6. (tr) to have or take charge or care of: keep the shop for me till I return. 7. (tr) to look after or maintain for use, pleasure, etc: to keep chickens; keep two cars. 8. (tr) to provide for the upkeep or livelihood of 9. (tr) to support financially, esp in return...
4. Train Chickens To Sleep Inside Coop When you first get a new batch of chickens, keep them inside the coop day and night for a few days. This will train the chickens to know where home is. Once they get that down, they will return every night. If the chickens start to sleep out...
Recent publicity given to the welfare conditions of laying hens has resulted in many people keeping chickens in their backyards. For this reason, it is now commonplace to have chickens in the waiting room. This article aims to arm the reader with some basic facts to help with advising owners...
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Unless you have a big enough yard to entirely separate the chicken area from the goat area, keeping chickens out of the goats’ quarters is no easy task. Somewhat helpful is confining the chickens to their own quarters until they know where they’re supposed to sleep at night. When they ...
A free-range chicken is a chicken that is not caged and has a yard in which to run around. Eggs laid by free-range hens are lower in cholesterol than commercial chickens that are caged in small cages. The cages are too small for the chickens to get the proper exercise. ...
worms are a very high source of protein and chickens love them. Now, when I find a worm or bug in the garden or yard, I go out of my way to give it to one of my hens. Seldom does the girl I gave it to get to eat it as the chase is on quickly and it usually gets handed...
Our grandchildren like to go in the chicken yard to cuddle young chicks and their favorite hens. We like walking among the backyard chickens without danger of a rooster jumping at our legs. We also appreciate knowing that our hens won’t be injured so often. Eventually, we’ll keep a ...
Now that I have a year of duck-ownership under my belt, I can tell you a few drawbacks and a few fabulous things about owning ducks. I do think if you have owned chickens, ducks can be a fun, easy addition. Things I’ve learned: ...
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