Recent Blog Posts Discover Winter Essentials for Your Home and Animals! Warm up your season with our January Newsletter—packed with must-haves to keep you and your animals cozy and prepared this winter. Read it here! Chirping into Spring: Essential Tips for Early Chick Care As the world awakens to the warmth of early spring, backyard poultry enthusiasts eagerly anticipate the arrival of new feathered additions. Raising chicks during this season requires thoughtful care and attention to ensure they thrive and grow into healthy, happy members of your flock. In this blog... Chicken Coop Makeover Chicken coops used to be a simple homemade structures built out of chicken wire and some wood with a sturdy roof. Today, chicken coops have become so elaborate that the size and complexity of them can rival that of a modern human home. Regardless of the size and beauty of the structure, a chicken... Summer Flock Care: How to Keep Chickens Cool Rising summer temperatures can have a dramatic impact on chickens’ health and productivity. Fortunately, it is easy to take steps to keep chickens cool and comfortable even during the harshest heat waves, ensuring a happy, healthy flock all summer long. How Heat Affects Chickens Chickens have no... Chicken Molting Tips Molting is an essential part of chickens’ growth and health, but losing and replacing feathers is also a messy, stressful process. Taking steps to help chickens with molting can minimize the stress and keep your backyard flock happy and healthy. About Molting All chickens molt to replace old,... Winterizing Your Flock Chickens need 14 to 16 hours of “daylight.” One of the best ways to keep up egg production is to continue providing supplemental lighting to extend the “daylight” hours until the sun can take over full time. A single 60 to 100 watt bulb set on a timer will suffice. It’s best to extend the hours at... How to Prepare Your Chickens For Winter Chickens are a surprisingly resilient bird where winter is concerned. This is especially true if your poultry belongs to one of the winter-hardy breeds such as Blue Andalusian, Dominique, Brahma, or Plymouth Rocks. Still, if a chicken coop is mismanaged or in poor shape during winter, the biting... Bird Feeding Tips for Fall As the last heat wave of summer fades, bird feeders are disappearing from backyards. Most bird lovers assume that as the weather cools and mass migration sweeps in, their beloved winged friends don't need human assistance in finding food; they can forage for it themselves. Be a wise lover of birds... Raising Baby Chicks Can Be Easy, Even For The Inexperienced Many people are opting to raise their own chicks these days. It’s a rewarding experience that can leave you with the freshest eggs on the block. If you’re new to the baby chicks game, then this article is for you. Raising chicks doesn’t have to be hard. With the right space and equipment along with... Tips On Raising Poultry Raising chickens on your estate or even in your backyard is a very fulfilling activity that requires dedicated time and practice. No matter how large of an operation you’re running, there are many important tips on raising poultry that every beginner must be aware of. Once everything is up and... Keep Your Flock Happy and Healthy Whether you have just a few chickens or a large, widely varied flock, a happy, healthy flock will be better socialized and will be more productive layers. Fortunately, happy and healthy go together and it is easy to keep chickens in superb condition with just a few easy steps. Provide Appropriate... Preparing for Chicks: Setting Up Your Brooder Spring is chick season. Whether you are just starting a flock, increasing the numbers of chickens you keep or bringing new breeds home to try. Your brooder is critical to give for your chicks security, warmth and shelter they need for their earliest days. How can you set up a brooder to give your... Tips for Creating a Living Space for your Baby Chicks Newly hatched chicks, ducklings, goslings and turkey poults require that their very basic needs for shelter, warmth, food and water be met in order to survive. Good care and management with a bit of TLC will go a long way in providing a healthy start for your young flock. Following are some useful... Benefits of Having a Rooster In Your Flock Roosters can add many advantages to your home and to your flock. Some may see it as a bad idea, but there are many key benefits to having a rooster in your flock. Among these benefits include fertilization, behavior, defense and beauty. First and foremost, roosters provide a free and economic way... Keeping your Hens Healthy and Laying This Fall Autumn is upon us and it's time to say hello to fresh air and goodbye to stifling hot temperatures. Of course, if you’re raising chickens for eggs, you will need to take a few steps to ensure your hens stay in production during the fall and winter months. Molting or feather loss is a natural... Difference Between Store Bought Eggs and Fresh Farm Eggs If you had pulled me aside when I was younger and asked if I knew the difference between store bought and fresh farm eggs, my response would most likely be, ‘eggs are eggs.’ Basically, I didn’t think there was a difference and all eggs were just delicious. However, there is a difference between... Hot Weather Tips for Raising Poultry They say raising poultry is all about feed, water, heat and light. But in the summer, beating the heat is a top priority. Severe heat stress can affect egg quality, size and hatchability. It can also increase the rate of mortality. Here are some tips: Keep Birds Cool Even free-range birds need...
