Many chickens are cold hardy, but some breeds call for extra help in winter, especially in northern climates. Here are tips for keeping your chooks warm.
Now that holiday travel is back on the table, you may feel anxiety over leaving your chickens. Here's what I did to stay calm when flying the coop.
Animals have different needs, and your farm has its own livestock fencing needs. So before that post-hole digger hits the ground, consider this advice.
Katelyn Posego from the Washington-based homestead Hasty Hen Farm tells us about the intertwined nature of becoming self-sufficient.
Here are a few more steps you can take to ready a kit chicken coop for harsh winter weather and provide your chickens protection from the elements.
With supply-chain shortages causing price hikes and empty shelves, there's never been a better time to learn home chicken processing yourself.
While many chicken breeds do fine in cold weather, sub-zero winter temps require some keeper intervention, especially if you use an assemble-yourself coop kit.
After feeding time in the coop, make it cocktail hour with this recipe for a delicious orange blossom slush, excerpted from "Drinking With Chickens."
CoopCrate is a subscription-based service for chicken-keepers that delivers chicken treats, fun surprises and coop essentials on a monthly basis.
Noah Young from the Nebraska-based Shiloh Farm tells us how empty supermarket shelves during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic inspired him to take matters into his own hands.
Eliminate natural and manmade stresses to put your hens at ease and to ensure consistent laying. Here are some pointers for cutting stress in the chicken coop and run.
Go beyond the eye of newt this spooky season with some "creepy" (but tasty and traditional) recipes that make use of chicken offal.
