chicken coop

When researching necessary features of a chicken coop, many people will focus on square footage, the number of roosting bars and nesting boxes, and whether it will keep chickens warm…

How much space is required to raise chickens in your backyard? This is a super common question for people new to raising chickens. To be honest, I was way off…

There are many different types of chicken coops making it difficult for the first time chicken keeper to know what they will need. When I first got my chickens, I…

Raising backyard chickens comes with many new chores that most of us did not perform while growing up. While my great-grandparents raised chickens on their farm, the knowledge of raising…

Raising backyard chickens has become popular in recent years. Up until the 1950s it was just a way of life for many people to have chickens in their yards that…

There can be many reasons why chickens stop laying eggs.  Some of these reasons are beyond your control, such as when chickens stop laying eggs when they reach a certain age…

In general, pullets and bantams are more likely to fly since their bodies are smaller and less heavy. While most chickens are capable of flight for short distances, they are more likely to fly over fences or into low branches of a tree instead of flying away.

Raising backyard chickens can be expensive. The cost to raise chickens will include one-time expenses and then repeat expenses that will need to be made every year you have chickens.…