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Book Review: Therapy Chickens

Book Review: Therapy Chickens

I recently sent the author of my new favorite book, Therapy Chickens, some questions about chicken keeping. This is a beautiful book that Tedra Hamel wrote and it highlights over 50 bits of wisdom. Like me she also lives in...

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Birdfeeders Will Help You Enjoy Nature

Birdfeeders Will Help You Enjoy Nature

You don’t have to be a birder to enjoy the native birds around you.  The Stellar’s Jay wakes us up every morning with its recognizable screech. Every bird lover in the PNW learns to love this persistent blue bird, a...

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Chicken Keepers: Visualize Your Garden and Make it a Reality

Chicken Keepers: Visualize Your Garden and Make it a Reality

Design your spring garden in March and keep your chickens in mind! If you grow a garden, critters, pollinators, and birds will come! If attracting wildlife isn’t your goal, perhaps you want to establish a healthier lifestyle by growing your...

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Why Are My Chickens No Longer Laying and Losing All Their Feathers? #sponsored

Why Are My Chickens No Longer Laying and Losing All Their Feathers? #sponsored

What is molting?  Expert Janet Garman, author of “50 Do-It-Yourself Projects for Keeping Chickens” tells us that as daylight begins to shorten, it’s time for molting season. The chickens may lose feathers!  That is certainly the case with our chickens....

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How Do You Safely Transition Chicken Feed? #sponsored

How Do You Safely Transition Chicken Feed? #sponsored

As a Certified Vet Tech (CVT), I’m trained to care for small animals, chickens included. One question we often get is how to transition animals from one diet to another. Transitioning food can be complicated and pet parents need patience. ...

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Grow Your Own Chicken Treats (Herbs!) #sponsored

Grow Your Own Chicken Treats (Herbs!) #sponsored

One of the best projects for spring is growing healthy treats for your chickens. You can try growing a number of herbs in pots covered with chicken wire and see which the ladies enjoy the most. In this post and...

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Adding Herbs to Your Flock’s Feed to Boost Immunity and Decrease Health Issues #ad

Adding Herbs to Your Flock’s Feed to Boost Immunity and Decrease Health Issues #ad

Herbs can be fed directly into the feed or free choice like you do with other types of supplements (e.g. Oyster Shell). You can also add herbs to the dust bath. We partnered with Scratch and Peck for this post...

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Epic Eggs: A Book Review for Chicken Keepers

Epic Eggs: A Book Review for Chicken Keepers

Epic Eggs by Jennifer Sartell  A book review! You all know that I’m a newbie chicken keeper. I devour any chicken resource I can get my hands on. My recent fave book is Epic Eggs by Jennifer Sartell. It is...

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Best Dog Houses to Fave Dog PJ’s: What You May Have Missed

Best Dog Houses to Fave Dog PJ’s: What You May Have Missed

Happy New Year! As the main contributor to Wide Open Pets (WOP), below is a roundup of stories you may have missed these past few weeks. Many of the stories you typically see on Wag and Cluck may also appear...

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A Mobile Coop Saved My Chickens

A Mobile Coop Saved My Chickens

I’m not joking. Meet Luke Rogers, the owner of Mobile Chickens. His portable chicken coops are literally the best thing that’s happened to chicken keepers. I inherited a set up where my chickens were living in a barn coop. Now the...

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