Slate Red Dorking Chicken

  • Slate Red Dorking Chicken – Sold as Baby Chicks Only – 
       Minimums – Not Sexed = 3
                                Female=3
                                 Male=1
                                Total of 3 birds to ship       
Seasonal/Shipped Feb thru mid August
 
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Not Sexed Red Shoulder Yokohama Chicken

Red Shouldered Yokohama Chicken
  • Red Shoulder Yokohama – Sold as Baby Chicks Only – No Sexing Available
       Minimums – Not Sexed = 3
                                Total of 3 birds to ship       
Seasonal/Shipped Feb thru mid August
 
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Red Dorking Chicken

Red Dorking Chicken
  • Red Dorking Chicken – Sold as Baby Chicks Only – 
       Minimums – Not Sexed = 3
                                Female=3
                                 Male=1
                                Total of 3 birds to ship       
Seasonal/Shipped Feb thru mid August
 
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Light Sussex Chicken

  • Light Sussex – Sold as Baby Chicks Only
Minimums –

Not Sexed = 3

Female = 3

Male = 1

Total of 3 birds to ship

Seasonal/Shipped Feb thru September

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Vent Prolapse in Chickens

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One of the most common health conditions of laying hens is vent prolapse. Other names for the condition are blowout, cloacal prolapse, and prolapsed oviduct. What Is Prolapse? Prolapse is actually the natural process by which a hen lays eggs. When a hen is ready to lay an egg, her vagina tightly grips the completed […]

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Getting to Know Chicken Keepers

A man and woman hold a chicken in their yard

Chicken keepers in the United States are a diverse bunch in such things as where they live, how many chickens they keep, and what they feed their flock. A paper published in Poultry Science offers some interesting insights about who, exactly, chicken keepers are. Urban or Rural Backyard chicken keepers in the United States are […]

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An Easy and Inexpensive Boot Bath Sanitizer for Your Chicken Coop

Boots being washed after a trip to the chicken coop

Using a boot bath before and after you visit your chickens keeps your footwear clean. More important, it enhances your biosecurity measures to ensure that your flock stays healthy. The procedure for maintaining a boot bath and sanitizer is easy and inexpensive. Make a Boot Bath To make a boot bath and sanitizer, you need […]

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Free-Range Chickens, Good Idea or Not?

A Bielfelders chicken in a field

What, exactly, are free-range chickens? According to USDA, free-range chickens must be “allowed access to the outside.” That doesn’t mean they actually have to go outside. They just have to have outdoor access. On the other hand, to many rural chicken keepers, free range means letting the chickens go wherever they wish. That’s a non-starter […]

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Does Your Homeowners Association Allow Chickens?

A little girl holds a chicken

Some 75.5 million Americans — or about 30% of the entire population — live in a community governed by a Homeowners Association (HOA), according to the Foundation for Community Association Research. Further, the 365,000 different HOAs each enforce their own set of rules. And not all Homeowners Association rules allow chickens. Chickens and HOAs An […]

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