Can Chickens Eat Blueberries?
In my backyard, we have eight large blueberry bushes that give us tasty fruit to eat each growing season. I let my chicken’s free-range during the day so it was important to find out if my flock could eat these…
Category Homestead
Urban homesteading on a regular lot in the suburbs of Atlanta. Six years of backyard chickens — started with seventeen, down to three, and there’s a story behind every one. A garden I’m trying to get better at, cheese made with the wrong acid, and more sourdough starters killed than I can count. The canner is still in the box. It’s never too late to learn. Not a tutorial, and not a farm.
How Long Do Bantam Chickens Live?
Bantam chickens’ small size and fluffy plumage make them utterly adorable. It does not take long to fall in love with these endearing little birds. The first thing I wanted to know when we got our Bantam hens was how…
How Do Chickens Defend Themselves? | Surprising Answers
You will notice some dominant behavior among your hens if you keep chickens, either as a free-range flock or confines to a coop. They will fight to settle a pecking order, and roosters will fight over hens. Chickens have very…
11 Innovative Ways To Stop Chickens From Eating Eggs
As someone who has kept chickens for many years, I have learned several tricks to outsmart even the most cunning egg-eating hen in your coop! This is a common challenge faced by poultry owners. You look forward to enjoying fresh…
9 Surprising Reasons Chickens Lose Their Feathers
A bare chicken is not a pretty sight, and it can be alarming to see your fluffy hens with less than their average amount of feathers. It is always wise to investigate changes in your chicken’s appearance. The truth is…
How to Store and Not Store Chicken Feed | Best Methods
We are usually far more concerned about the health of our chickens or our chicken coop designs. Appropriate chicken feed storage is something that is often overlooked and not given much thought to. Unfortunately, if your chicken’s feed is stored…
Chicken Molting: When It Happens, How Long It Lasts and What to Feed
Quick answer: chicken molting is the yearly shedding and regrowth of feathers, usually in fall as the days get shorter. Most hens have their first adult molt at around 18 months, a molt lasts about 8 to 12 weeks (some…
When Do Chicks Stop Chirping? Why Chicks Chirp So Much
Quick answer: chicks never really stop chirping, but the constant, loud peeping usually settles down after the first week or two once they are warm, fed and used to the brooder. Their baby peeps slowly deepen into adult clucks somewhere…
13 Reasons a Chicken Starts Limping
Birds are delicate creatures, and chickens are no exception. When your chicken starts limping, you should always investigate. Unfortunately, determining the cause is sometimes tricky, and there are many reasons why a chicken may limp. Chickens may limp because of…
Life Cycle of a Chicken | Surprising Facts to Know
Chickens are such a common sight in a farmyard that they are almost taken for granted. Not many people think twice about them or their lives. Most people eat eggs regularly without thinking about how they are produced. Chickens are…
