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How to Make a Dust Bath for Your Chickens
Petunia taking a dust bath. Note: This post may contain affiliate links. See the affiliate disclosure at the bottom of this page for more information. How to Make a Dust Bath For Your Chickens...
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Gwen the Rescue Hen: A Book Review
This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please see the affiliate disclosure at the bottom of this page. I’ve always said there are more reasons to raise backyard chickens than just...
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Meet the New Girl: Bernice
There’s a new girl in the flock! Bernice Those of you who follow my Facebook page may have seen my post announcing the addition of a new chicken to the Counting My Hens flock. Bernice came home with me...
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A Frugal Homesteading Giveaway!
A Frugal Homesteading Giveaway! Would you like to live more frugally? Homesteading, whether on a rural farm or in an urban townhouse, is about living a more self-sufficient, sustainable lifestyle. And...
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Caring for Chickens in Extreme Weather
Winter in Iowa Lessons from the Polar Vortex There’s nothing like an extreme weather event to get you rethinking your chicken-keeping practices. The polar vortex event that hit the Midwest in late...
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A Chicken Obituary: Petunia
Petunia Petunia came to the Counting My Chickens flock on May 11, 2014, and left it on May 31, 2019. She wasn’t one of my original hens, but she was a longstanding member of the flock and a good...
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What to Do When Your Chicken is Sick
Image by Alec Salter Design As a backyard chicken keeper, there likely will come a day when you realize you have a sick chicken on your hands. You may notice that your pet chicken isn’t eating or that...
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My Top Five Chicken Websites and Blogs
Counting My Chickens recently was named one of the top 50 poultry websites and blogs for poultry keepers by Feedspot. This was a nice honor, and it got me thinking about my own favorite online chicken...
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Five Tips from a New Chicken Keeper
New chicken keeper James Gibbon and one of his hens on his Montana farm. Are you thinking about getting your first chickens this spring? Meet Counting My Chickens reader and aspiring blogger James...
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How to Make an Indoor Salad Garden with Recycled Materials
Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. See the full disclosure at the bottom of this page. Turn Your Trash into an Indoor Salad Garden! Create your own mini indoor salad garden with stuff...
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