poultry

Environmentally Friendly Chicken Keeping
March 6, 2024 · · Chickens 101

Smart gardening, material reuse, and other easy tricks incorporate your flock into an environmentally friendly approach to animal husbandry.

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The Realities of Guinea Fowl Care

Providing good guinea fowl care can be a pleasure … or cause problems with the neighbors. Learn about the realities of guinea fowl.

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Hatching Eggs in an Incubator is Fun and Easy
February 20, 2024 · · Chickens 101, Eggs & Meat

If you’re considering hatching your own flock of backyard chickens here’s a few things you need to know for hatching eggs in an incubator successfully.
For embryos to develop correctly, eggs need to be kept at the right temperature, turned often and correctly positioned.

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Poultry Paradise in Scotland

From London to the Outer Hebrides, Clare Pussey started a new life and animal farm with alpaca, poultry, and pigs.

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Winter Layers

Keep hens laying in winter with ventilated coops, windbreaks, heated water, deep bedding.

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Snowbound Winter Chickens

Add to Favorites From shoveling snow to reach the coop, to hens that don’t take well to being snowbound, winter chickens have their own set of challenges. by Gina Stack …

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Generational Teaching with Chickens and Kids

Grandkids learn to care for animals teaching responsibility, organization, animal husbandry

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Keeping Guinea Fowl with Chickens

Keeping guinea fowl with chickens creates an exciting dynamic as long as you understand the needs of both types and take some precautions.

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Raising Meat Chickens: 4 Lessons Learned
August 23, 2023 · · Eggs & Meat

Learn 4 lessons for raising meat chickens from an experienced farmer including keeping your chickens humanely and organically.

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Predators and Coop Doors
July 6, 2023 · · Coops

Predators like foxes, opossums, dogs and hawks threaten your poultry. Protect them with safe, automatic coop doors.

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