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Brahmas
Brahmas are tall, stately chickens stepping gracefully across the pasture. Their brows overshadow their eyes a bit, giving them a serious look. Feathers extend down their legs and cover their feet....
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Chickens wearing feathery scarves around their necks stand tall in their yard. A small comb sits on top of the head, above feathery eyebrows. Their ear lobes and wattles are completely covered by...
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Poultry census
The Livestock Conservancy conducted a poultry Census for North America last year. Phil Sponenberg, DVM, PhD, advises The Livestock Conservancy on breeds. Based on the data collected in the census, he...
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New Breeds
This article appears in the 2016 APA Yearbook:Getting a breed or variety recognized in the Standard is deliberately difficult. The APA confers recognition on a breed or variety only after thoughtful...
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Planning your flock
With so many breeds and varieties, it's hard to choose the one or two that are right for you. Or the one more to add to your flock. The February/March issue of Backyard Poultry has a Breed Directory of...
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APA 2016 Yearbook
The APA's 2016 Yearbook is now available. The cover photos of a White Rock and a White Wyandotte are a perfect example of two American breeds. The comparison illustrates some of the differences between...
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APA Flock Inspection program
With increased interest in heritage breed poultry, the American Poultry Association is stepping up to promote standard breeds. Its new Flock Certification Program will certify consumer chicken and...
View ArticleCooking heritage chickens --by the season
As summer draws to a close, farmers look toward the harvest. Traditionally, the family would work in the fields and enjoy cool chicken salads for lunch, fried chicken for dinner. As fall unfolded,...
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Bantams and historic conservation
Traditional breeds are best for small backyard flocks. They have adapted over their history to local conditions. Finding the appropriate breeds and learning about them is part of the fun. Telling your...
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Bantams make good mothers
Bantams are often known for their broodiness and willingness to be good mothers. Chickens need to be instinctually driven to set for the 21 days required to hatch eggs. Not all chickens retain this...
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Bantams touch the heart
Bantams come in dozens of colorful varieties. Choose more than one favorite. Lewis Wright, writing in his 1890 Illustrated Book of Poultry about bantams reflects in language of a different time about...
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Kids and Bantams
From Piper's Bantams: Black; Gold and Silver Sebrights; White; and Modern GameBantams can be a good way for kids to get involved in poultry. Their small size makes them easy for small hands to manage....
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Blue Copper Marans
Chris Cameron of Camp Ocean Pines acquired five Blue Copper Marans pullets over the weekend. He had a young cock, too, but he was killed by a predator. So Chris figures he'll have fertile hatching eggs...
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Countryside Network
Countryside, publisher of Backyard Poultry magazine among others, launched a new network. I'm pleased that they included two of my articles and a positive mention of my book in their first post about...
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Jeannette Beranger of the Livestock Conservancy put the photos she took at the Pacific Poultry Breeders poultry show in Modesto into a slide show and set them to music! Nice job, Jeannette! The show...
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Feral chickens of Kauai
Nature reports on Hawaii's feral chickens:Rich Reid/Natl Geographic CreativeA wild rooster in Kauai, Hawaii.“Don't look at them directly,” Rie Henriksen whispers, “otherwise they get suspicious.” The...
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My girls
The girls came out of their run to help me with digging some leaf litter into the soil. They enjoy their work! The bantam Sumatras found some greenery to work over. Ms. Wyandotte had to get into a...
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ABA and APA Yearbooks
ABA president Matt Lhamon remarked the other day that "The ABA Yearbook alone is worth the price of membership." He captured in a few words how encyclopedic and useful these volumes are.Both the APA...
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Eggs from pastured hens
The NY Times posted this encouraging story about a farm raising chickens on pasture for eggs. There are a few more details I'd like to know: What kind of chickens are they raising, and where they get...
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How to Safely Dress Up Your Backyard Chickens for the Holidays
This delightful story was posted on Backyard Poultry in 2014. it's okay to have fun with your chickens. Dress and photo by Holly Olejnik.Olivia Dougherty, who lives in Delaware, Maryland, created her...
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