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Best Chicken Poop Sifters: Cheap+Premium+DIY

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A chicken poop sifter is a coop rake, a tool used to separate chicken waste from bedding material, such as wood shavings, straw, or sand, in a chicken coop. The primary purpose of a poop sifter is to make cleaning the coop easier and more efficient, as well as to maintain a healthier environment for … Read more

Accurate Dosage of Corid for Effective Poultry Care

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Have you ever faced the heart-wrenching situation of watching your beloved chickens fall ill? Last spring, in my own backyard, I noticed my usually lively hens becoming lethargic. One by one, they started showing signs of distress. It didn’t take long for me to realize they were battling coccidiosis, a disease that can swiftly devastate … Read more

Chicken Hamster Ball – The Rolling Chicken Run

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A chicken run is a fenced-in area linked to the chicken coop that provides the flock with all of the outside space it requires without roaming free. Many backyard chicken enthusiasts are required to think out of the box regarding the needs of their chickens. Have you ever seen a chicken hamster ball, or a rolling chicken run?

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Bottom Of The Chicken Pecking Order – Caring For The Girls At The Bottom

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Many new chicken keepers are appalled to learn that chickens fight amongst themselves. Chickens are social creatures that live in a hierarchical structure. The chickens establish a social order known as the pecking order. Inevitably some hens will end up at the bottom of the pecking order. It is important to understand how to care for the girls at the bottom of the heap.

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Are Chickens Dinosaurs: Yes Or No? (Related to the Theropods?)

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Today we call them birds, and they are considered their distinct animal line, but chickens were in fact once dinosaurs. “Dinosauria” was introduced in 1841 by Sir Richard Owen during a series of public talks in Britain. The clade’s name was to mean “fearfully great lizards.” But translation is a strange art form, and now they are known as “terrible lizards.”

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