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Whether you have a safe chicken coop is a top priority for every chicken owner. Learn to protect backyard chickens from one of their biggest threats…Predators. Creating a Safe Chicken Coop to Protect your Flock from Predators Is YOUR chicken coop safe? Predators are one of the biggest concerns that chicken keepers face. They’re stealthy, tricky, …

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Here at Backyard Chicken Project we get a lot of questions about illnesses and how to keep healthy chickens. Prevention is key, and prevention is easy with these top tips for healthy chickens. Caring for a sick or injured hen is a chicken-keeper’s worst nightmare. It’s expensive, nerve-wracking, stressful, and confusing. Where do you even start? …

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Oh, broody hens. Those moody, squawking, biting little balls of joy sitting in the corner of your coop, refusing to move off that clutch of eggs. All your broody hen wants is to hatch chicks, would it be so bad if you let her? Broody hens can be the bane of your chicken-keeping existence, but …

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The Wyandotte chicken is one of our absolute favorite breeds, and for so many reasons! They’re exceptionally cold hardy, dual purpose, and make great mothers. While they’re astoundingly gorgeous and have the cutest fluffy butts, they’re also the divas of the chicken world. We’ve put together a quick and simple breed spotlight so you can …

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