Chicken Articles

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Your chicken is a special part of your life, be they egg layers, meat producers, show birds, or just pets. Their time with you can sometimes feel pretty short, but at least there are ways to lengthen that time as long as possible and make it enjoyable.

That’s why we’ve put these articles together for you. We hope that they’ll answer any questions you might have regarding your feathered guest. If, per chance, none of these articles address your concerns, feel free to contact us with your questions. We’ll try to give you a straightforward answer, and might even write an article based on your question for the site!

All About Eggs
Top 5 Egg Layers
Types of Chicken Eggs for Purchase
The Chicken or The Egg?
5 Fun Eggshell Crafts
Grading Eggs
Troubleshooting Layers
Showing Eggs
How the Chicken Lays the Egg
Egg Laying Problems
What Is Brooding and Why Is My Hen Doing It?
Egg Candling: What It Is and How To Do It Correctly
Keeping Your Hens Laying Through the Fear
Setting Up the Proper Nest Box for Your Hens

Chicken Care
Toys for Chickens
Where to Buy Eggs and Chicks
Raising Chicks- Make Yourself the Mama Hen
Cold Climates and Chickens
What Every Coop Needs
Coop Flooring
Poultry Diseases and How to Prevent Them
Chicken Nutrition- What Your Chicken Needs In Its Feed
Protecting Your Flock From Predators
Common Chicken Parasites
Chicken Care- A Month by Month Guide
Dust Baths, The Chicken Preference for Keeping Clean
Molting: That’s One Ugly Chicken!
How To Water-Bathe a Chicken
Helping Chickens Avoid Heat Stress
How Not to Care for Chickens
Maintaining Your Chicken Coop
Cannibalism In Chickens and What To Do To Prevent It
Trimming Your Chicken’s Beak
What Every Chicken Needs
Vegetarian Chickens or Well-Rounded Diets?
Considering a Movable Chicken Coop
Can Chickens Eat Table Scraps?
Selecting the Proper Feeder for Your Chickens
Cleaning Up After Your Chickens
The Proper Way to Handle a Chicken
Keeping Your Chickens’ Nails in Check

Chicken Guides
Chicken Breeding
Chicken Clubs- Get Out and Strut Your Clucks!
Chicken Pickin’
5 Exotic Chicken Breeds
Tips for Transporting Chickens
City Chickens
Best Cold Weather Chickens
Poultry Farming- Get Rich Quick?
Top 5 All Around Best Chicken Breeds
5 Heat Hardy Chicken Breeds
Layers Versus Dinner
5 Oldest Chicken Breeds
5 Largest Chicken Breeds
Showing Poultry- A Quick-Step Guide
Top 5 Meat Birds
5 Smallest Chicken Breeds
Incubating Chicken Eggs- A Quick Guide
Why You Should Free-Range Your Chickens
Culling Your Birds
Chicken Dinner: From Backyard To Table
Chicken Breeding: Creating the Master Race!
What to Know When Adding New Chickens to Your Flock
Common Myths About Chickens
What Does “Free Range” Really Mean?
Do You Need a Rooster?
Preventing the Annoyance of Unwanted Crowing
Can You Keep Chickens With Other Animals?
The Advantages of a Purebred Chicken
Can You Keep Roosters Together?
How Old Should Chickens Be?
Where Not to Buy Chickens and Why
What to Look for When Buying a Chicken
Breeding Chickens Wisely
Simple Ways to Tame Chickens
Building the Best Coop
Setting Up an Ideal Chicken Run
Setting Up Free Range Chickens

Chicken Oddities
Chickens as Pets?
Chickens and Religion
Are You Raising a Cockatrice?
Simple Chicken Recipes
5 Excellent Egg Recipes
Fiction Fowls: The Good, The Bad, and The Chicken
Flying Chickens
Naming Your Dinner
Top 5 Long-Lived Chickens
Why Does the Rooster Crow?
How Smart Are Chickens?
Other Farming Fowl
Gonzo and Camilla
Chickens In Common Sayings
Is Chicken Healthier Than Other Meat?
Strange Chicken Anatomy
Chickens Through History
Avoiding Salmonella in Chickens
The History and Legacy of Cockfighting