Category: Chicken Basics

One of the many things you learn when you raise chickens is that fences are more to keep other animals out of the chicken coop than to keep

These are some pictures of my Araucana Chickens at six months old.

Now that my chickens are outside and growing faster than ever I have found myself filling their old chicken feeder daily. Which is OK if I have the

After a month being in the house inside the brooder box the little chickens were final ready to go out in their new home.

As I’m raising my chicks in the brooder box I’m asked the question “How do you know when they are ready to go outside”? The answer I’ve always

When I got my six baby Araucanas I initially used a small box. Something to keep in mind though is that chickens grow very quickly (a week or

When starting a chicken husbandry at home you might wonder if it would be simpler to purchase adult hens in lieu of starting with baby chicks. While it

By Rob Ludlow Why Raise Chickens? Here are a few of the most frequently expressed reasons people raise chickens ● Easy and inexpensive to maintain ● Eggs that