What is a broody hen anyway? Learn all about broody hens, how to care for them, and how to decide whether or not to break them. What is a broody hen? If you’ve found yourself here you may be asking yourself, what in the world is broody hen? Chicken vocabulary can be really confusing and …
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Raising chickens is becoming more popular, and with good reason, it’s a fun hobby with huge benefits! Many people are choosing to raise chickens in urban areas and within city ordinances. While chickens do make great pets with benefits and backyard flocks can be raised even in very small yards, raising chickens within city limits …
If you’ve decided that raising chickens is right for you, the next big step is buying chicks! But where can you buy chickens? It’s not like they sell them at the local pet store! There are many different places to buy chickens, and pros and cons to each place. We’ll cover all of them so …
This post is hard for me to write. I deeply, truly, want more people to raise chickens. I want more people to get back to the land and live a simpler life. I want more people to experience the joy of raising these delightful birds. But…. Due to the particular climate of the world right …
Our first experiences with roosters was a tad on the shocking side. You see, we didn’t know a thing about roosters, except what we’d seen on cartoons as kids. These cartoons taught us that roosters only crow once per day, in the early morning. They showed us that all roosters are excessively aggressive toward every …
Did you know chicken reproduction isn’t the same as other barnyard animals or even other birds? Yep, your fine feathered beauties have a unique way of going about procreation. We’ve raised backyard chickens for many years and the most asked questions about chickens always revolve around reproduction. It’s one of those mysterious and curious things …