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Seasonal Planning

How to Make Frozen Treats for Chickens

When summer heat rolls in, your flock feels it just as much as you do. Chickens tolerate cold far better than heat,…

Seasonal Planning

Can You Feed Pumpkins to Chickens?

Chickens on a farm can be like having a flock of small pigs in the backyard. They seem to eat everything and…

Getting Started Their First Day Home

My Chicks Are Here

The day has finally come! We have set up our brooder and are ready to meet our new chicks. I’m one of…

Chickens and the Vegetable Garden

Millions of Americans proudly harvest tomatoes, squash, beans, lettuce and a host of other vegetables from their backyard garden. Delicious, fresh, clean…

Advanced Topics

Coccidiosis in Chickens: Symptoms, Prevention, and Treatment

Raising backyard chickens is one of life’s real joys. Before getting a flock, many of us scroll through social media dreaming about…

Health & Wellness

Oregano Essential Oils for Chickens: My Q&A With Dr. Stock

People ask me all the time how I have kept my flock so healthy this time around, and honestly, it has not…

Health & Wellness

Natural Products to Maintain Chicken Health

Can I be honest with you? Plenty of keepers feel nervous about starting a flock, and often it’s because of a rough…

Egg Production

No Eggs in the Hen House?

It’s that time of year when we’re all getting anxious to be outside. Especially if you live in Minnesota where the winters…

Health & Wellness

Table Scraps You Shouldn’t Feed Your Chickens

It’s treat time! One of the most common questions backyard keepers ask is whether it’s okay to feed a particular food to…

Health & Wellness

Why You Should Be Feeding Your Flock Mealworms

Let’s be honest: mealworms look entirely disgusting to us. The crunchy brown worms seem thoroughly unappetizing to the human eye. To a…

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When it is time to go from learning to Keeping, Hoover's has a complete selection of backyard poultry, hatched with care and shipped to your local post office, or available at a partner store near you.