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Keep Happy Hens
Keeping your hens happy is easy once you know what motivates their behavior. Nearly all of a chicken’s activities are motivated by three basic needs: to get enough to eat, to avoid being eaten, and to make more chickens.
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The Dorking Chicken and Other Classic Breeds
Most of the 200 breeds and varieties of chickens that were once common on farms are now considered rare. Including a breed that is part of our history in your poultry operation gives your flock a role in historic preservation and genetic diversity.
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Oregano for Chickens
While dosing with oregano oil isn’t recommended, adding fresh and dried oregano to your flock’s diet is can help keep them healthy.
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What is Tempera Paint? How Eggs Shaped Art History
Learn what tempera paint is and how it used eggs to brighten up the world of art and architecture throughout history.
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What’s the Best Bedding for Chickens?
What is the best bedding for chickens? Should you choose pine shavings or straw? And what else can keep chicken nesting boxes fresh?
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Ask the Expert — April/May 2019
Add to Favorites Tough Winter We’ve had a tough winter here in Central New Hampshire. Lots of snow and ice. The door to my chicken run becomes frozen often and …
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Spring Cleaning From Chicken Coop to Kitchen
The chickens are always a little frantic as I begin to clean, wondering what’s happening to their little world, but they’re all so happy to be out in the spring sun with a light breeze blowing that no one complains too much.
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Using Comfrey for Poultry
Learn how to grow comfrey and how to make comfrey salve for injured poultry.
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Lavender for Chickens
Using lavender for chickens and their nesting boxes helps to repel insects while calming and promoting a stress-free coop.
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Plant a Chicken-Themed Garden
Add to Favorites Artwork by Bethany Caskey Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A city slicker moves to the country and decides to raise chickens. He goes to the local …
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