Chickens

One of the most popular and versatile meats enjoyed around the world is chicken. Fried or roasted, as a filet or a tasty sandwich, you know it and love it. No wonder many people are starting to keep backyard chickens not just for their eggs and companionship but also for their meat. Raising your own […]

People get chickens for all kinds of reasons. But for whatever reason they decide to start keeping chickens, many owners get taken with their personalities. Chickens are individuals, intelligent, and can show affection to their owners. Some people just like having them around, so much so they even want them around inside the house. The

Most people know that if you want to hatch chicks, you’ll need a hen to lay a few eggs. Then, after a little while the chick will break out through the shell and enter the world. Simple, right? Yes, but only in general terms. To get a chick from an egg the egg will first

It’s a common question for those considering getting backyard chickens: how much space will my chickens need? After all, you don’t want your feathered friends to feel cramped, and so much thought goes into designing their chicken run so it is spacious enough. But there is another, popular way to raise chickens, one that is

If you own any kind of livestock you already know that your animals are largely dependent on you for everything they need. For much of their food, fresh water, clean accommodations, protection healthcare, and more. This can make it logistically and even emotionally very difficult to leave them and get away from your homestead for

It can be quite exciting to witness a chicken hatching. After all, it’s not every day that you get to see a bird birthing live from its egg! But once the first crack appears in that egg it can turn stressful. It sure did for me; is something wrong, why isn’t anything happening, did it

Chickens are seen as easy to care for among most kinds of livestock since they are omnivores, meaning they eat both plant and animal matter. Chickens that are allowed to range and forage can be constantly seen pecking and scratching in the grass for edibles and, some say, even eating the grass itself. Pretty interesting.

Chickens are notoriously adventurous, curious eaters. As omnivores, they like to eat all kinds of things and every keeper knows they are more than willing to try just about anything. They can even safely eat quite a few things considered people food. But how about something weird, something like sauerkraut? It’s a fair question. After

It’s a question that has puzzled chicken owners for years: why do chickens eat their own eggs!? It just isn’t right. Hens are supposed to protect and sit on the eggs they lay, not eat them. It is ghastly behavior, even if the eggs aren’t fertilized. Are your chickens just cannibals? Is something wrong with

Chickens spend much of their time inside their run or coop, and as all owners know anywhere that these birds spend time gets put through a lot: scratching, pecking, pooping, and more. That means that, in order to keep our chickens happy and healthy, we need to pick the right kind of ground cover. Something