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*...
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,...
