Are you concerned that your flock's eggs might contain Salmonella? I sought expert sources for safety guidelines and facts about farm vs. store-bought eggs.
Chicken-keepers can mitigate the cost of chicken feed only so much. The real savings are in efficiencies we can employ in the feeding process.
In part two of this three-part series, we look past buying chicks. Here are the basics on how to incubate and hatch eggs to start or expand your flock.
We searched the web and found a wicked t-shirt, a fowl flag, crunchy cricket treats and stylish egg rings.
Incubators were all the rage in the early 20th century, but plenty of advice also existed on incubation and hatching via broodies.
Keeping poultry opens your eyes to a world most fowl: rubber chickens on bicycles and in recycle bins, chicken sculptures and costumes at Scandinavian castles, and poultry yard art in the American Midwest.
I gave in to a lifelong desire and bought 6 chicks. Now we have a flock of 46.
Chickens get snacks in the form of bugs that eat wood chips, and you eventually get compost from the wood chips and chicken poop.
The Welsummer, a breed that originated in the Netherlands, has been a breakfast-cereal mascot and is known for its earth-tone eggs.
Before you mow your lawn, look for these free-growing treats that your backyard flock will love.
Bust your birds' boredom while boosting natural behaviors and nutritional health in your flock by thinking like a zookeeper.
When you need to catch one of your birds that is set on getting away from you, use one of these approaches.
