Fly-strike is among nature's most insidious afflictions. Here are ways to prevent your birds from getting it and how to react if they do.
You can buy crickets at bait stores or pet-supply retailers, or you can grow your own. Here's what you need and how it works.
My family got chickens mostly for the eggs, but we've expanded our flock to include hens named after Disney princesses, too. Yep, I'm the crazy chicken lady.
Getting your birds off to a healthy start sets the stage for how they’ll lay for years to come. In the first of three parts, we tell you how to establish great laying hens.
Children can dream of various careers in agriculture, thanks to a big boost by Mattel Inc.'s best-known spokesmodel, Barbie.
An increasing number of veterans are using their skills to agricultural ends, and some are helping save endangered heritage breeds.
In this Q&A, we also hear from readers curious about chicken illness and injuries as well as whether and when to wash fresh eggs.
Keep your chickens active and happy during the winter chill with these tasty, entertaining treats as supplements to their regular diet.
In the fourth part of this series, we continue alphabetically through chicken ailments, covering keel cyst, kinky back, Marek's and Newcastle diseases, and nutritional disorders.
Winter temperatures, snow and ice create challenges for people caring for chickens. Use these suggestions we've learned in Michigan to make those duties as tolerable as possible.
Winter is the time to look ahead and plan the coming year. We plan to add Runner Ducks, separate chickens and guineas, and (because we have 24 geese) start selling eggs.
Follow these tips to keep your chicks from piling in a corner of the brooder and smothering one another.
