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Can Chickens Eat Weeds?

April 15, 2025 · Backyard Poultry Contributor · Feed & Health

Can chickens eat weeds, and can chickens eat dandelions? Weeds are an often overlooked part of a chicken’s diet. Save money on feed costs by learning what weeds chickens can eat.

4 Tips for Composting Chicken Manure

December 6, 2022 · Kenny Coogan · Feed & Health

As any poultry owner knows, in addition to companionship and fresh eggs, our birds produce manure. I enrich my flower and vegetable gardens to yield even more produce by composting chicken manure.

Ask the Expert: Pheasants

November 4, 2022 · Backyard Poultry Contributor · Ask The Expert

Have a pheasant or few? Have questions? You’re not alone! Look inside for questions and answers from other poultry owners.

Gardening with Guinea Fowl

September 9, 2022 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Poultry 101

Is gardening with guinea fowl possible? Absolutely! Guineas take care of ticks, grasshoppers, Japanese beetles and other obnoxious bugs in your garden without wrecking your plants.

Tips for Raising Runner Ducks

August 15, 2022 · Kenny Coogan · Poultry 101

Keeping Runner ducks combines the benefits of raising poultry with the entertainment of watching penguin-like bowling pins forage around the yard. After dabbling in call ducks, I increased my flock to include Fawn and White Runner ducks.

Can Chickens Eat Weeds in Your Garden?

August 10, 2022 · Backyard Poultry Contributor · Feed & Health

This article will answer “Can chickens eat weeds?” and other questions and give a little insight on just how nutritious many of the common garden weeds are.

Feed for Orange Yolks

February 1, 2022 · Countryside Editorial · Feed & Health

Add to Favorites Healthy Feed By Lisa Steele One of the first things you will likely notice when you start raising your own chickens is how thick the egg whites …

Selective Breeding: How to Breed Chickens

January 4, 2022 · Backyard Poultry Contributor · Chickens 101

For those of us who are learning how to breed chickens or teaching others how to breed chickens, you must realize that breeds of poultry cannot be maintained. Your fowl are either improving or degenerating with each passing generation.