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20 COOP CONSIDERATIONS

Keep these 20 things in mind when designing a home for your chickens.

FIVE ANCILLARY FEATURES

While not necessary for all chicken coops, the

Laying an Egg

Maintaining correct male-to-female ratios and keeping flocks of younger breeding fowl will help ensure higher fertility and hatching rates.

Making Bucks from Clucks

These five reasons might be why you’re losing money on your chickens.

Tracking Digestion

Keeping your flock internally healthy starts with what the chickens are or are not eating.

French Intensive Gardening

This permaculture system relies on soil improvement, raised beds, close spacing, companion planting, succession planting and crop rotation. Oui, oui!

Seed-Starting Soil Temps

Don’t miss out on growing time by focusing only on the air temperature

Get LOW in Spring

There comes a time when we all just want to start planting in our gardens again, and a low tunnel provides an earlier-is-better option.

CROPS FOR EARLY SPRING

I n early spring it can be challenging

Cut-AndCome Lettuce

Maximize your profits while minimizing time to grow and seed costs with this easy cut-andcome approach to growing lettuce salad mix.

DEXTER CATTLE

This heritage breed has naturally maintained its small

HEREFORD CATTLE

Originating from Hereford shire, England, the Hereford is

FORAGE FOR FOWL

Consider these three cool-season forages as you plant your pasture with free-range poultry in mind.

Lawn Aerators

rural news and advice from across the country

Small-But-Mighty Hot Peppers

from my garden

Soil Testing

from my farm

SAY CHEESE!

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Turkeys & Chickens

In many instances, you can keep turkeys alongside your chickens, but you’ll need to take a few things into account first.

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