This year-round chicken care calendar should help you know what to expect when starting your own flock.
Read MoreIf you’re considering hatching your own flock of backyard chickens here’s a few things you need to know for hatching eggs successfully in an incubator.
For embryos to develop correctly, eggs need to be kept at the right temperature, turned often and correctly positioned.
Some of us keep our beloved birds in precarious situations. I don’t mean we necessarily put them in direct danger, but the very idea of us keeping backyard chickens in an otherwise urban environment can be a precarious peace-keeping mission.
Read MoreIn urban chicken farming, bored chickens leads to undesirable behavior: Hens might pluck their feathers or peck at each other.
Read MoreI titled this article “How to Cut a Whole Chicken into 11 Pieces.” Perhaps a better title would be “How I Cut a Whole Chicken into 11 Pieces.”
Read MoreAdd to Favorites Do foxes eat chickens? You bet they do. That said, I never worried about the presence of a family of red foxes in the woods next to …
Read MoreYou may wonder why anyone would need to perform an egg freshness test since most people raising chickens for eggs check the nesting boxes every day.
Read MoreShould you provide toys for chickens and other poultry? Professionals agree chicken enrichment is a vital component of chicken welfare.
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