Part of raising chickens is understanding chicken anatomy. While chickens have some of the same body parts we do, they have a lot of interesting parts we don’t! Many of these “parts” play an important role in your chicken’s life and well being. Let’s take…
Raising poultry, such as chickens and ducks, take a lot of investment in time and care. The last thing anyone wants is to loose a flock member to a predator. But ever Spring and Fall, raptors migrate in great numbers. And while you can…
Right before spring each year, there is a fever that goes around. It is a disorder that comes with many symptoms including extreme anticipation. It is an illness that can lead to an infatuation with “fluffy butts.” Chick Fever is a real thing, it afflicts…
Let’s Hatch Chicks! is a delightful new book by author Lisa Steele. While a departure from her first three books, which are geared toward adult readers, Let’s Hatch Chicks! is a heart warming tale of Violet the hen and her quest for motherhood. This book…
Eggs become more valuable in the winter as production slows down due to shorter days. With fewer eggs in your nest box, you don’t want any to go to waste. But with many of us leading busy lives, frozen eggs can happen by the time…
Summer is here and the heat is on. Chickens do not do well in heat! In fact, heat can be downright dangerous for your chickens. We live in Michigan and let me tell you, going from negative digits in the winter to over 90 in…
If you intend to have more than a single chicken, you are going to need to know a little bit about the “pecking order” and how it works. So what is a pecking order anyway? It is a hierarchical pattern of behavior in a flock….
Bringing home baby chicks can be exciting, but there are six things you need to put together so that your homemade brooder is perfect for your new chicks. Some folks hesitate to get chicks because they are afraid they will do something wrong and the…
Its spring and that, at least to me, means chick season. That glorious time of the year when feed stores have bins of baby chickens that just call out to you “take me home!” Whether you have had chickens in the past or it is…
Late last fall a friend of mine offered us a dozen hatching eggs. Well winter in Michigan is no time to be hatching out chicks, so she waited till spring to send them to us. We have been on the most exciting adventure trying our…
It is spring time and for us, that usually means a trip to the local feed store to pick out a few new additions to our flock. But this year we decided to do something a little different. This year we are trying our hand…
