Author name: Tim Makay

When you let your chickens roam where they will, it never fails that you’ll see them pecking, picking and scratching all over the place in a quest to find the tastiest morsel of food. Chickens eat all kinds of things, and one minute they could be grabbing a bug, and a few bites from a […]

Everyone but the newest, greenest chicken keeper knows that these birds will eat just about anything. Highly omnivorous, chickens have the most varied diet there is out of all the common species of livestock: All kinds of meat, every kind of bug and worm, plants, fruit and vegetables, including vegetables that people eat. However, there

For some chicken owners, hatching and raising new chicks themselves in an incubator and then in a brooder is all part of the lifestyle. For others, it is a chore, major drudgery. If that describes you, why not let nature take care of it as it always has? Some hens are much more prone than

Whether you are an old pro at keeping chickens or a brand new beginner to the practice, there is sure to be a breed out there that is perfect for your purposes. Whether you want meat, eggs or just beautiful birds to admire as they pace around your yard, there is something for everyone. Take

If there is one thing you can count on your chickens eating it is plants and vegetables. Pretty much everything that is green and growing is on the menu for chickens, and this includes many of the vegetables that we eat ourselves. Furthermore, chickens need vegetables for all the same reasons that we do, including

There is hardly anything better than a perfectly ripe piece of fruit, and among all the fruit in the world some of the most delicious are tropical fruits. Pineapples, bananas, guavas, coconuts; whichever you prefer it can’t be argued that one of the most delicious is the mango. Used in all sorts of dishes and

I don’t know that I can think of any animal that is more enthusiastic about food than chickens. Well, that’s not true, maybe dogs, but among farm animals I think chickens rule the roost when it comes to excitement over food. Most of my chickens seem to really love a choice piece of fruit, and

As a chicken owner, one of the great joys we have is watching our chickens run around while free-ranging and seeing what they get into. Watching them peck and scratch through the grass, catch bugs and worms, and investigate their environment is a ton of fun. That is, until your chickens go where they aren’t

Somewhat surprisingly, there seems to be an awful lot of controversy raging on the internet concerning whether chickens can, or cannot, swim. I’ve seen arguments claiming that chickens float basically just like ducks. I’ve seen others claiming that chickens sink like a stone. And I’ve seen every kind of argument in between! Based on my