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A Tribute to Lady Gaga, the World's Bravest Rooster

A Tribute to Lady Gaga, the World’s Bravest Rooster

by Leah Zerbe, an online editor at RodaleNews.com I’ll never forget where I was the day I heard Lady Gaga crow for the first time. Not the singer, but my chicken, a particularly beautiful little guy with flashy feathers and a gorgeous, larger-than-life swagger. To backtrack: I never asked for Lady Gaga the day we […]

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5 Crazy Things That Occur When You Raise Backyard Chickens

5 Crazy Things That Occur When You Raise Backyard Chickens

by Leah Zerbe, an online editor at Rodalenews.com. I lived a pretty dysfunctional farm life growing up. The fields were filled with corn or soy commodity crops, not delicious, nourishing people food. My late grandfather’s pigsty and chicken coop were long-abandoned and falling apart, and no one particularly cared to fix them up. The farm […]

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