by Meredith Chilson This may sound a little questionable—but isn’t it fun to watch your chickens bathing? My ladies have a couple of nice, deep holes under a fallen branch that they’ve scratched, kicked and dug into smooth-sided depressions just the right size for a couple of hens.  As soon as the ground has thawed […]

by Rebecca Nickols from the garden-roof coop A few months ago I shared with the Community my latest (and strangest) DIY project – raising mealworms… Here is the link to the set-up and steps I followed to grow my own “chicken treats”. DIY: Raising Mealworms (Part 1) Why I undertook this project was twofold: I not […]

by Rebecca Nickols ~ the garden-roof coop Here’s a simple DIY project that’s a unique way to decorate and dye eggs for the Easter holiday. Martha Stewart was my inspiration for this project and surprisingly enough, my results were quite similar to hers! Click on this link for the instructions and video of her tutorial: Martha Stewart’s Botanical Eggs […]

I recently conducted a class for the Master Gardener chapter that I’m a member of on 20 “DIY” bird-feeders utilizing natural sources, recycled materials and re-purposed items. Of course the best bird-feeder is what nature provides: nuts, seeds and fruit from native trees, shrubs and wildflowers. But – this class was all about creating bird-feeders […]

by Jennifer Sartell  I’m so honored to share this exciting news with all of you! Community Chickens is proud to announce a new line of chicken themed E-Cards available to YOU, our valued readers! The artwork that appears on the cards was designed and created by the gifted and talented artist Lindsey Bugbee and myself, […]

by Wendy EN Thomas of Lessons Learned from the Flock I live in New Hampshire where our winters can get bitterly cold and while I don’t put a heater in our coop (if there is room to roost, the birds know how to keep themselves warm) on the coldest of cold days, I do leave […]

by Rebecca Nickols from the garden-roof coop I’m not only crazy about my colorful, entertaining backyard flock of chickens, I’m also passionate about the native birds in my backyard. My husband and I have a small business (Rebecca’s Bird Gardens) where we sell birdhouses and bird-feeders at our local farmers’ market. Even though I all about “feeding […]

by Meredith Chilson Once upon a time there was a man who loved his granddaughters…  Rich lives in Live Oak, Florida and has two enterprising granddaughters.  About five years ago, when the girls were only 7 and 5 years old, they told their grandfather their dreams: one little girl had plans to go to Harvard, […]

by Jennifer Burcke Several months ago, I invited all of the readers at Community Chickens to share their story with me.  Since then, I have been busy reading your creative solutions to chicken keeping challenges.  I have really enjoyed learning about your inventive designs for your coops. One of the more creative coop construction stories […]

by Meredith ChilsonIt’s probably no secret that I’m a bird lover. I have several backyard bird feeders, am often found slowly cruising summer back roads looking in shrubs for nests or even occasionally can be caught standing in my yard staring at the sky following the flight of a raven or the call of a […]