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That was amy garcia reporting. theyve become unlikely online stars thanks to their antics on �*nestcams and now its hoped the popularity of four owls in somerset in southwest england will help promote conservation. barn owl numbers in the area are in decline, and theres been a call forfarmers to install more nest boxes. and as scott ellis reports — it now seems to be paying off. just look at the wing of this. you can see it is not yet fully developed. born in the wild, but famous in tens of ...

Theyve become unlikely online stars thanks to their antics on nestcams, and now its hoped the popularity of four owls in somerset in south—west england will help promote conservation. barn owl numbers in the area are in decline, and theres been a call forfarmers to install more nest boxes. as scott ellis reports, it now seems to be paying off. just look at the wing of this. you can see its not yet fully developed. born in the wild, but famous in tens of thousands of homes worldwide thanks to n...

Columnist Joyce Bupp discusses the feathered friends her farm attracts each year in this weeks On Being a Farm Wife.

Home sweet home. You’ve purchased your backyard chickens. Now, they need a home of their own or a coop they can call their home. Coops provide shelter from the weather and its extreme elements and protection from predators. There are several considerations to securing a coop for your birds, and we’ll explore them here. Just how much room does a chicken need? A chicken needs about 4 square-feet per bird inside the coop. That means a 10x10 coop would comfortably hold 25 birds. Remember,...