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Seasonal Planning

How to Make Thanksgiving Leftover Waffles

Happy Thanksgiving! I pray you’re able to spend time with friends and family this year. After the last couple of years, I…

Seasonal Planning

Baby, It’s Cold Outside: Keeping Your Flock Comfortable in Chilly Conditions

Winter weather is quickly approaching here in northwest Indiana, so this means it’s time to prepare our coops for the season to…

Seasonal Planning

Nana’s Cornbread Chicken and Dressing

With turkey shortages on the rise this year, why not try a recipe with chicken instead? Northerners make stuffing, Southerners make dressing.…

Egg Production

Reasons Birds Stop Laying

If you’re raising chickens, one of the reasons that you probably started with chickens is so that you could have fresh eggs. …

Seasonal Planning

Making Up for Cold Weather Foraging

All spring and summer long, our flock takes care of us. They give us tons of eggs on very little feed. If…

Seasonal Planning

How to Make Deviled Egg Pumpkins

Need a quick deviled egg recipe for your fall gatherings? Don’t worry, I didn’t actually put pumpkin in these cute little snacks.…

Seasonal Planning

Understanding the Autumn Molt

in Backyard Chickens With the coming of autumn, leaves aren’t the only things falling. You may have noticed some of your flock…

Egg Production

Why Chickens Slow Down Laying in the Fall

The long, warm days of summer are coming to a swift end. Just as quickly, you may have noticed a sudden drop…

Egg Production

Lights Put More Eggs in the Nest

All of today’s hundreds of chicken breeds originated from wild birds stalking the jungles of Southeast Asia. Their distant ancestors were adapted…

Seasonal Planning

How to Keep Chickens Cool in the Summer

Welcome to the dog days of summer where the weather is hot, hotter, and hottest. You might worry more about keeping your…

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