What to Look for When Purchasing Healthy Chickens March 12, 2024 | Molly Sutton Not all stores let you pick out your own chicks, but if you are lucky enough to be in a position to pick out what chicks/adult chickens you want to buy, these are things you want to look...
Molting Chickens When the weather starts to cool off after a long summer, you may start noticing more feathers laying around your chicken run or yard. More than one occasion, I have run outside thinking there was a hawk attack after noticing a pile of feathers on the...
Beak Injuries in Chickens Beak injuries are common among chickens and are generally the result of fighting with a predator or another chicken, trying to flee from a scary situation, or just a clumsy chicken doing everyday tasks. Every so often, you may find one of...
Keeping chickens is easy, until one of your birds starts acting out of character and ends up sick or injured. Luckily, chickens are very resilient and will overcome most ailments. Still, to give your chickens their best chance at survival when something goes wrong, it...
Are you looking to spice up your chicken’s meals? If you raise backyard chickens, chances are you love to spoil them. We have such a fun time feeding our flock grapes and other treats, but did you know your “spoiling” of your flock can be beneficial to...
As homesteaders, farmers, and backyard chicken keepers, we are used to having a million things on our mind at once, and yet, how does it seem one thing occupies most of our time? We have been busy at Chickens.org this month; from building a new *air conditioned*...
