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*...
Have you ever lost your keys? It happens to the best of us. You check your purse, pockets, counters…and as a last resort, the freezer. Oh, what do you know? There they are, sitting on top of the ice tray. You laugh, move on, unlock your car and think, “What a silly...
There is never a dull moment with the “chickie laids,” as my sister so lovingly refers to my flock. I honestly never saw myself owning birds. I don’t even remember meeting chickens until the end of high school. I thought, they were loud, messy, and impossibly smelly....
I have always loved building things. I grew up helping my dad around the house, then with church volunteer projects, and now I flip furniture in my spare time. In high school I started thinking it would be really fun to buy a vintage Airstream trailer, gut it,...
The lights have been taken down, the Christmas music has stopped playing and all that is left is your tree. What to do with your amazing-smelling Douglas fir which brought you so much joy—glistening in your living room, decorated floor to ceiling in glittering lights...
