Category: Raise
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When Do Pullets Start Laying? Signs, Timing and Why Yours Is Late
Your pullet hit 20 weeks in October and gave you nothing. Every chart you pulled up had a number — 18 weeks,…
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Integrating Chicks Into Your Flock Without Losing One
The hen that almost killed my first pullet wasn’t being vicious. She was just three times the pullet’s size, and I put…
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When Can Chicks Go Outside? Feathers, Night Lows and Predators
My friend Matt moved his grow-out batch outside at six weeks because that’s what the internet told him. Woke up the next…
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Medicated vs Non-Medicated Chick Starter: How to Actually Decide
That Bag in Your Car Isn’t What You Think It Is The bag of medicated starter has been sitting in your car…
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Baby Chick Problems in the First Week (and Which Ones Need a Vet)
Day Three Is the Inflection Point Day three is when things either turn around or go wrong fast, and the difference is…
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Brooder Temperature for Chicks: Watch the Chicks, Not the Thermometer
You just got home with a box of chicks and you’ve got a thermometer clipped to the side of your brooder —…
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Chick Brooder Setup: What’s Worth Buying and What’s a Waste
The feed store sold my neighbor a $90 starter kit the day she brought her chicks home, and two of those items…
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Raising Baby Chicks: My Week-by-Week Guide From Brooder to First Egg
First 48 Hours: What You’re Actually Looking For You probably already have the brooder set up, the feed in a bin, and…
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12 Wing Feather Sexing Tips That Will Save Your Flock’s Future
I stopped paying $1 extra for vent-sexed chicks the moment I realized a three-day-old wing held more data than a ten-week-old crowing…
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Laying the Foundation: A Beginner’s Handbook to Egg-Raising Chickens 🐣
🥚 By Tanner · ChickenRise How to Raise Chickens for Eggs From picking the breed to selling the surplus — the whole…
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Can Chickens Live With Guinea Pigs?
I still remember the day I brought home my first guinea pig. His name was Oreo and he was the cutest little…
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🥚Egg Math: Calculating the Ideal Chicken Count for Your Family 🐔
So last weekend I decided to do some spring cleaning in the backyard coop. Big mistake! I accidentally knocked over the nesting…
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Top 15+ Reasons Why Your Chickens Ain’t With Us No More
Now I know what y’all come here for – you wanna know why your feathered friends occasionally leave this here mortal coil.…












