by Debbie Bosworth of Dandelion House Howdy everyone! I’m  Deb, the new chick in the hen house here at Community Chickens. It’s great to meet you and I look forward to getting to know more fellow chicken keepers through this forum! To say that backyard chicken keeping is in its hay- day is an understatement. […]

Our friends across the pond, Wells Poultry, recently sent us this infographic we think you’ll love. Find a variety of different chicken breeds, their origin, size, purpose, egg laying quantity and egg color/shape/size in this excellently crafted chart. You can download the full, unsplit, version of the graphic here. We suggest you print it and […]

by Wendy EN Thomas of Lessons Learned from the Flock Now that the spring chicks have hatched and are well on their way to the hen houses, some people are starting to realize that while they may have hatched some great chicks, they may also very likely run into some trouble down the road when […]

by Shannon Cole of Country Girl In The Village Spring season is upon us and many people are looking to add birds to their coops or start from scratch and are beginning to search out which chicken breeds they may be interested in. When I first started to look into building a flock and coop of my own, beyond the […]

by Shannon Cole of Country Girl In The Village Spring season is upon us and many people are looking to add birds to their coops or start from scratch and are beginning to search out which chicken breeds they may be interested in. When I first started to look into building a flock and coop of my own, beyond the […]