Find out what keeping hens in the backyard involves
Choose backyard chicken keepers and extension services for coops and daily care.
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Fresh Eggs Daily
The chickens section of Fresh Eggs Daily, written by Lisa Steele, with backyard poultry tips, egg facts and recipes. Useful for keepers of small flocks.
Why it is here: Backyard chicken keeping advice and practical flock care.
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Penn State Extension
Poultry education from Penn State Extension, with articles and resources on keeping poultry. Useful for small flock keepers wanting university-backed information.
Why it is here: Extension service resources on raising and caring for backyard flocks.
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Backyard Poultry
The Backyard Poultry site, linked to the magazine of the same name, covering chicken keeping, breeds and care. Useful for small flock keepers.
Why it is here: Chicken keeping articles for backyard flocks.
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Cackle Hatchery
The chicken care section of Cackle Hatchery, a poultry hatchery, with guides for keeping chicks and hens. Useful for new chicken keepers ordering birds.
Why it is here: Chicken care guides from a hatchery for raising chicks and hens.
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Meyer Hatchery
The blog of Meyer Hatchery, a hatchery selling chicks and poultry supplies, with posts on raising chickens. Useful for beginners starting a flock.
Why it is here: Starter advice for raising chicks and keeping backyard hens.
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Murano Chicken Farm
A site about raising backyard chickens for eggs, with additional pages on ducks and guinea fowl. Useful for beginners raising small flocks.
Why it is here: Backyard chicken keeping for eggs, with notes on ducks and guinea fowl.
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The Cape Coop
A page from The Cape Coop on whether backyard chickens suit a suburban yard, with guidance on getting started. Useful for first-time keepers.
Why it is here: An introduction to keeping chickens in a suburban yard.
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Randy's Chicken
A blog about chickens, their behavior, diseases, coops, equipment and books. Useful for people who want broad chicken keeping information.
Why it is here: Wide-ranging chicken keeping topics, including coops, behavior and health.
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Hobby Farms
The poultry section of Hobby Farms magazine, with articles on chicken breeds, feed and poultry practices. Useful for small farm and homestead keepers.
Why it is here: Poultry articles on breeds and feed from a small farm magazine.
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Chicken Whisperer Magazine
A page from Chicken Whisperer Magazine, which covers backyard chicken keeping. Useful for urban and suburban flock keepers.
Why it is here: Backyard chicken magazine coverage aimed at keepers of small flocks.
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Counting My Chickens
A blog about being a suburban farmer, with posts about keeping chickens at home. Useful for suburban residents with backyard hens.
Why it is here: Suburban chicken keeping told from personal experience.
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Omlet Blog US
The chicken section of Omlet's US blog, with answers on keeping chickens and coop products. Useful for owners of small backyard flocks.
Why it is here: Chicken keeping answers and ideas from a coop and equipment maker.
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