Chickens backyard

Want to get started with raising baby chicks for meat or eggs? Here is a guide to everything you need to know from how to set up the brooder, and a list of supplies you'll need to raise baby chicks.

Humans have been using herbs for culinary & health benefits for as long as history has been recorded, check out my top six herbs for your flock

When picking up new chickens, it’s important to ask the right questions, from are these vaccinated chickens to gender. Learn more from the Purina experts.

Raising the chickens or meat birds should not make your birds prisoners. Just give them the freedom to do all they love to do naturally like hunting the insects, running on garden grass, and to dig the soil. Go with these 10 DIY PVC chicken tractor plans that will allow your chickens to do all these while proving enough protection from predators. These cage-like structures can be built in any shape, but an arched or dome style design is highly popular. However, you can see a lot of design in…

This Spring we are exploring an alternative to how we are feeding our herd (and chickens too!) The idea comes from the notion of fresh sprouts as a “superfood”; if eating sprouts are super healthy…

Hydrangeas, the popular garden shrub with delicate flowers in pinks, whites and blues, is more fascinating than it first appears. Why? Because the blossoms on this beautiful plant have the ability to dramatically change color. Maybe you’ve already noticed a perplexing color change in your own shrubs and couldn’t figure out the reason. Well, the secret behind their chameleon-like qualities is pretty simple – it’s down to the pH of the soil. And, now you know that, the ability to change…

Two common chicken foot problems and leg ailments are leg mites and bumblefoot, both of which are easy to treat. Less common, but sometimes mistaken for either leg mites or bumblefoot, is a type of arthritis known as gout, which is far easier to prevent than to treat.

Grow your backyard chicken food in a DIY perennial permaculture garden. Free food & shade for the chickens in the edible landscaping right outside their coop. Growing chicken food will save you money.

A handy chart to help with determining the gender of a chicken----whether they are a rooster or a hen. Targeted specifically towards helping animal shelters and rescues.

Bei dem Wort „Hühnerhaltung“ denkt man nicht gleich an den Garten. Dabei fühlt sich das Huhn im Garten pudelwohl, der Aufwand für…

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For most people, mealworms are pests. For chicken owners like us, however, they’re white gold, and you can save quite a few bucks on feed.

How to incubate chicken eggs and hatch chicks. Step by step guide to using your incubator properly and getting a great hatch rate. Learn to hatch your own chicks!

Spring is chicken sexing season. The time of year backyard chicken owners stare in dismay at a huddle of fluff balls wondering girl or boy? Here's how to sex a chicken. Sort of. Sexing a chicken yourself is usually about as reliable as doing your own taxes. I mean, you

How to Build a DIY Homemade Chicken Incubator Looking for a safe place to put those fertilized chicken eggs where you’ll know they’ll hatch? You could choose the pricier option and purchase an incubator at a store, or you could embrace your inner handiness by making a homemade chicken incubator. If the latter sounds like the better