1. Waste Disposal When raising chickens you can vary your chickens’ diet by feeding them kitchen scraps and waste vegetable matter, and by doing so, keep them healthy and reduce the amount of biodegradable waste you throw away every day. 2. Generate Fertiliser Keeping Chicken can also benefit your vegetable garden as chicken manure is … Read more
Wasted chicken feeds can cost you more than you’re willing to charge as wastage. So if you’re planning or are already raising chickens in your backyard, keeping wastage to a minimum is essential. Your choice of chicken feeder will help you save on feeds by reducing or eliminating wasted feeds. Although store-bought poultry feeders are … Read more
A recent advisory from the Centers for Disease Control is warning Americans of the hazards of contact with chickens, including the risk of catching salmonella. This year alone, the CDC has recorded 1,003 cases of salmonella across the U.S., including two deaths. The agency’s suggestions include always washing your hands with soap and water after touching backyard … Read more
We’ve featured an inexpensive DIY chicken feeder made of PVC before. But while it is a great idea, it is also not always for everyone. The best kind of chicken feeder would depend on the number of chooks you are raising, the size and design of the coop, the materials readily available to you and the problems … Read more
Do you want to know how to distinguish a hen from a rooster? When they’re little: You can’t. Professional sexers who stare at their cloacas everyday aspire to get 95-96% right. Mike Rowe tried it on Dirty Jobs and would have sent you a mixed run every time. I don’t even bother to try. Ways to be … Read more
Pecking and “bullying” are normal chicken behavior. “As backyard flock owners, we are tasked with becoming chicken whisperers,” says Patrick Biggs, Ph.D., a flock nutritionist with Purina Animal Nutrition. “Keeping a peaceful flock requires us to interpret behaviors to decipher what our chickens are telling us.” In the article below, you will understand why do … Read more
What constitutes raising free range chickens? In the U.S. it is, unfortunately, a very broad statement. The USDA standards for labeling chicken “free-range” is that the animal has access to the outside. They do not define what “outside” and “access” mean. Unfortunately, at many major farms, this means that birds are still crowded in buildings and … Read more
Unless they’re broody, chickens don’t give a hoot in hell if we take any eggs, unfertilized or fertile. Sorry if this doesn’t fit your mother hen as a loving devoted mother cherished idea but, fact is? Hens are totally indifferent to their eggs except and unless nature has kicked in and told them to brood, … Read more
Want to know what killed your chicken? Do raccoons eat chickens? Well, the short answers is YES. Raccoons are very stealthy animals, they hunt in the middle of the night. They want “easy” food. Also, they are more prone to raiding a trash bag. Raccoons are opportunists. They eat pretty much everything, and on occasion, … Read more
So, you’d like to know what are the Pros and Cons of Owning Chicken? There are a lot of different opinions about owning or raising chickens. We prepared a lot of Pros and Cons, and you will decide is this the right thing for you or your family. PROS Fresh eggs! Seriously, if you’ve never eaten … Read more
