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ENRICHMENT ideas
Turn your chicken coop into an enrichment center to keep your girls content and healthy.
7 min |
Healthy Hens 2026
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Egg-Eating Hens
Egg-eating hens can be a frustrating and costly problem for backyard chicken-keepers.
6 min |
Healthy Hens 2026
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Feeding Fowl
What you feed, how you supplement and when you treat will make all the difference for your chickens.
10 min |
Healthy Hens 2026
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Common Ailments
Learn about these disorders of backyard birds and how to prevent them.
10 min |
Healthy Hens 2026
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ALPHA Hens
With or without a flock rooster, one lady always steps up to be the queen.
7 min |
Healthy Hens 2026
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Potent PREDATORS
Take precautions, as these 15 marauders can wipe out an entire flock.
10+ min |
Healthy Hens 2026
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Golden Girls
Discover some of the most overlooked health issues in aging hens.
6 min |
Healthy Hens 2026
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AN HERB TO AVOID IN WINTER
While many culinary herbs are beneficial in winter, some members of the mint family are best to avoid when temperatures dip below 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
1 min |
Healthy Hens 2026
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Laying MISTAKES
Avoid these blunders with your egg-producers.
8 min |
Healthy Hens 2026
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15 TOXIC PLANTS
Don't let your chickens eat these common plants.
6 min |
Healthy Hens 2026
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When Hens Stop Laying
From shorter day lengths to nutritional deficiencies — or serious health issues — there are many reasons hens stop laying.
3 min |
Healthy Hens 2026
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Pullet Priming
Getting your young layers off to a great egg-producing start requires more than just switching to a layer feed.
7 min |
Healthy Hens 2026
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For HAPPY HEALTHY HENS
Use these tips to keep your flock tiptop.
8 min |
Healthy Hens 2026
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Cool CHOOKS
Most chicken breeds are pretty hardy, but you can still make them more comfortable by offering them some escape from the summer heat.
7 min |
Healthy Hens 2026
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BUG Off!
Bugs, who needs 'em? Certainly not chicken-keepers, who sometimes struggle to keep pesky flies and poultry parasites at bay.
7 min |
Healthy Hens 2026
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February Is Frost Seeding Month
If your pastures are showing signs of wear and tear, patches of open ground, more weeds than grass, overgrazing last fall or mud damage this winter, it’s time to rehab them with frost seeding. Frost seeding is an inexpensive and easy way to rejuvenate overgrazed or weather-damaged livestock pastures and hayfields without tilling or disturbing already established grasses and legumes.
2 min |
January / February 2026
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Kubota Goes Grand
Kubota Tractor Corp. has unveiled its latest innovation for small-scale farmers and landowners: the Grand L70 Series. Designed with residential and commercial users in mind, this series blends power, comfort and cutting-edge technology into one versatile machine. With three configurations available — premium, deluxe and cold weather — the Grand L70 Series is built to meet the diverse needs of today’s small farms and rural properties.
1 min |
January / February 2026
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CONSERVATION FLOCKS
Many backyard chicken breeds face endangered status. Here's what to keep in mind when starting a flock to ensure a breed's future.
3 min |
January / February 2026
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DEXTER CATTLE
Dexters are tri-purpose cattle (beef, milk and draft). Today's Dexter cattle descend from a herd of hardy Irish mountain cattle assembled by Mr. Dexter, agent to Lord Hawarden, around 1750.
1 min |
January / February 2026
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SNOW Removal
Attachments can make a significant difference in how a farmer experiences winter and all that comes with it.
3 min |
January / February 2026
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Goat Parasites
Grazing on an overly soiled pasture can sometimes lead parasites in your goat herd.
3 min |
January / February 2026
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Garden-Scale Crop Rotation
You don't have to be a big-time farmer to benefit from rotating crops.
4 min |
January / February 2026
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BELTED GALLOWAY CATTLE
The unique appearance of Belted Galloway cattle inspires many questions about their origins.
1 min |
January / February 2026
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DIY Essential Oils
Steam-distill your own essential oils at home.
6 min |
January / February 2026
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SAY CHEESE
KEEP 'EM COMING
1 min |
January / February 2026
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NEW YEAR, NEW CROPS
As you make your garden plans for this season, consider these picks from growers across the country.
6 min |
January / February 2026
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Rediscover Ancient Grains
Explore these nutritious and adaptable grains, known by many cultures over thousands of years.
8 min |
January / February 2026
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HIGHLAND CATTLE
Highland cattle are an old heritage breed known to have grazed the rugged Scottish landscape since the 6th century.
1 min |
January / February 2026
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Weed Management
The days of making a single, spring, pre-emergent herbicide application are behind us as we're faced with increased weed-resistance issues, microbial degradation in the soil, shifting climate patterns (longer seasons) and a loss of efficacy with traditional herbicidal chemistries.
3 min |
January / February 2026
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agvice
Temperature stress is observed when pigs fall outside of their thermal neutral zone.
1 min |