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Chicken poop nincompoop
Our personal flock recently had its very first illness, and I am 100% to blame. In seven years, we’ve had to worm our flock ONCE. That’s the single solitary health problem we’ve ever had. Then, I had...
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The 6 Silliest Arguments Against Backyard Chickens
We’ve never heard any meaningful reasons against keeping a small flock of pet backyard chickens. Objections to urban and suburban chicken keeping usually spring from basic ignorance or a lack of...
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How backyard chickens can help you connect
Occasionally, we run into a customer who has a great story to tell, and we just want to share them with you. Here’s a profile of one of My Pet Chicken’s customers, Kathy Bishop, and her flock of...
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Chicken pottery – My new, cool thing
We as a family are generally pretty frugal. We like making the most of what we get into the house. This goes double for our foods. We like to use fresh vegetables as often as we can. In an effort to...
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More Chicken Family History
I loved Autumn’s post about Chicken Family History early this week. It reminded me of an old family letter I have. It’s a letter from my great great great grandma Virginia Jackson Marshall, written to...
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How much I saved with my chickens and garden
Back in 2009, after deeply rooting myself into the sustainable living lifestyle, I was curious about how much I actually produced from my chickens and garden—and how much I saved over the year. It sure...
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Eggshell Planters
It’s the time of year to start thinking about the garden, and again I’m finding myself with heaps of empty egg shells. Of course the shells can go directly into the compost pile, but I’m always trying...
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Fresh greens mean healthier eggs
I love my flock! Watching their funny antics, getting mobbed when I show up with treats, and being adored by a few lap chickens is rewarding, but being able to supply my family with delicious, healthy...
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Gardening For Your Chickens
As a gardener I want my entire family to benefit from what we grow. That includes the chickens and ducks. Fresh foods are important to the health of our chickens; healthier chickens means healthier...
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Keep your chickens from scattering the mulch
My chickens free range, and there are a lot of benefits that go along with that. I love to garden… and there are a lot of benefits that go along with that, too. Sometimes these two hobbies are tough to...
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Chicken manure benefits for the garden
There are lots of benefits to keeping chickens. One of my favorites is that, if you garden, you can use your composted chicken manure as fertilizer. But what you might not know is just how many chicken...
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Hen and Chicks in the garden?
Look at the hen and chicks! (No, not the feathered kind.) Hen and Chicks giving old work boots a second life. They’re something you don’t need a green thumb to grow! They do well in pots, inside and...
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Chickens and Gardening: Top 5 ways to combine
Chickens and gardening: in some ways, these two hobbies are incredibly compatible. After all, chickens eat plant pests. Their droppings and litter can be converted into some truly fantastic compost....
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Right to Farm – Your garden and backyard flock
On Facebook yesterday, we shared a story from Michigan. Michigan residents have just lost their Right to Farm protections. There was a variety of response to this distressing news.With the responses...
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The Hen: An Appreciation – E.B. White
Our blog at My Pet Chicken has made many posts and references about the social misconceptions associated with keeping a backyard flock. Such as Lissa’s post: Do chickens make you look poor? Yet, the...
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Top 7 Ways Mother Nature Decorates for Winter
I loved seeing all the coop decorations from my colleagues for the Coop Giveaway with Fresh Eggs Daily. I didn’t submit a coop photo, though. I confess that while I go a little mad with inside winter...
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5 top plants to grow when you keep pet chickens
It’s seed catalog time! If you garden, you’re probably already being tempted by all the things you can order… but you have to do extra thinking when deciding what plants to grow when you keep pet...
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Garden Helpers
How many of us have some unwanted garden helpers? I may have a few chicken garden helpers here and there. “We were looking for bugs and worms, we swear! I promise I wasn’t eating your pak choy!”...
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4 Ways My Chickens Do Yardwork
I feel blessed to have a small chunk of this earth to call my own. I really do want to make the best of it. Yet, my efforts to create the attractive and productive outdoor space that I imagine have...
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Winter musings on backyard gardening
It’s February, and time to get the backyard gardening blood rousted and roiling full tile boogie! I’m ready to SPRING! I must somehow confound my husband into delivering and distributing several loads...
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