Naturally, the best hen you can own is a healthy bird. Before you buy your chickens, know what to look out for. Over hundreds of years, many breeds of chickens have been developed. Now you need to choose the breed that best suits your personal situation and tastes. Light Breeds Good choice as they are … Read more
If you’re getting to know chickens for the first time, these little rascals can be a bit daunting. Don’t worry if you’re startled the first time you try to pick up a chicken and they begin squawking and flapping. Or trying to outrun you. This is their nature. Especially if they don’t know you very well. You may think you’ll … Read more
One of our members of the Facebook chicken group, Rita Brady decorated her chicken coop for Christmas. Many of you people will think this is a weird idea, but Christmas Chicken Coop Decoration is more and more trending. No further ado, I will leave you to enjoy this amazingly decorated Chicken coop for Christmas.
Since we started this page we have received a lot of e-mails concerning the subject of how to clip chickens wings.
Should you do it? Totally up to you.
If your chickens can jump through your fence it is better that you do it for the obvious reasons.
If your chickens jump over your fence they can get lost or run into some predator. If it is completely necessary for you to clip the wings of your chickens, this is how you should do it.
This has been a long-awaited Monday especially for us, at the typesofchicken.com team, because the breed we are going to write an article about today is one of those breeds that made us start to love keeping chickens.
The Cochin chickens were most of the chickens of my first flock and they are the ones that made me keep chickens as pets not only as means to get eggs and meat. The first chicken I named was a Cochin – Bucky.
So without any further ado, these are the Pros & Cons about keeping Cochin chickens.
Building the best chicken coops and runs yourself is possible even if you have only basic carpentry skills. I say this because I am proof! My construction skills were never my strong point, but hey, I’m handy enough with a hammer and screwdriver around the house…I just never built a house! But, I figure since I’m going … Read more
In the winter, treats serve as a substitute source of nutrients for the plants they love to eat, which are hibernating and buried in snow. It keeps them preoccupied during winter, hydrated and cool in the summer. Do you like to give your chickens treats? That is a great way to spoil them rotten. After all they do … Read more
Nicola Congdon, 30 year old from England, got an idea how to keep her chickens warm in winter. She and her mother Ann knit wooly sweaters for her 30 rescued chickens or “battery hens”. Those adorable sweaters keep them warm and happy throughout the winter. Nicole has 60 chickens, but 30 are rescued chickens and … Read more
Just like us humans, pets and livestock need clean drinking water to stay healthy. When it comes to raising chickens, the water gets easily dirty with beddings and droppings. Clean water is not just necessary for good health – it also plays a big role on egg production. When you deprive your chickens with … Read more
A rooster mates with the hen, depositing sperm in her oviduct. He sperm fertilizes one of the ovum or egg cells given off by the hen’s overy.
