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Secrets To Perfect Fluffy Scrambled Eggs
When we were kids, Mom would sometimes fix us perfect fluffy scrambled eggs. I can still see her working her way through two large cast iron skillets filled with moist scrambled eggs for our family of...
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Exploring How Feed Affects Egg Yolk Color
By Doug Ottinger – Many chicken owners know that egg yolk color is heavily influenced by the feed their birds eat. But do they really understand how interior egg quality can be impacted by the feeds...
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Khaki Campbell Duck Breed Spotlight
By Emma Paunil – Khaki Campbell ducks were bred in the early 1900s by Mrs. Adele Campbell, Uley, Gloucestershire, England. Mrs. Campbell created the Khaki Campbell duck with the intention to produce a...
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In Defense of Raising Backyard Chickens
By Mary Jane Fine, Connecticut A couple of years ago, Forbes magazine ran a story it titled, “Five Reasons Why Owning Backyard Chickens Is for the Birds.” Among the objections noted by author James...
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Everything Worth Knowing About Chicken Eggs
“It was a brave man who first ate an oyster,” Jonathon Swift said, but the first person to eat an egg must have been even braver. Or very, very hungry. Imagine breaking open an egg, not knowing what...
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Poultry Talk — 12/1
Shade for Chickens? I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your magazine. My mother-in-law gets it, gives it to me, and I pass it on to another friend who has chickens. We all enjoy it. I’m...
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Hatching Duck Eggs
Hatching duck eggs is fun, and nothing beats the thrill of opening the incubator to find it full of bright eyed, curious, energetic creatures eager to get on with the business of life. Successfully...
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Do You Have Something To Crow About — April/May 2017
Backyard Poultry Writer in Zambia “While on a long Sunday drive out to a Zambian village, we passed this little girl, who was selling a chicken. We asked how much, and she said, ‘Two kwacha’...
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Types of Ducks For Eggs, Meat and Pest Control
I’ve been raising various types of ducks alongside our chickens for years and have had ample opportunity to observe not only the interaction between the chickens and ducks, but also the differences...
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Silver Appleyard Duck Breed Spotlight
By Harvey Ussery – I’ve tried a number of duck breeds over the years, including Silver Appleyard ducks. I was always looking for my “true love” duck, sometimes keeping several breeds in a given season....
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Facts About Ducks: How Much Does a Duck Need?
Facts about ducks and duck information, in general, can be difficult to find online because backyard ducks aren’t nearly as popular (yet) as backyard chickens, but I am hoping to change that by...
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How to Successfully Incubate Peahen Eggs
By Craig Hopkins – Indiana, United Peafowl Association. People who raise peafowl have several options to choose from when it comes to the incubation of peahen eggs. The peahen eggs can be incubated...
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Do You Have Something To Crow About — June/July 2017
Making Copies I enjoy the magazine but on finding this chicken to color, I made copies for family and friends and sat down and colored straight away. Great fun. I think I’ll make more copies to tuck in...
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Want Colored Duck Eggs? Think Genetics!
Leghorn chickens lay white eggs and Marans lay dark brown. But duck egg color doesn’t follow these specific rules. Why can some ducks, of the same breed, lay blue eggs while the others lay white? It’s...
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Frittatas 101 – Start Basic Then Make it Fancy
When I learned to make frittatas, I knew I had a dish simple enough for a family supper yet fancy enough for entertaining. Frittata, which translates to “fried” in Italian, is an egg-based classic...
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Chicken Chat — Late Summer e-edition
Chicken Chat! Q: What’s the weirdest question you’ve ever been asked about raising chickens? • Why do you need so many chickens? — AnnaMarie Seward • Are the brown eggs dirty? — Bonny...
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Urban Chicken Keeping: Legalizing Backyard Chickens, Simple Boredom Busters,...
In case you haven’t heard, we’ve got exciting news for all you Backyard Poultry readers out there! If you have a Web-Only or All-Access Backyard Poultry membership, you now get four EXTRA e-editions a...
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Incubating Duck Eggs with Chicken Eggs
If you have already tried incubating chicken eggs, you know how addicting it can be. Have you tried incubating duck eggs? And can you incubate duck eggs with chicken eggs, conserving space while only...
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Saxony Duck Breed Profile
The most often-recognized backyard duck breed is probably the snow-white Pekin duck, closely followed by the domestic mallard, which is mottled brown with blue wing tips. However, domestic ducks come...
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Khaki Campbell Duck Breed Spotlight
By Emma Paunil – Khaki Campbell ducks were bred in the early 1900s by Mrs. Adele Campbell, Uley, Gloucestershire, England. Mrs. Campbell created the Khaki Campbell duck with the intention to produce a...
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