Upcycled Chick Brooder
Converting an old entertainment cabinet into a DIY chick brooder is a fun weekend project! Here’s how to create a sturdy and safe brooder that your chicks will love! A few years ago, I decided to turn...
View ArticleThe Complete Guide To Egg Bound Hens
Chris Lesley helps us understand what to do with an egg-bound chicken. When raising a backyard flock, nothing is more exciting than collecting a carton’s worth of eggs each day. Every chicken owner...
View ArticleBreed Profile: Buckeye
Part of our Breed Profiles series, the Buckeye is a dual-purpose bird with gorgeous dark-red plumage. History For those of you who know that Ohio is call the Buckeye State after the tree, you won’t be...
View ArticleHow To Keep Your Chickens Safe This Winter
Insulate, Clean, and Cover: Winterizing Your Coop The cold winter months bring many new challenges to backyard chicken keepers, particularly regarding the safety and well-being of your flock....
View ArticleTreating poultry Diseases with Green Tea
Green Tea for Chickens Learn how to use green tea to help treat your chickens from several different diseases from Valerie Boese. Chicken keeping has become a widespread trend, rather you own chickens...
View ArticleKids and the Backyard Flock
Rich and Marion Patterson of Winding Pathways LLC share their experiences with sharing their animals with their kids for the benefit of all. -Advertisement- Kids love animals. Even infants are...
View ArticleCandling and Egg Development
It’s about time to incubate spring chicks. Learn more about what dandling is and what you can expect to see. -Advertisement- Candling is the process of shining a concentrated beam of light through the...
View ArticleBroody Hens, Brooding Chicks
Broody hens make good mamas. A mama hen strutting about with her brood of chicks in tow is the quintessential farm image everyone knows and loves. Brooding is the process by which newly hatched...
View ArticleDust Bathing 101
How does a chicken get clean? By getting dirty! -Advertisement- A Natural Instinct Flinging around dirt to get clean seems counterintuitive, but Mother Nature knows what She’s doing. Dust bathing is...
View ArticleRescuing Wally – Rescued Hen Becomes Loving Pet
Fala Burnette recalls rescuing a beloved pet chicken in the first part of an article series chronicling the store of Wally the hen. Learning about a Chicken in Need September 4th 2020 started off as...
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