A very common question I get is whether a chick is a rooster or a hen. In other words, how to sex baby chickens. In this article, I’ll show you 6 ways you can tell when it comes to sexing chicks! When it comes to getting chicks and starting your own flock, one of the…
Black soldier fly larvae superfood for chickens are like candy for your backyard flock. In other words, hens LOOOOOVVEEEE them. Many times, we’ve gone out to our coop to give the flock a surprise, and within mere moments, they’ve snatched all the black soldier fly larvae out of our hands! The nutritional content of these…
If you’re looking for a surefire way to keep your flock from getting the stuck-in-the-coop blues, build a grazing box for your chickens. And the best part? Building a grazing box for your chickens (using chicken wire or hardware cloth) won’t cost you a ton of money! You might already know your chickens need boredom busters…
It’s spring, and yes, the hens are starting to lay again! Which means I get extra concerned about the quality of the eggs they lay. Improving the egg quality a hen lays has been the subject of many studies. The egg industry, after all, is concerned about getting as many eggs as possible, and researchers…
I bet you didn’t know that charcoal for chickens is healthy. In this article, I’m going to tell you exactly what I’m talking about. A few years ago, my husband got a wild hair to light a fire – right near our winter hay barn. When the fire department had left, and everything stopped burning…
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Last week we tackled your backyard chicken’s first 6 weeks, and in this episode we take on weeks 7-16! (Want to listen to last week’s episode first? Click here!) Weeks 7-16 are a little bit different then weeks 1-6 (especially weeks 11-16!) so we break down how you should care for your chicks each week so…
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