Tips, advise and tricks on keeping backyard chickens.
Raising chickens for eggs can be a fun and rewarding hobby! Not only will laying hens give you fresh eggs, but they also provide many other resources like free fertilizer, pest management, and recyclers, and they can be put to work turning a compost pile or preparing your garden for planting. They also provide endless …
Are you new to the world of hatching eggs and wondering what on earth is candling chicken eggs? Don’t worry it isn’t as weird as it sounds. We’ll teach you everything you need to know about candling eggs and give you our best tips for success. Candling eggs is to determine the condition of the …
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What is a brooder heat lamp? Do you really need one? Are they dangerous? Don’t worry, we are going to cover everything you need to know about this aspect of raising chicks and give you the information you need to raise healthy chicks. Pin for later! This post contains affiliate links, read our privacy policy …
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Have you ever wanted to hatch chicken eggs? We were right there with you years ago, so we wanted to share with you everything we learned about how to hatch chicken eggs! Hatching your own eggs is an amazing experience, it’s truly incredible to watch life grow before your eyes. Over the years we’ve …
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Need to check if your eggs are still good? The best way to find out is with the egg float test! This is a super easy way to know when your eggs are fresh and good to use and when they are bad and need to be tossed out without an unwelcome surprise and stinking …
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Chicken frostbite occurs in the winter when your flock is exposed to the elements, just like frostbite in humans. The best way to avoid dealing with chicken frostbite is to ensure your chickens have a warm dry place but accidents happen. So in this article, we are going to teach you how to recognize and …
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If you live anywhere where it freezes in the winter you’ve run into the problem of how to keep your chicken water from freezing. Enter the chicken water heater, but a quick search online produces some pretty expensive results. So how do you DIY your way through a chicken water heater for winter? We’re going …
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Thinking about getting chickens or maybe you just jumped in with both feet and are wondering what to feed chickens? Wonder no longer, we are going to teach you everything you need to know about what chickens can eat- and what they shouldn’t eat. Pin for later! This post contains affiliate links If you are …
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As fall quickly approaches many backyard chicken raisers are facing, a drop in egg production and molting chickens. Fall brings welcome relief in temperatures, for many but it also has its own set of problems for chicken keepers. On the top of that list is molting chickens, so today we are going to cover everything …
Winter will be here before most of us is ready for it, so it’s important to start thinking about your winter chicken coop and how you’ll be preparing your chickens for winter. Chickens are generally pretty hardy, though some will need a bit more care than others. So how do you make sure your winter chicken …
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