Today we are seeing a significant resurgence in the popularity of quails. Although they’re nowhere near as popular as chickens or even ducks, these tiny beautiful birds have advantages all their own, including needing a lot less space than those other two species. And though most birds tend to have pretty similar diets, quails, like
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I don’t think there’s anyone on Earth who isn’t instinctively annoyed and enraged by flies and mosquitoes. Whether they are just zipping around your head at your cookout or sucking your blood as you’re trying to enjoy some time outdoors, these insect pests are the worst. Naturally, people go through a lot to try and
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If you’ve been keeping chickens any length of time, you probably already know that our feathered friends can eat a lot of the same vegetables that we can. If it’s good for us, a lot of the time it will be good for our chickens. But not every vegetable is good for chickens, including a
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When it comes to keeping poultry, the first birds most people think of are chickens, then ducks and finally maybe turkeys or geese. But did you know that quails are becoming an increasingly popular livestock species? It’s true, and this isn’t even a recent fad: quails have been kept as domestic animals by people for
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It is hard to say exactly what a chicken’s favorite food is, but if you take the time to observe them when you allow them to forage on their own you’ll notice they eat from a variety of plants on your property. It makes sense that nutritious greens would be on the menu for chickens
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Though your chickens can indeed get by on a diet consisting of mostly dry, hard pellets it is safe to say that they will probably enjoy a little variety in their menu. One of the best ways to give your chickens something interesting to snack on while also improving their overall nutrition is by feeding
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You’ve heard the old saying before: familiarity breeds contempt. When it comes to the most common livestock species, maybe familiarity doesn’t breed contempt but when you work with the same animals day in and day out they can just sort of become part of the background. They can lose that sense of wonder that makes
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One of the best things about owning chickens is that they can eat just about anything. But that’s also one of the worst things about them… Most chicken owners have experienced the pain of finding out that their chickens flew the coop, hopped a fence, and then chowed down on the garden produce they had
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Even though they can’t dig them up on their own a lot of the time, most root vegetables are good eating for chickens, but there are some exceptions. No matter what sort of produce you are planning on giving to your chickens, it’s always best to double-check and make sure it is safe for them
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Corn is probably the single most important grain in the world. At least it is if you look around at the foods and other products we buy and use every day. Corn or corn by-products are in it nearly everything, certainly in most foods in one form or another and it is even playing an
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