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Health & Wellness

Give Your Chickens Room to Roam: Why Adequate Space Matters

How Much Space Do Chickens Need for a Healthy Flock Raising happy, healthy chickens isn’t just about food and water—it’s about space.…

All About the Cayuga Duck

If you have ever fallen down an internet rabbit hole searching for unique egg colors, you may have stumbled onto something that…

Health & Wellness

What to Know About Homemade Chicken Feed

Homemade Chicken Feed: What Your Flock Needs to Thrive Backyard chicken keepers are some of the most resourceful people out there. A…

Seasonal Planning

Waterers In Winter

How to Keep Chicken Water from Freezing Safely in Winter Brrrr. It’s cold out.  A new flock owner soon learns that subfreezing…

Health & Wellness

Sunflower Seeds for Chickens a Protein Boost During Molting

Molting is a natural and essential part of a chicken’s life! It’s when they shed old feathers and grow new ones. Some…

Keeping the Flock Fresh

We need a steady supply of eggs from our backyard coop. Doing it successfully takes planning and requires tough decisions. Each spring…

Health & Wellness

What is the Purpose of a Crop in Chickens?

Have you ever noticed at the end of a long, lazy day of foraging that your chickens have a little bulge in…

Health & Wellness

What Are the Top 3 Diseases That Affect Backyard Chickens?

Top Chicken Diseases Every Backyard Keeper Should Know The internet is full of beautiful chicken coops, elegantly feathered chickens and chicken keepers…

Getting Started

Never Say Never… Or Always

Justin Bieber’s song, NEVER SAY NEVER, applies to chickens. How can that be? Rich and Marion Patterson learned “how” with their new…

Downsizing A Flock

From time to time, we’ve had to downsize our flock. It’s emotional. Saying goodbye to the feathery friends who have generously given…

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