Chickens

f you want a flock of your own, you must provide your birds with a coop. No ifs, ands, or buts. Chickens need a coop that is safe, provides shelter from the elements, and is a comfortable place for them to rest. Without one, they will be stressed, unhappy, and vulnerable. The trick for chicken […]

Keeping your chickens cool in extreme heat is vital to keeping them happy and healthy. When the summer months come, the heat is on. The heat and humidity can make being outside nearly unbearable. A lot of us will be able to escape the summer heat and humidity by cooling off in a lake, or

Deciding that we wanted to raise hens for eggs has been a fun adventure for us. We have fresh eggs daily, something to eat any scraps and compost them for us, and the best entertainment around! Getting started with keeping chickens for eggs is a fairly simple process, and today I am going to share with

The chickens that are shown in this video were given the best life possible, from being able to roam free and be the “best chicken they can be” and were harvested with the best practices. Please feel free to NOT watch if you do not agree with this. And, view discretion is advised regardless, because

**Warning: some of the pictures may be graphic and unsuitable for some viewers, as it shows butchering a chicken from start to finish. Full video tutorial at the end as well** Whether it’s home grown meat chickens, or that noisy rooster, a good homesteading skill to have is how to butcher your own chicken. We

Should I be keeping the lights on in my chicken coop? This is a question that many chicken keepers find themselves asking each year as fall rolls around. To keep our chickens laying all winter long, we do something that many other homesteaders don’t. I’m talking about keeping lights on in a chicken coop over

Happy chickens make great eggs! Here’s a recipe to make your own feed for smaller flocks, or supplemental scratch for larger flocks. When you have laying chickens, they will need to be fed. The best feed for chickens, of course, is their natural diet of bugs, grass, and worms. Even free range chickens that get to run,

Here are our sweet silkie chickens… My daughter has these babies as “show chickens” for 4H. Aren’t they adorable? We had them separate from the other hens since they were show birds, and their coop was just an open box.  It did the trick, but we wanted to make sure they were better protected. With

Raising chickens for meat, either as broilers or roaster chickens is one way to be assured of the quality of chicken you are feeding your family. Let me show you some tips from what we learned on how to raise chickens for meat. Our family raises 150 meat birds each year, and we will can

Are you curious about the benefits of keeping the compost bin in the chicken coop? Don’t worry – this post will tell you all that you need to know! We decided to move our compost bin from our garden to our chicken area recently… Here are some of the biggest advantages of keeping your compost