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Penning a Hen with Her Chicks

A hen is sitting on straw with two yellow chicks, one standing upright and the other pecking at the ground.

If a hen and her newly hatched chicks are left to wander around the poultry yard, the babies may fall prey to house cats, hawks, and other predators. And baby chicks can slip through most yard fences that are properly built to confine mature poultry. Chicks wandering around a yard can get chilled in damp […]

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How to Trim a Chicken’s Parrot Beak

Side-by-side comparison of a chicken with an overgrown comb and a chicken with a normal comb.

In a natural environment, a chicken’s beak wears down as fast as it grows. Periodically a chicken wipes its beak on the ground to clean it. The maneuver at the same time sharpens the beak for pecking and keeps it from growing too long.   The upper half of a chicken’s beak is naturally a […]

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