Raising chickens can be a very rewarding process. Besides providing you with fresh eggs, it can also be a teaching resource for your children and a way for you to become self-sufficient.
Keeping Marans Chicken – Pros & Cons
We have kept these weekly articles going since we started this page, and we are a long way from quitting. We have talked about many of your and our favorite chicken breeds such as the Cochin, Silkies, Australorp, Buff Orpington, and more.
A Thing Chickens And Humans Have In Common – BIRTH CONTROL!!
Chickens have a strict pecking order and one of things the pecking order does is show the hens which one of their flock roosters is the alpha rooster and that he is the rooster that they need to mate with.
Why Keeping Roosters Can Be A Bad Idea?
Above all else, hens lay eggs whether there is a rooster mating with them or not. You needn’t bother with roosters in order to get eggs. A lawn rush of laying hens gets along flawlessly pleasantly without a rooster. Indeed, they improve without a male chicken among them.
Composting & Chickens – Where`s the connection?
Fresh chicken droppings can harm your plans due to the fact that they are hot and still the levels of nitrogen in the are high enough to burn your plants or fasten the process of the plants drying off. However, composting the droppings is an effective way to have an effect on the chicken manure as a fertilizer.
Should Chickens Eat More Corn?
If your chickens aren’t eating the corn in their feed, they could be looking for a different source of nutrition.
Facebook Groups Every Chicken Keeper Should Join!
For today’s article we have decided to announce you the best facebook groups every chicken keeper should join. Informative and educational information which can be very useful to every beginner in chicken keeping, as well the well experienced keepers.
Chicken Entertainment 101
Bored chickens feather peck each other, and that is definitely not good for them and for their chicken keepers. This is one of the reasons why entertaining your chickens is very important. Another reason is nutrition, giving your chickens highly nutritious treats can help them in the process of egg production and with their well-being … Read more
Common Chicken Keeping Problems!
Preparedness is key in the process of chicken keeping in order to prevent many future problems that chicken keepers can have. Taking the most common problems we have encountered and still have them from time to time in mind, we wanted to put them on a list and therefore help our readers have an easier process of chicken keeping.
Stress In Young Chicks – Causes & Prevention!
Stress can be very bad for chickens, especially the young chicks that are still unfamiliar with the environment around them. There are lot more causes for stress in young chicks than in chickens, and there are some things that cause stress both in young chicks and older chickens.
