Feeding sprouted grains or fodder to your flock is not only a delightful and exciting treat, it’s excellent for their health and well being. Did you know you can grow your own fodder for your flock on the cheap? This project takes very little money and supplies up front, and you can repeat the process …
Chickens
Raising city chickens is so much fun, and a great way to ensure you get fresh, healthy eggs every day! Keeping backyard chickens is a little different than most pets. There are certain requirements to keep your new chicken friends happy and healthy. In this post we’ll cover everything you’ll need to get started with …
Are you looking at your flock during molting season and wondering what you could do to help them out? Check out these 14 chicken supplements and learn how they can help your hens! You’ve always given them a reliable chicken feed and plenty of water, but you feel helpless when the molting season comes around, …
We’ve compiled a list of all our favorite funny chicken names to help you name your whole flock in a way that will make you chuckle every time you go to visit them! Naming chickens can be seriously tough business! You want to find the perfect name for that perfect little chick, and when each …
When we first started learning about chickens, I remember being downright fascinated with all the chicken terms and vocabulary that comes along with this fun hobby! Now that we’ve been raising them for close to a decade, these terms are all so commonplace I hardly think of them at all. That is, until I realized …
Do you have memories of being chased around the farmyard by an aggressive rooster? My Grandma had a large flock of laying hens with one mean rooster who chased us out of the barn when we gathered eggs. So my sister and I devised a plan. She was the lookout while I quickly gathered the …