
Give Your Chickens Room To Roam Without Affecting Your Personal Space With These Free-Ranging Tips

When Chickens Feel Safe It Encourages Better Health in the Birds and Less Anxious Behavior

Your birds need a regular nutritional chicken ration, but offering supplemental scratch can offer additional physical and mental benefits for your flock.

Some of the best healthy treats for chickens in the fall, along with seasonal and year-round options to keep your flock thriving.

How to Help Your Birds Through this Natural, But Uncomfortable, Process

She’ll learn that keeping it simple is the secret to fresh eggs, a happy flock and a little more joy. There’s something about a summer morning in your own backyard. The quiet hum, the soft cluck from the coop, the first sip of coffee. On mornings like this, backyard chicken keeper Shelby Diebold (@vineygrovegoats) and […]

Understand How to Score Your Flock's Feathers to Determine Overall Health

Broodiness, parasites and roosters, along with molting, can cause feather loss in hens. Learn how to identify the cause and take appropriate action.

Providing your flock with good nutrition and plenty of hydration can help lessen the chances of heat stress and other heat-related illnesses during the final days of summer.

Can chickens eat bell peppers? Yes! Chickens can safely eat red, orange, yellow and green bell peppers, and many chickens seem to prefer the sweeter taste of the red, orange and yellow varieties. Learn how to safely feed bell peppers to your flock, including which parts of the pepper chickens can eat, how much to […]

Provide These Herbs to Help Your Chickens Feel Better When the Feathers Are Flying

The Wyandotte is a hardy dual-purpose bird with loose, fluffy feathering that lends to its round shape.