Discover Winter Essentials for Your Home and Animals! Warm up your season with our January Newsletter—packed with must-haves to keep you and your animals cozy and prepared this winter. Read it here!
Chirping into Spring: Essential Tips for Early Chick Care As the world awakens to the warmth of early spring, backyard poultry enthusiasts eagerly anticipate the arrival of new feathered additions. Raising chicks during this season requires thoughtful care and attention to ensure they thrive and grow into healthy, happy members of your flock. In this blog...
Chicken Coop Makeover Chicken coops used to be a simple homemade structures built out of chicken wire and some wood with a sturdy roof. Today, chicken coops have become so elaborate that the size and complexity of them can rival that of a modern human home. Regardless of the size and beauty of the structure, a chicken...
Summer Flock Care: How to Keep Chickens Cool Rising summer temperatures can have a dramatic impact on chickens’ health and productivity. Fortunately, it is easy to take steps to keep chickens cool and comfortable even during the harshest heat waves, ensuring a happy, healthy flock all summer long. How Heat Affects Chickens Chickens have no...
Chicken Molting Tips Molting is an essential part of chickens’ growth and health, but losing and replacing feathers is also a messy, stressful process. Taking steps to help chickens with molting can minimize the stress and keep your backyard flock happy and healthy. About Molting All chickens molt to replace old,...
Winterizing Your Flock Chickens need 14 to 16 hours of “daylight.” One of the best ways to keep up egg production is to continue providing supplemental lighting to extend the “daylight” hours until the sun can take over full time. A single 60 to 100 watt bulb set on a timer will suffice. It’s best to extend the hours at...
How to Prepare Your Chickens For Winter Chickens are a surprisingly resilient bird where winter is concerned. This is especially true if your poultry belongs to one of the winter-hardy breeds such as Blue Andalusian, Dominique, Brahma, or Plymouth Rocks. Still, if a chicken coop is mismanaged or in poor shape during winter, the biting...
Bird Feeding Tips for Fall As the last heat wave of summer fades, bird feeders are disappearing from backyards. Most bird lovers assume that as the weather cools and mass migration sweeps in, their beloved winged friends don't need human assistance in finding food; they can forage for it themselves. Be a wise lover of birds...
Raising Baby Chicks Can Be Easy, Even For The Inexperienced Many people are opting to raise their own chicks these days. It’s a rewarding experience that can leave you with the freshest eggs on the block. If you’re new to the baby chicks game, then this article is for you. Raising chicks doesn’t have to be hard. With the right space and equipment along with...
Tips On Raising Poultry Raising chickens on your estate or even in your backyard is a very fulfilling activity that requires dedicated time and practice. No matter how large of an operation you’re running, there are many important tips on raising poultry that every beginner must be aware of. Once everything is up and...
Keep Your Flock Happy and Healthy Whether you have just a few chickens or a large, widely varied flock, a happy, healthy flock will be better socialized and will be more productive layers. Fortunately, happy and healthy go together and it is easy to keep chickens in superb condition with just a few easy steps. Provide Appropriate...
Preparing for Chicks: Setting Up Your Brooder Spring is chick season. Whether you are just starting a flock, increasing the numbers of chickens you keep or bringing new breeds home to try. Your brooder is critical to give for your chicks security, warmth and shelter they need for their earliest days. How can you set up a brooder to give your...
Tips for Creating a Living Space for your Baby Chicks Newly hatched chicks, ducklings, goslings and turkey poults require that their very basic needs for shelter, warmth, food and water be met in order to survive. Good care and management with a bit of TLC will go a long way in providing a healthy start for your young flock. Following are some useful...
Benefits of Having a Rooster In Your Flock Roosters can add many advantages to your home and to your flock. Some may see it as a bad idea, but there are many key benefits to having a rooster in your flock. Among these benefits include fertilization, behavior, defense and beauty. First and foremost, roosters provide a free and economic way...
Keeping your Hens Healthy and Laying This Fall Autumn is upon us and it's time to say hello to fresh air and goodbye to stifling hot temperatures. Of course, if you’re raising chickens for eggs, you will need to take a few steps to ensure your hens stay in production during the fall and winter months. Molting or feather loss is a natural...
Difference Between Store Bought Eggs and Fresh Farm Eggs If you had pulled me aside when I was younger and asked if I knew the difference between store bought and fresh farm eggs, my response would most likely be, ‘eggs are eggs.’ Basically, I didn’t think there was a difference and all eggs were just delicious. However, there is a difference between...
Hot Weather Tips for Raising Poultry They say raising poultry is all about feed, water, heat and light. But in the summer, beating the heat is a top priority. Severe heat stress can affect egg quality, size and hatchability. It can also increase the rate of mortality. Here are some tips: Keep Birds Cool Even free-range birds need...
