Do you love the idea of being able to collect fresh eggs each morning? Or do you love the thought of waking up to hens cackling and a rooster crowing? Makes you feel like you are really living the ...
3 Ways to Get Rid of Chicken Mites Fast and Stop Their Return
Are you new to chicken keeping? Have you figured out that there is a little more to it than what you might have originally thought? When I first began raising chickens, I thought we’d build a ...
Why You Need a Chicken Wormer and 2 Steps to Efficient Worming
Are you a proud chicken owner? I know I am! I love my little birds because they require so little yet give back so much. However, chickens do have certain pests that they must contend with. As ...
Molting Chickens: Why Do Chickens Molt and How You Can Help Them
Have you ever seen a molting chicken? It is one of the saddest/oddest things you have probably encountered in your time as a chicken keeper. At least, I know it was for me. The first time I saw my ...
26 Homemade Healthy Chicken Treats Recipes Your Chickens Will Love
Do you like to give your chickens treats? That is a great way to spoil them rotten. After all they do for us, a little spoiling never hurt anyone. However, a lot of spoiling with unhealthy treats ...
22 Cheap High Protein Chicken Feed Options to Replace Layer Feed
Do you feed your chickens layer feed? Have you ever scoffed at how much money you pay per bag? Or do you wish there was a way to keep your chickens’ diet a little more natural without giving up egg ...
Identifying 14 Common Chicken Predators (and How to Protect Them)
Do you worry about losing your chickens to predators? Well, I didn’t until recently. We have been very fortunate to have very few predators around our area. But suddenly they are coming in from ...
How to Clean Your Chicken Coop & Run: 9 Tips to Do It Right
“A place for everything and everything in its place.” — Unknown Does this sound familiar? It is a quote that says that everything should have a place to be stored and when not in use it should be ...
How to Butcher a Chicken: 7 Steps to Humanely Kill, Pluck, and Clean Your Chickens
Do you have certain chores you do every fall that you like better than others? Well, I have a certain chore I must do every fall that I don’t enjoy but it is a necessity none the less. That ...