Warming chicken food can be a great help to your chickens during the winter When the temperature gets really cold, don’t be afraid to give your chickens a warm breakfast to help them stay warm all day
If you’re wondering what sort of warm treats your chickens might like, here are three warm snacks they will really appreciate during the winter!
Cooked Oatmeal
Oatmeal is great source of carbohydrates to give your chickens You don’t actually have cook the oatmeal for your chickens: simply add hot water to
If you’ve ever wondered how to spoil your flock or supplement their feed, you’re in good company Even chickens love treats, and watching them lose their minds over half a melon is genuinely one of the great joys of keeping backyard birds The best part? Several of the treats chickens love most are growing free in your yard right now Here are seven food treats your chickens will love, along with the one rule that keeps treat time healthy rather than harmful
Did you know you can eat the eggs from around 9,000 different types of birds? A lot of people are surprised to learn that most bird eggs are edible We gather all sorts of eggs from our mixed flock of birds People are either intrigued or disgusted when they think about eating eggs of different bird species, but there are lots of egg possibilities on the hobby farm including turkey eggs!
Did you know you can eat turkey eggs? Native Americans first ate wild turkey eggs hundreds of years ago that they were able
Hopefully your chickens are starting to lay delicious, farm-fresh eggs again now that the days are getting longer If you’re looking for a great way to use up those eggs, let me suggest one of our favorite breakfast recipes – the German Pancake
This easy recipe is a staple at our house and a great use for the delicious eggs your chickens are so kind to provide you I also love that I my kids can make it on their own!
Congratulations, your chicks have arrived and they’re settled in the brooder Now what? One of the very first things to watch for with mail-order chicks is a condition called pasty butt, sometimes known as pasted vent It sounds almost comical, but it is genuinely serious Pasty butt can kill a baby chick if it isn’t caught and cleaned quickly The good news is that it’s easy to spot, easy to treat at home, and largely preventable once you know what causes it Here’s everything you need to check for in those critical first few days
Let’s be honest about something: chickens are a gateway bird Plenty of keepers start with a small backyard flock, realize that raising poultry is far easier than expected, and within a couple of seasons find themselves with ducks, geese, turkeys, guineas, and maybe even peafowl wandering the yard It happens fast Often it starts with an easy addition like a few ducks, and then someone drops off a turkey, a peacock turns up, and suddenly you’re running a mixed flock Learning how to keep multiple species of birds together is genuinely rewarding, but it takes more planning than simply
