Chicken Nesting Boxes 101 and 13 Best DIY Plans May 26, 2021 - Chicken nesting boxes aren’t essential for hens to lay eggs. They can (and do) lay where they feel secure. The nesting box is essential for you, the flock keeper, unless you enjoy searching the yard, outbuildings, and under every bush or overhang for eggs! In this article, we cover the basics of nesting boxes, including [...]Read More... from Chicken Nesting Boxes 101 and 13 Best DIY Plans
Reasons Why Diatomaceous Earth Is Used For Chickens May 18, 2021 - If you’re looking for natural ways to treat your flock for parasites, you may want to add diatomaceous earth to your care plan. More and more chicken owners have jumped on board with natural methods of coop care in recent years. Luckily, more research is conducted every year to use this ancient substance to prevent [...]Read More... from Reasons Why Diatomaceous Earth Is Used For Chickens
Best Beginner Chicken Breeds May 13, 2021 - So hopefully, our post on 5 Reasons to Keep Chickens did its job and persuaded you to keep chickens. The next step is picking the breed of chicken you want. Picking the right breed of chicken as a beginner can be the difference between thoroughly enjoying every moment with your chickens or questioning why you [...]
Chicken Bullying: How to Stop Them Pecking Each Other May 12, 2021 - Todays’ article tackles one of the least endearing qualities of our beloved hens – chicken bullying. It is more than establishing the ‘pecking order’- it is systematically picking on one or two hens for no apparent reason. Bullying can be limited to feather plucking or escalate into full-blown warfare, with the receiving hen being severely [...]Read More... from Chicken Bullying: How to Stop Them Pecking Each Other
The A-Z of Chicken Breeds and Choosing the Perfect One May 11, 2021 - Naturally, the perfect chicken breeds mean different things to different people. My perfect chicken would not only lay the egg but scramble it and serve it in bed to me. While I enjoyed breakfast in bed, she would do housework! So, for me, the perfect chicken sadly doesn’t exist, but truthfully I think chickens are [...]Read More... from The A-Z of Chicken Breeds and Choosing the Perfect One
Sour Crop in Chickens: What is it And How to Treat it May 11, 2021 - What is a sour crop? We all hear about it from time to time but hopefully will never experience it with our hens. We will delve into what it is, how to treat it and how to avoid it in the future. Also, we’re going to look at impacted crops, which is something a bit [...]Read More... from Sour Crop in Chickens: What is it And How to Treat it
How Do I Make My Chicken Lay An Egg? May 10, 2021 - Most backyard chicken owners will agree that the single best part of keeping chickens is walking down to the coop each morning to collect eggs. How do you get chickens to lay eggs? I normally have anywhere from 8-10 fresh warm eggs waiting for me every morning, and the family loves eating them for breakfast! [...]
Barred Rock Chickens: Complete Breed Profile May 7, 2021 - The Barred Rock chicken is a hard-working member of the backyard chicken flock. She is a beautiful, calm, and productive member of any flock. One of Americas’ first and finest poultry creations, she has been a worldwide success for thousands of poultry breeders, enthusiasts, and backyard ‘keepers for well over 100 years. Read on to [...]Read More... from Barred Rock Chickens: Complete Breed Profile
How to Introduce New Chickens to Your Existing Flock May 4, 2021 - I think we all get ‘that’ craving every time spring comes round- introducing new chickens to our flock!? In fact, with our first flock, it didn’t even take us this long. After the first weekend, we went and got another six pullets. Before we knew it, we had twelve pullets in our coop staring back [...]Read More... from How to Introduce New Chickens to Your Existing Flock
Chicken Feather Loss: Cause and Cure May 4, 2021 - It can be a frightening sight, walking out towards your chicken coop and seeing feathers scattered everywhere. My first thought is usually the worst. Has a predator broken into the coop and attacked my chickens? Luckily, I haven’t ever lost any of my chickens to a predator, and chicken feather loss is normally much less [...]