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How To Make A Bucket Waterer For Chickens
Currently on the farm, we have 60 broilers, 30 turkeys, 15 laying hens and a partridge in a pear tree. On average, birds will drink about a pint of water a day, so do the math: that’s upwards of 13...
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Raising Broiler Chickens In A Hoop House
After years of keeping dusty chickens in a brooder in our garage, we got smart and started using our 10-by-10 high tunnel instead. We use a plywood brooder filled with pine shavings that we set...
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Can Backyard Chickens, Dogs And Cats Coexist?
We had dogs long before we had poultry, and I had a (very rational) fear that these two species might not get along. There are dog breeds designed to protect birds and others bred to hunt them. We also...
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Cleveland Is A Great Place For Raising Backyard Chickens
Cleveland has been getting lots of press lately. LeBron James is back, the city has a fantastic local food/chef scene and it has been listed in the top places to visit this year by several national...
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You Can Raise Chickens In The Woods
When you think of raising a flock of hens, most people picture a big open field with multi-colored chickens pecking at the grass. Lovely, yes? But picture this: A wooded lot with a small coop and a...
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A Thief In The Henhouse
Sometimes I’m a terrible chicken parent. I do my best to keep the birds fed and watered but there are times when I just mess up. There was the time I looked high and low for a lost chick only to find...
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Does Raising Backyard Chickens Save You Money?
Everyone is looking for a bargain, and raising chickens for your own eggs is the second rung on the homesteading ladder. The first is growing your own veggies. But does having your own backyard...
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5 Tips For Adding Chickens To Your Flock
This post could also be titled “How to Survive a Turf War” or “Bloods vs. Crips” because adding chickens and combining flocks can be like orchestrating a gang war. It’s potentially bloody, traumatizing...
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Where’s The Strangest Place Your Chicken Has Laid An Egg?
Sometimes I think my chickens want me to go on an Easter egg hunt to find their eggs. Some days it can be a real adventure. Here are some of the best places our girls have laid eggs. 1. In the garage I...
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Why You Need A Rooster
My chickens have all gone rogue. Our laying hens have been peacefully living within the confines of their electric poultry netting in their nice clean coop for ages. They get snacks, food, hundreds of...
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5 Ways Chicken Parenting Is Like Real Parenting
Chicken parenting is like regular parenting. Almost. 1) You obsessively check on your new chicks like it’s a brooder full of newborn babies. The first few days after the arrival of new chicks I’m...
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Training Backyard Chickens and Turkeys to Come When Called
Important for Keeping Turkeys and Chickens Safe if they Get Loose or Are in Danger Sometimes backyard chickens like to hide. This one was coaxed out by calling for her. Dogs and dolphins aren’t the...
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