Chickens are generally hardy, healthy birds but even they can fall victim to various diseases. Perhaps none are more horrendous than chicken fowl cholera. Also known as avian cholera, this highly contagious and often fatal disease affects chickens of all ages, although old birds are most susceptible. Chicken fowl cholera can strike quickly and without […]
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Summer is the time of year when most people like to get outside and enjoy their gardens. However, one thing that can ruin this experience is an invasion of bugs. This summer, don’t let those pesky critters keep you from enjoying your garden…. Try one of these new homemade bug sprays – made with organic
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I don’t think it is any stretch to say that the most iconic image of a precious little baby chick the average person has is of a little, perfectly yellow fuzzball. This idea is so common that 99% of the time you see a chick depicted anywhere in media, for any purpose, it will be
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Picking pears might seem like a simple task, but there is actually a right time to do it! If you want to pick the best pears, you need to wait until they are ripe, of course, but pears are tricky. They might seem perfectly ripe on the tree and then promptly turn to mush on
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Composting is one of the very best things you do if you have a garden or grow any other plants around your property. Compost is packed with all of the essential nutrients that your plants need to grow healthy and strong. Best of all, it’s basically free, made from scraps and waste that you’d normally
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Things seem to be going great on the homestead with all your cows until, one day, you notice one of your precious animals looking decidedly leaner than the others. You don’t think too much of it but then it seems that, no matter what you do, the poor animal continues to shed the pounds. Not
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Keeping bees is a rewarding pastime and can even be a profitable business, both worthy endeavors in their own right. But many keepers will also admit to having a certain amount of affection for their bees. Yeah, they are just insects, but it can be a heartwarming thing to see them prosper and triumph with
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Most farm animals and pretty much all pets are more active in the daytime than at night, with few exceptions. Every once in a while you’ll see a herd of cows moving and eating in the night since they tried to beat the heat of the day but that is about it. But some animals
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Do you want to know how to sex a chicken? Hens and roosters play different but complementary roles in a flock and both have different physical characteristics. The trick is figuring out which is which before they grow up! Knowing how many hens and how many roosters you’ll wind up with is important for planning
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If you’ve seen one chicken egg you’ve seen them all, right? White or brown, that’s it. Compared to the splendid array of colors on display with other birds’ eggs in nature, chicken eggs seem very plain. But, what if I told you that there were some chickens that laid blue eggs instead? It’s true! From
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