If you have chickens, chances are you’re wondering “What does a fertilized egg look like?” I have the answers plus some tried and true tips! The first time we hatched chicks on our homestead, it was a great day – we could increase our flock (and our food supply), develop our own line of healthy…
It’s always a very good idea to create your own chicken emergency kit – and in this article, I’m going to give you ideas about what to keep in it. While we all might like to think our chicken-keeping experience will be bucolic and without any trouble, the straight truth is you will likely come…
We started raising mealworms for our chickens because it’s such a great way to save some cash! For most people in the world, mealworms are pests because they love to get into flour, cereals, pet food, grains, mill feed, and other dried goods, thus ruining them. For backyard chicken owners like us, however, they’re kind of…
If you’ve ever asked yourself “what’s the best bedding for a chicken coop,” the first thing you should know is, for some reason, this is a very controversial topic in the chicken world. I think it is very interesting how people get emotional about something as simple as the best bedding for a chicken coop,…
There’s no point in getting chickens if you’re not prepared…and preparation includes more than just buying a coop and some chicks. Every year, I get messages from new chicken owners who got chicks at their local feed store….and they’re a bit over their heads. There’s a consistent theme to their questions and concerns that could…
Leafy greens are some of the healthiest “treats” you can give your backyard chickens. And now is the perfect time to start them! (Want my favorite leafy green seed package for chickens? Click here to grab the exact one I use!) While I don’t personally like leafy greens too much, my hens gobble them up…
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