It’s Fall Yall! The leaves are falling and it’s finally cooled off. We had some 80-degree days last week and bam the lows are now in the thirties. It’s the perfect time to work in the chicken coop but what…
There are quite a few misconceptions and myths about backyard chickens. It took the Bearded Rooster three years to talk me into getting chickens mostly because I believed a lot of these myths. Being a city girl, I had no…
Breaking a broody hen is in your girl’s best interest unless you are wanting to hatch chicks. Last year Hazel was broody for more than 35 days. We should have intervened sooner and taken steps to break her. It takes…
It’s my favorite time of year! Pumpkin season….pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin pie, pumpkin muffins, and of course trips to the pumpkin patch. So with everyone consuming pumpkin, what about the chickens? We give our chickens lots of left-overs but can…
I’ve been asked multiple times if it’s a good idea to free-range your backyard chickens. There’s really no right or wrong answer. You first need to determine your predator load and the risk to your chickens. Being in the city…
Can you have a garden with chickens? Ha! If you have backyard chickens then you know how much they love the garden. Really any dirt and any plant. Chickens love to scratch around looking for bugs and the garden is…
When someone hears I have backyard chickens, they start firing off questions. In this post, I list the top 7 questions about backyard chickens. I get one of these nearly daily. You can have chickens in the city? We can!…
I do a lot for my chickens and I’ve had people tell me they could never raise backyard chickens because of what’s involved. So what’s really needed to raise backyard chickens? They really don’t need much. I compare it to…