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On November 6 California voters will be asked to approve amendment 12. This Amendment can be used to arrest, convict, imprison, and seize the property of chicken keepers who use confinement to break sitting hens, isolate sick birds, or to retrain aggressive chickens. Do not believe the...

Hens molt in response to the length of daylight. Molting is very hard on a hens health because she is growing a brand new set of feathers. It is best that you not catch, handle, or interact in a physical way with your chickens when they are molting because they are very sore and feverish at...

OK, I have often advocated drowning trapped raccoons as a quiet and unobtrusive method of disposal, but I didn't mean for you to do it like this young lady did...

The New World Screw Worm has reemerged in South Florida. Keep a close watch on your birds because Screw Worms are dangerous as a switch blade knife. Hopefully the USDA will be able to banish them again but this pest is not something that you want to help survive for the sake of diversity...

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2016/06/poultry-dangers-live-birds-blamed-for-7-ongoing-outbreaks/#.V1S3SPkrJhE Seven separate Salmonella outbreaks across 35 states sickened more than 300 people in the first four months of this year and are ongoing. All the outbreaks are being blamed on live...

No, we're not talking about Rodney Dangerfield but rather about chicken keepers. For a long time I have lamented the fact that today predators don't fear man. Here is more evidence that unfortunately was provided by a 4 year old child. Next time it could be your child...

THE NATAL NEST Eggs need humidity to develop and hatch. This is why when one of your hens steals her nest away from prying eyes she almost always lays on the bare ground but in some dark and, secluded place. Your nest boxes should give a hen both of these options. Take a shovel or square...

Does anyone here recognize these people or know where this video was made? Aren't you glad that you and your chickens don't live in the same neighborhood that this colony of raccoons calls home? But this is what catch and release will do to a safe chicken rearing area.

Big Dogs Save Little Penguins. The story below sets out some of the problems and gives you basic ideas on how to habituate or bond livestock guardian dogs to your chickens. As the story says it takes the dog owners' commitment, an iron will, and quick reactions to successfully habituate a LGD...

I came upon this while reading my e-mail today. No one knows yet, but this H7N9 flu strain may be serous or not serous at all. The thing I don't like about it is that the poultry that are infected by the H7N9 virus don't show any symptoms, so the FDA, USDA, DHLS, etc may decide to kill all the...