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How to handle predators in a chicken flock

Every chicken keeper's nightmare is a predator stalking their flock. In this installment of Chicken Chatter, Field Editor Lacey Vilhauer shares her predator experiences and tips for preventing and exterminating animals that will kill your chickens. Read More

4H, Kylie, Opinion

What does ag mean to me?

From the Staff, Lacey, Lacey Vilhauer, Livestock, Opinion

There’s no better place to grow up than the farm



(HPJ Calendar photo by Barbara Austin of St. John, Kansas.)

March 8 WASDE shows higher ending stocks, few changes for corn, wheat, soybeans

Maintaining cleanliness with chickens and eggs

There was not much left on the landscape after the 2017 Starbuck fire in Clark County, Kansas. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Scarred for life

Mustard weeds can be a variety of colors. Some are mustard yellow while others are white or purple flowering plants. (Photo courtesy of Kansas State University Research and Extension.)

Options for weed control in light of dicamba ruling

What to know before starting a chicken flock

Kindergarten kids friends arm around sitting smiling (Photo: iStock - Rawpixel)

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Introducing Chicken Chatter, a backyard bird blog

Skeeter with owner Kylie Reiss. (Courtesy photo.)

Skeeter was more than a horse, he was my friend