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Be Careful what you Wish For….EU Egg Crisis
I am “up” on the animal welfare issues facing laying hen farmers across the world. Different jurisdictions are dealing with hen housing in different ways, trying to find a balance between production...
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Spring is Coming….So is Coccidiosis!
Yesterday, spring sprung. It was the warmest, sunniest, “springiest” St. Patricks day ever! There were people in green t-shirts and shorts all over the place. Shorts….in March….in Ontario, Canada....
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Chicken Vision
You should be able to file this entry into the “stuff I didn’t know” category. I have had some experience with chicken vision, and was aware of some of the basic ideas of the “weirdness” that bird...
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Eggless Chicken Born?!?!
Saw this story forwarded from the Daily Mirror in Sri Lanka…it is amazing!! The Miracle Chick In a zoological anomaly, a hen in Sri Lanka has given birth to a chick without an egg. Instead of passing...
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What Eggs are Safest?
I work in the professional egg world. I know by name the vast majority of people who supervise the production, transport, grading, marketing and delivery of the eggs you find in your grocery stores,...
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Bones, Shells and Hen Health
People keep backyard hens for any number of reasons…..for companionship, for comic relief, to fertilize the garden, eat bugs, teach kids about the circle of life or to eat table scraps. But the main...
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What makes a chicken?
I am starting a short series of posts that will describe some of the physiology, anatomy, and behaviour of the modern chicken. This has been done many times before, by people more qualified than I...
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Chicken Lungs
Anyone who knows me knows of my hate-hate relationship with running. I have started running in the past year, and have decided that it is the most ridiculous activity known to man. You can’t score...
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Why aren’t there more Chicken Vets?
I have been asked numerous times why there are no vets around who work on backyard chickens. It’s been suggested that I should specialize in backyard health and make my millions. There has been an...
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Why do we keep Chickens Inside
I have been asked by several different people with very diverse backgrounds as to why we HOUSE chickens. People have a Disney moment every time they see a big fluffy chicken scratching around in a...
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