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What Is The Life Expectancy of Chickens? Chicken life expectancy, health, and other genetic traits received very little attention Chickens were simply chickens In the 19th century, people started gathering chickens and experimenting with their genes to see if they could better meet human needs and expectations
How To Raise Chickens When buying or building a coop, make sure it's big enough for them (and any future additions) A good rule of thumb for space requirements is approximately 3–4 square feet per chicken inside the coop and 10 sq ft per chicken for the outside run Check out this great guide on how much room do chickens need? Chicken Coop:
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Chickens are cool! (50 chicken facts you will love) 10 Each chicken sound means something specific 11 A chicken can live for a short while without a head! 12 A hen can lay more than 300 eggs a year 13 A mother hen turns her eggs about 50 times a day 14 The largest chicken egg weighed nearly 12 ounces 15 The chicken breed called turkens is not a chicken and turkey cross That is a myth 16
The White Leghorn: A Basic Overview - BackYard Chickens Prized for its consistent egg-laying abilities as well as its pretty color, the White Leghorn is not only valued in the farming industry but is also appreciated by the backyard chicken community Appearance: The White Leghorn's general appearance is a single comb that falls slightly over the side of the head, white earlobes and plumage, and
The Best Chicken Feed | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens Chicken layer feed should be fed to hens that produce eggs after they have laid their first egg This particular type of chicken feed contains higher levels of calcium, which makes for better and stronger eggs It is possible to feed laying hens a general flock feed and they will still produce usable eggs
How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you . . . If the chicken has been drinking lots of water, yet not eating anything, this is further indication of impacted crop Impacted crop sour crop If the crop is full and hard and lumpy and the chicken has been drinking lots of water and it smells like sauerkraut, you likely have an impacted crop that has developed a yeast infection