Chickens are by far the most popular breed to raise in the US. There are dozens of breeds to choose from, to fit any requirements or goals.
We’ll let you in about every aspect of raising chickens: feeding, housing, and much more!
Everybody knows that chickens are up with the sun, and they go to sleep with the sun. Love it or hate it, you can always count on a rooster crowing at the first peep of dawn’s light. Is it because they are so industrious? Not exactly! You can set your watch to chickens because they
Sunlight and Chickens: What You Need to Know Read More »
Every homesteader knows that a big part of taking care of animals, any animals, is cleaning up after them. That is certainly the case for chickens… Despite being very small and space-efficient, and very cheap, chickens can make one hell of a mess, and a big part of that mess is their poop. Chickens poop
Chicken Poop Can Be Dangerous! Here’s How to Handle It Read More »
The more commonplace anything is, the more likely we are to take it for granted. It can be food, art, and even animals. Especially animals! Livestock species like chickens are so commonplace that they barely get any attention and admiration as the amazing creatures that they are. In reality, chickens really are fascinating, inside and
9 Fun Facts About a Chicken’s Eyesight Read More »
If you’ve owned a flock of chickens for any length of time, it will only be a little while before you start learning chicken math and then making additions to your flock. Pretty soon, a small backyard flock becomes six, then 10, then 15, and then who knows how many after that… Chickens just take
Adding New Chickens to Existing Flock With No Issues Read More »
With chickens, little squabbles over pecking order happen, but it’s usually nothing to get alarmed over. Yes, sometimes roosters will fight each other to establish dominance, but that’s just the way it is. But sometimes a chicken starts pecking at another and it won’t stop. It keeps on and on. And meanwhile, the victimized bird
Cannibalism in Chickens: Causes and How to Fix It Read More »
When it comes to livestock, and that includes our chickens too, there’s always more to learn. Just when you think you have it all figured out or you know everything that you need to know, something comes up that will leave you scratching your head. One of these essential topics happens to be the digestive
An In-Depth Look At Chickens’ Digestive Systems Read More »
You might have heard it said before that everything likes the taste of chicken. And I’ll tell you what, that old assertion is absolutely true! Pretty much every single carnivorous critter on this Earth can and will eat chickens under the right circumstances. Chickens aren’t at the very bottom of the food chain, but by
Here’s What to Do If Skunks are Eating Your Chickens Read More »
If you want to increase your flock size without having genetic challenges that have a negative impact on egg production, meat production, and physical appearance, you will need to know a bit about how to breed your chickens safely. You have three choices, inbreeding, line breeding, or outbreeding. Each has its own pros and cons,
Chickens Inbreeding, Line Breeding, and Outbreeding – What You Should Know Read More »
Chickens might be taken for granted most of the time, but if you have a flock of your own you probably already know and appreciate how special and beautiful these birds really are. With plumage that can be every color of the rainbow, striking postures, and even different combs that lend each breed a unique
The 9 Types of Combs that Chickens Have Read More »
One of the best things about chickens is their versatility. They can provide us with both eggs and meat, and to that end there are many breeds that have been selectively developed to those ends. Today we have chickens that lay crazy amounts of eggs, and also huge birds that can provide us with loads
12 Dual-Purpose Chicken Breeds for Your Homestead Read More »
