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…
Backyard Chickens 101 | Guide to Raising Backyard Chickens
Raising backyard chickens can be a rewarding experience, but it’s important to know what you are getting into. If you want to raise chickens for fresh eggs, or just give your kids the opportunity to learn about farm life raising…
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…
Why Do Chickens Molt? | The Molting process
Ever ask why is my chicken losing its feathers? Walking out to your coop in the morning and seeing feathers all over the place can be a jarring sight. When I first started raising backyard chickens years ago the question…
Why Do Chicks Chirp So Much?
Perhaps you have just entered the poultry world and bought your first clutch of chicks. You have a heat lamp, feed and water set up, but the baby chicks seem to chirp constantly. Sometimes they are very loud and insistent,…
How Often Should You Turn Compost?
Gardening is an outdoor activity that many of us love, and for those of us, there is nothing better than getting close to nature and working with the earth in our hands. Compost is so essential to your soil, and…
