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Protect Your Chickens from Infectious Coryza

A chicken suffering from Coryza

Infectious coryza is one of the most common bacterial diseases of backyard chickens. It is, in fact, the chicken version of the common cold. Avibacterium paragallinarum bacteria cause this respiratory disease. Like the common cold, infectious coryza is particularly prevalent in the fall and winter, especially in the southeastern and northeastern United States and in […]

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Feral Chickens of Hawaii

A feral rooster

Since you like chickens, you’d love the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Chickens are everywhere. Tourists like to lure them with treats to get close-up photos. Local residents like having the chickens gobble up the island’s numerous native venomous centipedes. But some people complain that feral chickens are a nuisance. Nuisance Chickens The feral chickens of […]

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Bantams Are the Best Chickens for Kids

Children holding bantam chickens at a youth expo

Bantam chickens make perfect starter birds for beginning poultry keepers, especially young ones. Here are 10 reasons why bantams are the best chickens for kids. Bantams Are Small Pint-size bantams rarely weigh more than two pounds. Because of their smaller size and lighter weight, these diminutive chickens can be less intimidating for kids than some […]

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Buff Laced Brahma Chicken

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Buff Laced Brahma Chickens Sold As Baby Chicks Only
Minimums – Not Sexed = 3 
                          Female = 3
                          Male = 1    
                                Total of 3 birds to ship       

Seasonal/Shipped Early Feb thru September

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Dorking Assortment

Dorking Assortment
  • Dorking Assortment – Sold as Baby Chicks Only – 
       Minimums – Not Sexed = 3                                Total of 3 birds to ship  Seasonal/Shipped Early Feb thru Mid August.Limit of 15.
 
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Partridge English Orpington Chicken

  • Partridge English Orpingtons – Sold as Baby Chicks Only

       Minimums – Not Sexed = 3

                               Female= 3

                                Male=1

                                Total of 3 birds to ship 

Seasonal/Shipped Early Feb thru Mid August.

Limit of 5 Females and Males.

Limit of 10 Straight Run.

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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 Early Feb thru Mid August.

Limit of 10 Females and Males.

Limit of 20 Straight Run.

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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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