Introducing a new chicken or chickens to your flock may prove difficult because the previously formed flock always want to keep their pecking order. The new chicken or chickens may get bullied and even killed in the first few days of being in your flock. However, there are a few things that a chicken keeper can do in order to prevent or lower the amount of bulling when introducing a new chicken or chickens to his/hers flock. This is what made us the typesofchicken.com team prepare this article for our readers on How To Introduce New Chickens Into Your Flock.
Month: April 2016
When To Expect Your Hen To Lay Her First Egg – 3 MOST IMPORTANT Tips!
It is not rare that a chicken lays its first egg too early or a bit late. This may cause many problems if a chicken keeper is not prepared to maintain the egg. To calculate the time when your hen will lay her first egg you will need to know a few things about that particular hen. This is also a frequently asked question in our e-mails so these are the 3 MOST IMPORTANT Tips How To Know When To Expect Your Hen To Lay Her First Egg.
Mistakes Chicken Keepers Tend To Make When Building Their Chicken Coops
Building your chicken coop is not very hard – all you need is some time, the right materials and of course the right source of information on how to do it. When chicken keepers make their coops they are aware of the crucial things a chicken coop needs to have, four walls, a window or two, a door and a roof. There are however, some things that some chicken keepers tend to forget or just are not aware of them that are very important for the well being of their chickens.
How To Care For Your Baby Chickens – 5 Steps
We have discussed in many of our articles how chickens are gentle and every chicken keeper needs to know how to properly care for his chickens in order to keep them healthy, productive, and most importantly – alive. And since your chickens are that gentle that means that your baby chicks are even gentler. What we at the typesofchicken.com team would like to do for this article is walk you through the process of taking care of your pullets and cockerels.
How To Maintain Your Waterer And Keep The Water Uncontaminated – 3 Tips
First of all, we would like to say that we are aware that the word “waterer” is not a correct word but it will do for this article and is commonly used between chicken keepers. Some time ago we at the typesofchicken.com team gave you an article on how to keep your chickens hydrated. But is keeping your chickens hydrated enough? If the water you give to your chickens is dirty, you increase the risk of them getting sick. Maintaining the water your chickens drink is an important part of their health. And it is also very easy once you get used to doing it. There are 3 easy tips on how to maintain your waterer and keep the water uncontaminated and we will be kind enough to show them to you in the form of an article.
How To Prepare Corn For Your Chickens – 3 Recipes!
Giving treats to your chickens should be fun, not a boring daily obligation. Preparing different kinds of treats for your chickens can be a fun family activity and something that can easily become a habit. We at typesofchicken.com want to help our readers make this activity as fun for them as it is for us.
How To Keep Your Chickens Hydrated! Read Carefully No.4
Keeping your chickens hydrated is very important and it is not easy as many people say it is. Every chicken keeper needs to know how to keep their chickens hydrated. And the amount of water chickens receive should be changed when weather changes appear. There are also many things you can add to the water so that you can boost the chicken`s immune system. Knowing how to keep your chickens hydrated properly has many advantages to the chicken`s health. This is why we at the typesofchicken.com team decided that for this article we will give you some instructions on that particular subject.
10 DIY Physical Exams For Your Chickens
For today`s article we at the typesofchicken.com team decided to walk our readers through the steps of doing your own physical examination of your chickens. How you can do it and why you should do it are also included. Doing the physical examination yourself can save you a lot of time and money because let`s be honest, sometimes it is not necessary to call the vet. And once you learn how to do it as thorough as possible it can be done regularly.
Shannon Stansberry has been engaged in the business of raising chickens for more than 12 years. In 2016, she accomplished the Agriculture & Natural Resources program at Mt. San Antonio College. At present, she tends to more than 80 chickens on her 4-hectare farm. Shannon regularly shares her insights and experience on how to raise healthy and contented chickens on the platform Typesofchickens.com
Tuna For Your Chicken – 3 Recipes!
Have you ever given tuna fish to your chickens, if you haven`t there are many reasons you should start doing it now. Chickens LOVE tuna, I don’t know why, but it is good that they love it because tuna is very healthy for them to eat.It is a fun treat and sometimes mixing the treats you give to your chicken can be also fun. This is why we at the typesofchicken.com team decided to share with you some interesting recipes with tuna fish combined with other treats.
How to get rid of flies in a chicken coop
Chickens can be dirty, they require scheduled clean-ups and proper care so that more illnesses can be avoided.
Flies can be a constant problem during hot summer days, and there are many things around your coop that attract them.
From the bad smell of feces to the moisture that can occur in your coop. Flies are dangerous illness carriers when it comes to chicken, and that is why we at the typesofchicken.com team for this article will give you a few tips on how to get rid of flies in a chicken coop.
