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How to Safely Clip Chicken Nails
Chickens do a fairly excellent job of taking care of their hygiene. They take dust baths and preen themselves with their beaks to keep...
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Annie
- May 13, 2021
- 4 min
Facts About Rare Chicken Breeds
I’ll be honest, when I first started raising backyard chickens, I was in it for the eggs. I really didn’t care what color or kind or...
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Annie
- Apr 23, 2021
- 3 min
How Do Chickens See?
I remember spending time out in the coop one day. Well, this is most days for me. I love to sit and watch my girls scratch around and see...
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- Apr 15, 2021
- 2 min
What is a Fairy Egg?
It started out like any other morning. After I got my husband and kids out the door for work and school, I went out to check on my flock...
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Annie
- Apr 8, 2021
- 3 min
How to Make a Chicken Dust Bath
Roxanne taking a dust bath I love to see people’s reactions when they ask how I bathe my chickens. When I tell them that chickens love to...
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Annie
- Mar 9, 2021
- 3 min
What to do with Aggressive Baby Chicks?
I remember the very first time we got baby chicks. The excitement was off the charts! We were going to have this perfect little flock....
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Annie
- Mar 3, 2021
- 3 min
Overcoming Transportation Stress with New Baby Chicks
As many of you know, I have 28 chickens and counting! This was never my plan. I was a hard stop at 6 chickens but here we are. I’m even...
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Annie
- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
How to Add Ducks or Geese to Your Flock
Would you believe that my first love in the feathered friends world were ducklings? I mean, around these parts, I’m known for my love of...
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Annie
- Feb 3, 2021
- 4 min
4 Common Mistakes Backyard Chicken Keepers Make
Hello February! We’re excited around here in the Wing household because we finally decided which new baby chicks to add to our flock this...
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Annie
- Jan 27, 2021
- 4 min
Popular Egg Layer Breeds
I hope your new year is off to a great start! This is the time of year where most people start dreaming about adding to their flock. Of...
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Annie
- Jan 21, 2021
- 3 min
We Have a Surprise for You!
The girls and I have very exciting news to share with our faithful friends and followers and we wanted you to hear it here first! No, I...
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Annie
- Jan 13, 2021
- 3 min
Strong Animals Collaborates with Hoover’s Hatchery and NatureServe Feeds
Strong Animals® announced today their collaboration with Hoover’s Hatchery™ and NatureServe® feeds to encourage everyone raising chickens...
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Annie
- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
How to Prepare Your Flock for Extreme Winter Weather
It’s almost the middle of December and here in southwest Minnesota, we still have no snow! Usually by now, we’re all singing “White...
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Annie
- Nov 10, 2020
- 2 min
Is it Safe to Eat Eggs with Blood Spots?
If you’ve been eating or using eggs for any length of time (hello almost everyone!), you probably have had a blood spot in your egg once...
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Annie
- Oct 27, 2020
- 4 min
Temperature Changes and Your Flock
Happy isn’t sure about the snow! Yikes! It’s only the end of October and already our ground is covered in snow and the temperatures make...
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Annie
- Sep 24, 2020
- 2 min
Fall Fun Activities with Chickens
Living in Minnesota, we are able to experience all four seasons. That’s one of the reasons I love living here! All of the seasons are...
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Annie
- Jul 29, 2020
- 2 min
What Raising Chickens Taught Our Family
The first time that I raised backyard chickens, we started with a mature flock to begin with. If I could do it all over, I would raise...
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Annie
- May 28, 2020
- 2 min
Table Scraps You Shouldn't Feed Your Chickens
IT'S TREAT TIME! One of the questions I get asked pretty often is if it’s okay to feed certain foods to chickens. Well, if you’ve been...
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Annie
- May 13, 2020
- 4 min
The Step-by-Step Guide to Raising Backyard Chickens
Raising backyard chickens has been one of my very best decisions. It’s way more than just yummy eggs whenever we want. Our flock has...
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- Apr 1, 2020
- 3 min
Your Guide to Purchasing Chicks
It’s officially spring and if you’re thinking about starting a flock of your own, there are some things to consider before you purchase...
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