by Wendy EN Thomas of Lessons Learned from the Flock I’ve heard more than one person tell me that as a chicken owner, I shouldn’t have wild bird feeders in my yard. But I never really thought that there was much of a problem there, I mean birds are birds right? Recently, however, I finally […]

By Jennifer Burcke Last month, I shared with you that several of the hens at 1840 Farm were deep into a broody period.  Many of you were having the same experience.  You shared your broody stories on my post and on the Community Chickens Facebook page. Many more of you shared advice for dealing with […]

by Melissa Caughey of Tilly’s Nest Regularly cleaning and inspecting the coop and nesting boxes is key. There are three types of fleas that can affect chickens including the European Chicken Flea, the Western Chicken Flea and the Sticktight Flea. European Chicken fleas can affect humans, pets and other birds if their population grow large […]

by Kathy Shea Mormino, The Chicken Chick. After having had three mortally ill chickens in urgent need of medical care recently, it has become painfully apparent to me that finding trained medical professionals who treat backyard chickens is difficult, at best. More often than not, we keep our first aid kit well stocked and handle health challenges ourselves, […]

by Jennifer Sartell of Iron Oak Farm So for the past 6 months or so we’ve had a turkey dilemma…how to keep them in the yard. As a last resort, I think we found the solution. When we first got the heritage turkeys we set up an indoor pen in the barn connected to an […]

Lally Broch Farm is located in beautiful mid-coast Maine on a little over 4 acres of land in a very rural community.  Sean and Sonja began “farming” about 5 years ago, though at the time, they merely thought they were going to keep a few backyard chickens as pets and for their eggs. They answered […]

by Liz Hessen of For the Love of Chicken Poop We’ve only had chickens while living in the city so I have no actual  experience with raising them in the country except what I’ve garnered from those who do. I can give you our experiences and my educated guess at comparisons! Run Decor Our chicks […]

by Wendy EN Thomas of Lessons Learned from the Flock We are one of those households hit hard by Lyme disease. In fact, 4 of my 6 children have tested positive for the Lyme bacteria and various co-infections. Symptoms range from moderate (stomach aches, headaches, and fatigue) to crippling arthritis and constant pain. Lyme disease […]

by Rebecca Nickols ~ the garden-roof coop I know that many of our readers raise heritage turkeys for meat and some for egg production. I don’t raise domesticated turkeys, but I have wild turkeys that forage around my property. They’re not a common sight in my backyard, but I can hear their distinctive call frequently […]

by Jennifer Burcke It has been nearly three years since we first welcomed chickens into our lives.  The daily task of tending to our flock and collecting fresh eggs are such an integral part of our daily lives that it is difficult to imagine a time before we were chicken keepers.  It’s also hard to […]