Picture credit: What Molly Made It’s only the second week of school around here and if your family is anything like ours, you’re already...

Picture credit: Hoover’s Hatchery When you think of backyard chickens, popular breeds like Orpingtons , Barred Rocks , Leghorns or Rhode...

I live in Minnesota where the summers are long and hot, and the winters feel even longer! When I first started raising backyard chickens,...

I’ll never forget the first time I thought my hen, Coco, laid her first egg. I was so excited I told the whole internet about it… only to...

Raising happy, healthy chickens often starts with what you feed them. One increasingly popular practice among backyard chicken keepers is...

Picture Credit: Hoover's Hatchery If you’ve pursued pictures of beautiful chickens like I have, surely you’ve come across a Speckled...

When we think about chicken eggs, the first colors that come to mind are the familiar whites and browns. But the world of backyard...

We’re in the thick of summer and boy is it hot! The girls are constantly looking for shade and digging deep into the dirt to try and stay...

The internet is full of beautiful chicken coops, elegantly feathered chickens and chicken keepers who are followed around by sunbeams and gorgeous landscapes. And, while some of these things are absolutely beautiful and out there no doubt, raising backyard chickens isn’t all rainbows and butterflies. There are plenty of yucky things that can plague the coop and the feathered friends who live there. Today we’re going to look at the top three diseases that affect chickens today

Everyone loves a yard sprinkled with different colors and breeds of chickens. Well, at least people who love chickens do! Chickens come...

I remember walking out to check on the girls one hot summer day a few years back. I do regular health checks on my flock, so I...

If you’re not familiar with backyard chickens, you might not automatically know the difference between a hen and a rooster. It’s...

The internet is full of beautiful chickens in magazine-worthy coops. But let’s be real, chickens are barnyard animals, and barnyard...

I remember having big dreams of starting my own seedlings and saving a ton of money on our garden. While it can  be a rewarding and...

Picture credit: Hoover’s Hatchery I was flipping through the Hoover’s Hatchery catalog the other day when I spotted a breed I’ve had my...

Oregano is a popular herb in backyard chicken keeping, and not just for cooking! Many flock owners wonder if it can also help keep worms...

I was sitting in the chicken run last week watching my flock scratch around the dirt. It got me thinking about how fast they ate the...

It’s spring, and you know what that means! Backyard flocks are booming. Thanks to rising egg prices, baby chicks are flying off the...

Picture credit: Morning Chores The Delaware chicken breed is one of the most versatile and loved breeds for backyard chicken keepers....

Picture credit: Scratch cradle It’s spring, and for many backyard chicken keepers, that means one thing: new chicks! I usually order mine...