Chicken Trackers May Show If Your Flock Logs More Steps Than You
June 26, 2023Can you beat your chicken’s step count? Chicken trackers may soon tell us everything we need to know about our flock’s activity level.
Can you beat your chicken’s step count? Chicken trackers may soon tell us everything we need to know about our flock’s activity level.
When you have your own chickens, you’re not stuck with grocery-store white eggs. Here are some common layers with a rainbow’s variety of egg colors.
Need a tech helper to manage your flock? These four apps help you track your chickens on everything from egg productivity to feed intake and more!
It’s too common for a chicken’s toe to get injured, and in extreme cases amputation may be required. Though not fun, the task can be done by a keeper following these steps.
In the May/June 2023 issue of Chickens magazine, editors chose the best of the flock from submitted reader photos. Enjoy this gallery of beloved backyard chickens!
The teenage years for chickens, when chicks develop into cockerels and pullets, can be trying for keeper and flock mates. Here are some tips for getting through.
Your birds need a regular nutritional chicken ration, but offering supplemental scratch can offer additional physical and mental benefits for your flock.
You can use one of your broody hens to hatch duck eggs, says “An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Raising Backyard Ducks” author Gail Damerow.
Do you know this mystery chicken breed? With European roots (and a name to boot), this striking bird lays dark-brown eggs all year long.
For Malia F., the family’s flock led to hen bonding, a case of chicken math, a nasty pecking order incident and an introduction to poultry exhibition.