Category Backyard Chickens

When it comes to taking care of a broody hen, especially if you are doing it for your first time, it can seem tricky and stressful, but luckily, it doesn’t have to be. The only objective is to keep those…

If you have leftover pumpkins after Halloween or from a fall festival pumpkin patch there is something you can do with them. You can feed them to your backyard chickens! Can chickens can eat pumpkin guts and seeds? Yes, chickens…

My daughter loves feeding our chickens mealworms. When we decided to raise new baby chicks, feeding them dried mealworms was one of the first things she wanted to do. I had always waited about 8 weeks to feed my baby…

There is some debate out there on whether chickens can eat citrus. There have been reports of poor egg production, feather plucking, and other issues. Feeding a chicken too much of any type of fruit can lead to problems. There…