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Getting Started

When to Switch Chicken Feed: A Complete Guide for a Healthy Flock

When to Switch Chicken Feed: A Healthy Flock Guide When to switch chicken feed is a common question for new backyard chicken…

Getting Started Is a Backyard Flock Right for You?

Trimming Feed Costs

How Much Does It Cost to Raise Chicks to Laying Age Tending backyard chickens is both a delight and bargain. Relative to…

Advanced Topics Choosing Your First Breed

How to Sex a Baby Chick

How to Sex a Baby Chick: 6 Ways to Tell Hen or Roo Let me kick off this blog with a quick…

Egg Production

Hatching Chicken Eggs

How to Hatch Chicken Eggs: A Simple Beginner’s Guide I remember when I started raising backyard chickens. I would’ve honestly never considered…

Getting Started Their First Day Home

Treating Pasty Butt

It’s baby chick season! I can already almost hear the sweet little peeps when walking into our local farm supply store. And…

Getting Started

Chick Journey- Part 4

Our sweet teenager chicks are officially 2 months old! This week it was time to kick them out of the chicken tractor…

Getting Started The Brooder Setup

Starting Chicks

Baby Chick Starter Guide: Supplies, Feed and Brooder Tips Here a chick, there a chick, everywhere a chick, chick! Eeeee! Before you…

Growing Your Flock

Chick Journey 1.5 Months

Our chicks are currently 1.5 months old and loving their lives outside! They are permanently outdoors 24/7, living in their chicken tractor.…

Advanced Topics

What is Marek’s Disease?

Have you ever heard of Marek’s Disease? If not, today is your lucky day! You’ll learn all about the causes, if it’s…

Growing Your Flock

Chick Journey Weeks 2-4

Our lovely little mystery chicks have been growing and changing! At about 2 weeks of age, they outgrew their little brooder set-up…

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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 door or to a partner store near you.