If you own chickens, you will need to deworm them at some point. A friend who started keeping chickens a few months ago was unsure if he needed to deworm his chickens. I wanted to help, and we went to the vet to find out more about whether you should deworm your chickens and how…
Not too long ago, a family friend found lice on her chickens and didn’t know how to treat them. I wanted to help, so I took her to the local vet to get some information on chicken lice. When you keep chickens, lice and mites are par for the course, and you must know the…
Keeping backyard chickens is fun and rewarding; however, dealing with an aggressive rooster can be challenging. In most cases, simply being the boss and establishing your dominance over the rooster will be enough to get him to back down. However, if the aggression persists, you can try several other things, and you should be able…
Raising chickens has become such a popular activity in recent years that it’s commonplace to see a flock pecking away in the backyard of the family home. The chicken is more than an egg-producing inhabitant of the coop – it’s an intelligent, friendly bird who can easily become a favorite pet. We may love them,…
Leaving a feathered flock at home is something first-time chicken owners get worried about, but travel is undoubtedly necessary at times. As such, the question of how long you can leave your chickens alone arises. You should only leave your chickens alone for a maximum of three to four days. After that, getting a “chicken…
So you have the first chicken eggs you want to incubate and are uncertain of a few things. That was me not too long ago when I incubated my first chicken eggs. I phoned a chicken farmer I have known for a long time to help me understand the dynamics of hatching incubated eggs, and…
The best, low-fuss way to continuously refresh a backyard flock is to let nature take its course and allow hens to hatch eggs. This method also saves a lot of headaches for chicken owners, as the mom hens will do all the incubating and babysitting for you. There are few things cuter than watching a…
If you keep chickens, you know by now that they are omnivores who relish animal protein from all sorts of bugs and worms. You can supplement their foraging intake by giving them mealworms, but this gets expensive unless you raise your own. How do you raise mealworms for your chickens? To raise mealworms for your…
When keeping chickens, you may find yourself stepping into your coop and finding your chickens eating their eggs. It is the last thing any chicken owner wants to see. I found one of my chickens eating her egg a few months ago, and I knew I needed to take action and find out how to…
As a proud chicken owner, there’s nothing as rewarding as opening the door of my girls’ nesting boxes to find a rainbow assortment of eggs. Well, you don’t have to wait for pre-dyed Easter eggs. Instead, fill your coop with a suitable chicken breed for beautiful rosy-pink eggs. The Light Sussex, Easter Eggers, Salmon Faverolles,…