Many hens lay their first egg around 18 weeks of age and then lay up to an egg each day, subject to breed, environment and individual bird. At 18 weeks, choose a complete layer feed with the Purina® Oyster...
If you raise poultry as a hobby, or on a small-scale, it’s typically not feasible to mix your own feed. Larger-scale commercial operations maintain the ability to purchase bulk amounts of the individual ingredients, plus have the equipment to...
You can make the right equipment for your poultry operation
Mobile poultry hut design
Mobile poultry hut design is important for poultry comfort and management.
The materials you choose impact temperature, durability and the chance of predators catching birds.
How to build a...
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As a prey species, chickens are stoic and typically suppress signs of weakness, including when they are sick. It is difficult to detect sick chickens because they rarely show signs of illness before it becomes severe.
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Nearly every chicken breed has a bantam version. But some bantam breeds have no larger counterpart. The latter are true bantams. Cackle Hatchery® offers the following true bantam chicken breeds:
Belgian d’Anvers
Belgian d’Anvers bantams get their name from the Belgian...
Residents who own or are interested in owning backyard poultry are encouraged to attend the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, Backyard Poultry Health Seminar on April 6 in College Station.
The event will be from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m....
Author: Hannah Phillips, graduate student, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS)
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Free-range broilers with less outdoor space may sunbathe, aggressively attack, stretch, or pant more than those with more outdoor space.
Extra outdoor space may...
Episode 1196. Today, poultry nutritionist Dr. Curran Gehring, Ph.D., will be teaching us all about nutrition for baby chicks. Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer®, brought to you by Tucker Milling, LLC., is a nationally broadcast web radio show...
HPAI or avian flu never left the United States in 2022 like it did in 2015. So it’s likely that by the end of March, Minnesota will again start to see the virus affect chickens, turkeys and wild waterfowl.
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Backyard chicken flocks continue to grow in popularity as Mississippians embrace the ability to produce some of their own food and enjoy the quirky personalities of the birds.
Tom Tabler, poultry specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said...