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Poultry

Tim Bowsher and baby chicks

Raising feathered friends can bring joy and entertainment to your acreage. Here s how one creative guy makes poultry a part of his life.



Raising bantam chickens

Rather than being bred for egg or meat production, the purpose of these miniature chickens is to be beautiful and personable.


Four types of chickens

Preventing avian flu

The poultry living in your backyard can be just one bird away from getting avian influenza.


Vern the rooster

Poultry diseases

Chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry make a nice addition to any acreage, but they require vaccinations to prevent them from getting sick.


Vern the rooster

Building a henhouse

Even free-range chickens need a safe place to roost, away from predators and the elements. Here are some simple ways to build a henhouse.


Tim Bowsher feeds chickens

Raising free-range chickens

Although the term sounds somewhat exotic, free-range chickens are simply birds not housed continuously.


Vern the rooster

Raising chickens for eggs

If you're considering raising chickens, it's important to first decide what kind of eggs you want.


Madeline feeds hen

Raising domestic geese

When it comes to raising animals on your acreage, it doesn't get much easier than geese.


Embden goose and gosling

Raising domestic geese: Imprinting

Even though they do have a bit of a temper, geese can make a welcome addition to any country acreage.


Embden goose and gosling

 
 
 


 

 
 
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