Make Your Own Organic Chicken Feed
Most chicken keepers want to feed their hens non-GMO, organic chicken feed. After all, you’ll be eating their eggs and possibly their meat. Commercial organic chicken feed is a great option, but one that can...
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Natural Treatments for Chicken Diseases
Despite your best efforts, sometimes a chicken falls ill. There are many common chicken diseases that can affect your flock, but fortunately, there are simple and natural remedies you can use to prevent and...
Poultry Raising: 9 Tips for Raising Chickens
Even if you’re soft at heart, name your flock, refer to them as “the girls” and just can’t bring yourself to raise chickens for meat, they are very useful as livestock. You can just raise...
Raising Heritage Chicken Breeds
The Livestock Conservancy lays out strict requirements for heritage chicken breeds. To be called “heritage” a chicken must have parents and grandparents of a breed recognized by the American Poultry Association prior to the...
Tips For Keeping Urban Chickens
Just because you don’t live in the country doesn’t mean you can’t produce some of your own food. Urban agriculture is on the rise because everyone wants fresher, healthier and cheaper groceries. Your mini...
Have Fun Raising and Keeping Chickens
Keeping chickens can be a fun and profitable hobby. Find everything you need to know about keeping chickens right under one roof. From selecting the right chickens, buying or building your own chicken house...
Backyard Chicken Coops
So if you are planning on keeping chickens then you will need to decide on whether to buy a chicken coop or build a chicken coop. For pictures and chicken coop designs, search online...
What To Feed Chickens For Higher Egg Yield
When keeping chickens, one will eventually have to think about what to feed a chicken for maximal egg production. Feeding chickens for the purpose of making them produce more eggs requires a little research...
Tips on Keeping Chickens in Your Backyard
Raising and keeping chickens in the backyard is an easy, economical way to get fresh eggs and save money. They are fairly inexpensive to maintain and to raise, and you are guaranteed to have...
