Chicken nesting boxes are central to owning hens. It’s where the magic of laying eggs happens! Choosing the RIGHT nesting boxes is pretty important – I’m frequently contacted by owners who think their hens aren’t laying eggs. But often, the issue is these hens just aren’t fans of their nesting areas – so they’re laying…
If you’re thinking about raising backyard hens for eggs, you might feel a little bit intimidated by the process. Is this a hard process, or an easy process? How do you get started? And so on. Luckily, chickens are some of the easiest animals you can raise – but it’s important to learn how to…
Is there anything better than a nice, ripe banana? I don’t think so! But if you live where I live – in one of the colder areas of the world to say the least, and one where bananas definitely do not grow in the wild – you need to get creative when it comes to…
Maat van UitertMaat van Uitert is a backyard chicken and sustainable living expert. She is also the author of Chickens: Naturally Raising A Sustainable Flock, which was a best seller in it’s Amazon category. Maat has been featured on NBC, CBS, AOL Finance, Community Chickens, the Huffington Post, Chickens magazine, Backyard Poultry, and Countryside Magazine. She lives on her…
Want a great smelling, healthy coop, and heard herbs are what the pros use? Not 100% sure HOW to incorporate herbs into your daily routine? Want to make sure your flock will truly benefit from your investment? In this article, I’ll show you the best and easiest way to incorporate dried herbs into your flock’s…
Oh, bantams, you infinitely cute and cuddly chickens. What is it about small chickens that just turn our knees to jelly? Is it really just because they’re smaller? Or maybe it’s because they’re adorable AND they lay eggs? It could also be their attitudes. Most bantam breeds are just the sweetest birds. They really are…
No products in the cart.