Common Chicken Illnesses
It is important to know about common chicken illnesses if you are keeping chickens. If you are aware of the common illnesses and their symptoms you can head of any illnesses as soon as possible. If you don’t stop any illnesses as soon as you can then it may spread to your entire flock and…
Maintaining Chicken Health in a Backyard Flock
Many people have decided that raising a small flock of chickens in their backyard is a good idea. They are right for a variety of reasons. The availability of fresh eggs, meat for those less squeamish, and bug control are just a few good reasons to keep chickens. Maintaining chicken health in a backyard flock…
The Basics of Keeping Chickens
Many people keep their own chickens. Keeping chickens is more of a hobby or the desire to have your own fresh eggs, rather than a business. Individuals can keep up to 20 hens easily but this may be too many eggs for your own household. To have enough fresh eggs for yourself you may only…
Chicken Feed Ideas & Suggestions
Quality chicken feed makes for healthy chickens. If you’ve chosen to raise chickens, it’s imperative that you choose the best possible feed in order to ensure you’re making the most of your investment. Raising chickens is a big commitment, they require constant care and proper nutrition. For these reasons, it might help to take some…
Raising Chickens as a Hobby
Raising chickens has become a very popular hobby over the past few years. It might seem to be an odd hobby to get into, but you’ll be surprised at what it has to offer. This hobby has so many amazing benefits other then just the joy of raising chickens, and believe it or not chickens…
Raising Your Own Chickens Improves Your Health
It seems like a bold statement to make, “Raising Your Own Chickens Will Improve Your Health”, doesn’t it? But there are so many amazing advantages to raising chickens other than the regular supply of eggs they will provide you with.
Important Things To Know About Baby Chicks
Chickens can make for some pretty amazing pets that have great personalities and will offer endless amusement and shockingly funny entertainment. However there are some things that you must know about chickens before you actually own them. This goes for any type of pet that you plan on raising. Understanding these things will help you…
How to Protect Your Chicken from Common Predators
Chickens are not very high on the food chain and yet they are no match for many of the insects or bugs you’ll find living in your yard. Insects such as crickets, spiders and ants. This is one of the reasons why you will hear many chicken owners say that they are great natural insect repellents and bug control. However, the chickens themselves have many predators of their own.
