Today it was finally warm enough to let everyone out of the coop! I came back from making a rooster delivery to hear a loud ruckus from the ...

Obviously I have chickens and love them, but chicken keeping isn't for everyone. I had a lot to learn when I first started raising chick...

We all make mistakes in life, and usually you just learn from it and move on. When it comes to chicken keeping mistakes though, some of them...

Over the years I've raised mealworms for chicken feed many many times. In fact, I do it almost every spring/summer. It's when winter...

Saving money while raising chickens is one of my favorite topics with feeding my chickens for free being my ultimate goal. (I know, talk abo...

If you have a chicken coop, then you have flies. Flies are attracted to things like fresh poop and wet bedding so they just love hanging out...

As far as chickens go, my least favorite part of the rooster is the spur. I bet you're not surprised at all by that little confession. S...

A few years back I wrote a post about my farm expenses for the year . In those expenses I had spent a whopping $1140 for chicken feed! That ...

You have a full flock of hens but your egg basket is regularly empty. What gives? There are a lot of reasons why your hens might not be layi...

Admittedly, I have a lot of chicken coops. 5 to be exact. I have all different sizes and shapes of coops. In all my chickens coops I have my...

Chickens can be expensive. Even if you don't count the coop, the feed and bedding are monthly expenses that add up a lot! I decided a lo...

Have you ever wondered "How long do chickens live?" This question came up the other day while I was feeding Sally her favorite tre...

This time of year we go through a lot of bedding in our chicken coops! Not only is our population at its yearly peak but with summer rains ...

This is a problem for chicken keepers everywhere. The winter egg production drop off issue. It goes from gathering several dozen eggs a week...

How often do you collect your farm fresh eggs? In an ideal world we would all skip out happily and gather eggs into our aprons several times...

Guinea Fowl aren't for everyone, that's just the straight truth. They are loud, annoying, funny looking and dumber than you can beli...

Guinea fowl are interesting birds. They are poultry, but not really. They kinda look like feather covered helmets with clown face makeup on....

Chicken keeping can get expensive! There is always something else they need and buying everything from the feed store...or even the big box ...

I'm sure by now you've seen all the posts about growing fodder for chicken feed. You've probably also read (or participated) in ...