Raising layer chickens is one of the best ways to provide for your own family. Not only are laying hens easy to care for, but they are also one of the least expensive types of livestock you can ...
How YOU Can Help Reverse the Declining Bee Population
Every year, more and more bees are lost to new diseases, pollution, and habitat loss. Bees pollinate our planet, and if we don't stop the declining bee population, it can affect our ...
How to Create a Chicken Garden to Promote Health in Your Flock
A chicken garden is a great way to supplement your chickens’ diets and keep them busy. If you have issues with your chooks scratching your garden into oblivion, then they need their own garden. ...
What NOT to Feed Chickens: 9 Food Your Chickens Shouldn’t Eat
One of the most entertaining things about owning chickens is watching them gobble down a new treat. It's fun to give your flock table scraps or garden clippings, and for the most part, chickens have ...
How to Implement and Manage Multispecies Grazing
If you have multiple species of livestock on your small farm, you may have wondered how you can make the most of your limited space and improve the health of your animals at the same ...
20 Money-Saving Chicken Care Hacks for Every Chicken Owner
DIY is not always cheaper than buying the store version of some things. However, when it comes to raising chickens, you can provide quite a bit of what they need using stuff you have on the ...
All You Need to Know About Creating Chicken Dust Bath
“Savannah! The chickens are dying! Like a lot of them!” Oh no! My heart starts pounding and I race out to the chicken run only to find half my flock joyously dust bathing. This was a mistake my ...
How to Deal with Flighty Chickens
Chickens aren’t known for their awesome ability to fly. In reality, most chickens can’t get very far off the ground - although they do have the capability of catching some air when they really want ...
How to Keep Hawks Away and Protect Your Chickens
My Great Pyrenees puppy erupted into excited barking. My chickens started to sound the alarm in unison. Then, a strangled squawk echoed across our holler. Without even stopping for shoes, I raced ...