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8 Eggcellent Ideas From Successful Farming
Successful Farming
|January 2025
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Raising poultry is one option for diversifying your farm. If you're interested in raising chickens, here are eight eggcellent ideas with more information to check out on Agriculture. com.
1. Keeping chickens out of trees
Why did the chicken cross the road? To roost in the tree. Some hens prefer a tree branch over a nice coop. And good luck changing their minds. Jesse Lyons is an Extension poultry specialist at the University of Missouri and says once a chicken discovers it can fly and finds a tree branch to its liking, you're in for a battle.
2. Winter feeding free-range chickens
This story is from the January 2025 edition of Successful Farming.
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