Having backyard chickens is a lot different than raising meat chickens. For starters you bring home the girls all cute and fluffy excited they are going to provide pretty fresh eggs. Since it takes awhile for your girls to start laying eggs you do your best to care and nurture them. Overall this is probably …
If you are a chicken lover you will want at least one of these T-shirts! If you need ideas for the chicken lover in your life we have rounded up some of our favorite chicken T-shirts from Amazon. Since the trendiest outfits I get are over on my BJs blog, I’m way more comfortable most …
Keeping chickens during the cold winter months can be challenging. Do you start to wonder how cold it is too cold for chickens? What to feed chickens in winter? All valid questions that cause more stress than needs to be. We live in Upstate New York, smack in the middle of two great lakes if …
It happens. You buy new chicks and every spring you buy MORE new chicks. With all the new animals coming to your homestead it takes a little time. Everyone has their routine and space they call their own and when a new comer shows up, things can get a little crazy. When we were new …
The beauty of a 100 year old barn comes with a sadness, one day it will fall down. Our Chickens couldn’t stay in this coop for long. It was only a matter of time before the flock needed a new home. The thing about old barns is they shift and sway and can tip a …
Free-ranging your chickens may be a concern when you think about any type of garden area you have. Or better yet keeping chickens off the porch is a whole new idea. They love to scratch up dirt! Especially if you are just planting seeds they will destroy them. For us, I always loved the idea …
There’s nothing more enjoyable than heading out to the chicken coop and bringing back some fresh eggs. Sizzling them up on the frying pan with bacon and toast. What about when you grab those chicken eggs bring them in and realize you can’t just crack it open without, well what exactly is all over the …
You walk into the coop, and your sweet hen is sitting in the nesting box. So you walk away and let her do her thing in private- since the ladies love their privacy. You come back, and she’s still sitting there. You come back to tuck them into bed for the night, and she’s still …
Cute hens at Tractor supply begging you to bring them home? Are you wondering if you should keep a Rooster with your hens? If you don’t realize the power of a rooster’s job you won’t understand the scenario of when you need one. Let’s go over when you need a Rooster and if your current …
Are you starting to build your own chicken coop? Wondering how to prepare the ground for the chickens? We have built a couple of chicken coops with different layering. You can keep chickens on gravel with minimal prep. Raising chickens is an easy choice for first-time homesteaders. If you plan on keeping your chickens in …