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How To Raise Chickens When buying or building a coop, make sure it's big enough for them (and any future additions) A good rule of thumb for space requirements is approximately 3–4 square feet per chicken inside the coop and 10 sq ft per chicken for the outside run Check out this great guide on how much room do chickens need? Chicken Coop:
Choosing the Right Chicken Breed: A Guide for Beginners Choosing the right chicken breed is a decision that will have a big impact on your flock’s success By considering your primary purpose (eggs, meat, or both), your local climate, the amount of space available, and the chickens' temperament, you can make a well-informed choice that will set you up for a productive and enjoyable chicken-raising
Just a Chicken Coop | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens There's a time skip where I admittedly forgot to take photos, but we finished the siding and painted the coop, pre-painted the boards for the run, and then erected the run and added the hardware cloth We used pier blocks as the base for the posts, which got away from us and ended up being 4x4's Not very "just a chicken coop", but it IS very
What Is The Life Expectancy of Chickens? Chicken life expectancy, health, and other genetic traits received very little attention Chickens were simply chickens In the 19th century, people started gathering chickens and experimenting with their genes to see if they could better meet human needs and expectations
Development of a Chicken Embryo Day by Day - BackYard Chickens This is an explanation of what is happening each day as a chicken embryo develops, complete with candling pictures The egg I am using is a silver spangled spitzhauben Definitions you may need: Vitteline membrane: The membrane that surrounds the yolk and separates it from the white Allantois: The allantois is the chick's connection to the chorion
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Coccidiosis How To Treat It - BackYard Chickens Coccidia are a microscopic parasitic organism that infect poultry when ingested by the chicken The parasites found in the ground or bird feces attaches itself to the lining in the gut, multiplies and becomes an oocyst feeding in the digestive tract which will make it bleed
How To Cure Upper Respiratory Issues Infections Naturally A good ratio would be 1 drop herb oil mixed into 1 cup of water Mix well and let your sick chicken drink from it, make sure its the only water they have access to If the chicken doesn't want to drink try dipping their beak into the water a few times to get them to drink or syringe 1 drop of the oil directly into their mouth once every few hours