Summer time may be exciting for humans, but for your chickens it could be deadly. Chickens can withstand the cold much easier than they can handle extreme heat. Heat Stress and Heat Stroke When temperatures get into the 80s, you should keep an eye on your flock and begin to use the tips below …
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Fall on the homestead is a transition season. For the most part the garden has been put to bed, the harvest canned and stored. Just like your garden harvest, you will notice your egg harvest vastly decreases as we come to the end of “egg season”. In our modern world with 24 hour grocery stores we …
Back in the day a mother would discover a disheveled and hungry puppy being hidden in her child’s room and ask “where did this dog come from?” The child would insist “he just followed me home! Can we keep him please?!” Animal welfare agencies have done a great job in the past decade or two …
Did you know you can train chickens? Chickens are actually very intelligent animals. One British study shows they are smarter than human toddlers! Within hours of hatching, chicks can already keep track of numbers up to five. They also exhibit the knowledge that even when an object is out of sight it still exists (which humans …
When I first started thinking seriously about keeping chickens in my backyard it was after seeing this adorable chicken coop on Pinterest. The coop was super adorable with a cute little picket fence in front of it, who wouldn’t fall in love with this?? If you have done any research on chicken coops, you have …