Happy New Year! I hope you all made it through the holidays with abundant joy and laughter. Since it’s the middle of the winter, our...

Holding chickens is one of my favorite hobbies! There’s nothing like going out to the coop and getting in some good chicken snuggles....

When we started raising chickens 14 years ago, we had a couple of roosters who would tootle around the yard with the girls. I really knew...

If you’re just starting to raise chickens, a common question that gets asked is, “What is the best feed to give them?” Often, people will...

Most backyard chicken keepers keep just enough chickens to supply eggs for their families. However, there are a good number of us who...

“Sweetie” was my second Silkie to hatch and is still as sweet as ever. Silkies! Just the name in itself makes them fun little birds to...

Chickens do a fairly excellent job of taking care of their hygiene. They take dust baths and preen themselves with their beaks to keep...

I’ll be honest, when I first started raising backyard chickens, I was in it for the eggs. I really didn’t care what color or kind or...

I remember spending time out in the coop one day. Well, this is most days for me. I love to sit and watch my girls scratch around and see...

It started out like any other morning. After I got my husband and kids out the door for work and school, I went out to check on my flock...

Roxanne taking a dust bath I love to see people’s reactions when they ask how I bathe my chickens. When I tell them that chickens love to...

I remember the very first time we got baby chicks. The excitement was off the charts! We were going to have this perfect little flock....

As many of you know, I have 28 chickens and counting! This was never my plan. I was a hard stop at 6 chickens but here we are. I’m even...

Would you believe that my first love in the feathered friends world were ducklings? I mean, around these parts, I’m known for my love of...

Hello February! We’re excited around here in the Wing household because we finally decided which new baby chicks to add to our flock this...

I hope your new year is off to a great start! This is the time of year where most people start dreaming about adding to their flock. Of...

The girls and I have very exciting news to share with our faithful friends and followers and we wanted you to hear it here first! No, I...

Strong Animals® announced today their collaboration with Hoover’s Hatchery™ and NatureServe® feeds to encourage everyone raising chickens...

It’s almost the middle of December and here in southwest Minnesota, we still have no snow! Usually by now, we’re all singing “White...

If you’ve been eating or using eggs for any length of time (hello almost everyone!), you probably have had a blood spot in your egg once...