlaw and Attorney
Reasons Straw Does Not Belong in Chicken Coops
DIY Poultry Nipple Drinker Stand
Best Cream Puffs Recipe Ever!
How to Humanely Euthanize a Chicken by Dr. Mike Petrik, The Chicken Vet
The Cut & Dry Truth about Diatomaceous Earth DE & Chickens
Tipsy Orange Walnut Cranberry Relish Recipe
Homemade Marshmallows
Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake Recipe
Whether to Heat the Chicken Coop in Cold Weather
Gardening with Chickens Books Worth Reading
Antibiotics Use Rules Change: What the USDA Veterinary Feed Directive Means for Backyard Chickens
Biosecurity for Backyard Chickens
Portable Electric Poultry Netting
How Altering Feed can Hurt Your Chickens
Weed Warfare
Making Eggs While She Sleeps: The Importance of Diet in Eggshell Formation
When & How to Trim a Chicken’s Nails & Rooster’s Spurs
Flock Focus Friday 4/22/16: Spring Happenings
How Much Heat Do Chicks REALLY Need? Think Like a Mother Hen!
Buying Chickens to Start a Laying Flock
Tips for Choosing Healthy Chicks
Flock Focus Friday, 2/5/16
Pendulous Crop in Backyard Chickens
Kitchen Cleaning Hack: DIY Disinfecting Wipes!
Hugely Exciting News! The Chicken Health Handbook, 2nd Edition!
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Chicken Checkup: DIY Physical Exam
Gingerbread Chicken Coop Instructions with Video Tour!
Square Boxwood Wreath
Autumn Spiced Pineapple Glazed Ham
10 Beautiful, Inexpensive Ways to Deck the Halls this Holiday Season
Elf on the Shelf Naughty or Nice Report Cards to Santa with FREE PRINTABLES!
Control & Treatment of Worms in Chickens
Beef & Barley Stew Recipe
DIY Mini Indian Corn Hydrangea Wreath
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Flock Focus Friday 10/23/15 VICTORY!
The Chicken Chick, Life Out Here Brand Ambassador for Tractor Supply Company
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Fowl Pox Prevention & Treatment
DIY Farm Animal Cupcakes
About Aggressive Roosters
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Chicken Health & Poultry Management Contacts by State
Hardware Disease in Backyard Chickens
Fighting to Legalize Chickens: Proposed Regulation Commentary, 5/18/15
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Eggshell Candles
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How to Care for an Injured Chicken
Flock Focus Friday 4/10/15
Chick in Egg Crochet Pattern from Woman’s Day March 27, 1978
Chick Picking Causes, Prevention & Solutions
DIY Easter Peeps Cupcakes
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How to Freeze Fresh Eggs
Pizza Rustica, aka: Pizza Gain: a Traditional Italian Easter Dish
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Causes of Lash Eggs & Salpingitis by Annika McKillop DVM, MSpVM, DACPV
Backyard Chickens & Avian Influenza: What to Do About Bird Flu
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Natural Chicken Keeping: Herbal Mentors
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Chicken Coop Design Essentials, Details & Luxuries
20+ Winter Boredom Busters for Backyard Chickens!
How to Help a Sick Chicken
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Unicorn Poop Cookies
Chicken Sweaters: Just Say No
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The Complete Chick Care Guide
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Repurposed Chicken Feed Bag Christmas Stockings
DIY Ornament Wreath
Baklava Recipe
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Salpingitis & Lash Eggs in Backyard Chickens: The Pus Coagulegg
Children’s Chicken Library
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Flock Focus Friday, 11/21/14 Lawsuit Update
DIY Turkey Cupcakes & Pilgrim Hats Treats
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Making Rachel’s Autograph
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5 Conditions Not Worthy of a Death Sentence: The No-Cull Zone
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10 Winter Chicken Care Mistakes to Avoid
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Wizard of Oz Ruby Slippers Tutorial
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Landscape Gardening with Chickens
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Backyard Chickens, Front Page News. Flock Focus Friday 8/22/14
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Wing Clipping: Whether & How to Clip a Chicken’s Wing Feathers
Flock Focus Friday, 8/8/14
Naturally Sweeter Coops & Healthier Chickens with Sweet Coop® Zeolite
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Cucumber Tetherball: Chicken Boredom Buster
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Flystrike in Backyard Chickens, Causes, Prevention & Treatment
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Chicken Mating: How Does That Work?
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Chicken Anatomy: The Crop, Impacted Crop & Sour Crop
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How to Sex Chickens: Male or Female, Hen or Rooster?
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The Chicken Chick in Poultryville, Part Deux: Reporting from P.Allen Smith’s Poultry Workshop
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The Chicken Chick in Poultryville: My Invitation to Report from P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home!
