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15 Thoughts on Caring for Chickens with Health Issues

March 17, 2014

Long before I began blogging about the chickens, the gardens, and the bees, my career has been in medicine. Without a doubt, I draw on my experiences in medicine to care for my chickens. Yes, there is a difference between treating chickens and treating humans. However, many things do not change such as infection causing organisms,…

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Chickens Coop Care Health Issues

Mite Prevention

May 2, 2011

I checked my chickens over for mites this past weekend. Mites are nasty little things, almost microscopic to the eye, that can take both mental and physical tolls on your chickens. As the weather warms, these tiny little invaders will take every chance they can to steal a meal from your chickens. When I first…

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Chickens DIY Projects Eggs

So You Want To Raise Backyard Chickens: 5 of a 5 Part Series

March 20, 2011

Well the flock will be one year old in June. We have survived our first Northeast Winter and we just just hatched our own eggs. I think it is now time that I write the final chapter in my guide to raising chickens. I’ve touched upon these topics now and then with some of the…

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Chickens Health Issues

Tips for Chickens from Our Coop to Yours

January 14, 2011

Well it has been seven month since we started raising chickens. I thought that I would share a few tips that I have learned along the way since raising chickens. They might make a difference in how you do things too. 1. Add 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to 1 gallon of water that they…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

Keeping a Happy Home: Advice from Chickens

December 12, 2010

Fashionistas, excellent housekeepers, nurturing to those in need; sounds like a resume that would please any of us. Good housekeeping skills and keeping a tidy home with everything in it’s place: something that many of us strive to achieve. The other day, I cleaned out the coop and realized halfway through that I forgot to pick…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

Coming Home

November 9, 2010

I had a terrific time on the West Coast and now I am finally home. I missed my family and those chickens. My husband, the chicken sitter, tells me that they all were good and he was able to take care of them without any problems. I think he actually might have even enjoyed it. I…

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Chickens Health Issues

Got Mites?

November 2, 2010

A nice clean coop, hopefully mite free Well apparently I did! I cleaned out the coop yesterday. While scraping out the nooks and crannies, I saw two areas of red mites, about 20 in each spot. It took me a little while to recognize what they were. They were so tiny and microscopic. I could only tell they…

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Chickens Coop Care Health Issues

Fossils for Chickens?!

October 22, 2010

Diatomaceous Earth! Diatomaceous Earth or DE is really a miracle worker. What exactly is it? DE consists of fossilized microscopic hard-shelled algae called diatoms. It comes in a very fine powder and can be a real preventative as well as curative for many chicken ailments.The most important thing when you want to use DE with your chickens…

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15 Thoughts on Caring for Chickens with Health Issues

Mite Prevention

So You Want To Raise Backyard Chickens: 5 of a 5 Part Series

Tips for Chickens from Our Coop to Yours

Keeping a Happy Home: Advice from Chickens

Coming Home

Got Mites?

Fossils for Chickens?!

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