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Raising Chickens Naturally- The Inside Story from Its Pioneer, Susan Burek
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Frizzle Feathered Chickens, Divas of the Chicken World
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Say WHAT? A Video Guide to Understanding Chicken Chat
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Maximizing Space Available when Adding Chickens to the Flock
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When Baby Chicks Need a Pedicure: Manure Balls.
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Pasty Butt in Chicks: Causes,Treatment & Prevention
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How to Build a Better Brooder for Raising Baby Chicks
How and When to Give a Chicken a Bath
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Winter Ice Lanterns
Cupcakes To-go! Cupcakes in a jar.
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Sprouting Grains for Chickens: Fodder for Thought
DIY Candy Cake
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FROZEN EGGS: The Nest Box Cozy & Winter Food Safety Tips
Aged Beef Rib Roast, our annual Roast Beast Recipe
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Tips for Selecting Chicken Breeds-The Breed I Need!
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Frostbite in Backyard Chickens: Causes, Treatment & Prevention
Merry Christmas from Me & My Peeps to You and Yours!
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Rustic Winter Window
French Onion Soup
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DIY Holiday Shutter
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DIY Vintage Christmas Trees
Chickens & Obesity, The Silent Killer: How to Avoid Fatty Liver Hemorrhagic Syndrome & Heat Stroke
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A Healthier Pumpkin Bread
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Surviving Winter with Chickens
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The Deep Litter Method of Waste Management in Chicken Coops
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Autumn’s Vases: Gourds & Pumpkins
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Answers from The Chicken Vet on Bacterial Infections and Introduction to Dr. Mike Petrik, The Chicken Vet
Where Did The Chicken Vet Come From and How did I Get Here?
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Things I Wish I Had Known Before Getting Chickens
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Argument to Zoning to Legalize Chickens 9-20-13
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DIY Ribbon Organizer Tote
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Nest Box Solution: CHICK TV
Sesame Noodles
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Caring for Broody Hens: Facilitating Egg-hatching
Flock Focus Friday, 8/9/13
For Strong Eggshells, Size Matters
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5 Ways to Prepare for Chicken Illness, Injury & End of Life Decisions
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Veterinary Care for Backyard Chickens, a Dialogue that Must Begin
Frozen Scrambled EggPops for Chickens
Flock Focus Friday, 7/19/13
Flock Focus Friday, 7/12/13
Grandpa’s Feeders: Protect Your Chickens & Wallet!
Flock Focus Friday, 7/5/13
11+ Tips for Predator-proofing Chickens
Flock Focus Friday, 6/28/13
Grandpa’s Feeders, Save Money on Feed & Protect Chickens from Disease
Flock Focus Friday, 6/21/13
Flock Focus Friday,First Weekly!
15 Tips to Reduce FLIES Around the Chicken Coop
10+ Tips for Healthy Chickens
5 Healthy Treats for Chickens AND 3 Food Myths, Busted!
15+ Tips to Control Rodents Around Chicken Coops
DIY Chicken Coop Flower Box
Tater Totes: Feed Bag Potato Patch
8 Tips for CLEAN EGGS from Backyard Chickens
Chickens, Predators & The Myth of Supervised Free Range
Chicken Anatomy: Nictitating Membrane, The Eyes Have it
Egg Float Test- Indicates Approximate Age, NOT Egg Safety
Spruce the Coop Herbal Fusion for Chicken Coop Nest Boxes
When to Move Chicks from Brooder to Chicken Coop
Fortune Cookie Style Easter Eggs
Once Upon a Flock Book Introduction
Scaly Leg Mites in Chickens, Identification & Treatment
Chicken Feather Loss & Cannibalism: Causes & Solutions
When Will a Hen Begin Laying Eggs? Watch for The Submissive Squat
Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks by Gail Damerow, Book Review
Probiotics, A Natural Choice for Healthy Chickens
Flower Hair Clip Cards
Cupcake Bouquet Tutorial
Facts and Myths about Fertilized Eggs
Brinsea EcoGlow 20!
Repairing a Chicken’s Broken Beak
Chicken Dust Bath: The Ultimate Spa Treatment
Max & (St)Eve’s Story: A Tale of Two Roosters
Decrease in Egg Production: Causes & Solutions
Quarantine of Backyard Chickens: When and How
Christmas 2012
Lemon Cake, Idiot-proofed
Elf on the Shelf Donuts
Lavender Wreath
Sherry Pecan Meltaways
A Window on Christmas
Keeping Brooder Water Clean- The Riser for Baby Chicks
Square Wreath
Snowflake Cupcakes
Coccidiosis: What Backyard Chicken Keepers Should Know
Organic Lemoncello Enzyme Cleaner for Coops and Homes
The 12 Gifts of Chickens
DIY Blown Egg Nativity Scene: The Reason for the Season
6+ Ways to Make Your Chicken Coop Merry and Bright!
Coop Security: Hardware Cloth vs Chicken Wire