Green Tea for Chickens Learn how to use green tea to help treat your chickens from several different diseases from Valerie Boese. Chicken keeping has become a widespread trend, rather you own chickens for a hobby, raise them for meat and eggs, or as a business for profit. Whatever the reason, every chicken owner strives […]

With chick season right around the corner, I figured it would be a good time to talk about common chick illnesses.  When it comes to chicks, the most important variable is timing. One moment they seem absolutely fine and the next they have perished.  So, let’s get right into the nitty-gritty.  Many illnesses are completely […]

by Donna McGlasson from Gardens & Chickens & Worms, Oh My!  Since I am adding five new chicks to my flock count, safety and security are foremost in my mind. Now I realize that in the days before we knew what bio security meant or how poultry diseases and parasites affected our chickens, people added […]

by Melissa Caughey of Tilly’s Nest Spring is a time for wet weather including muddy runs, puddles and wet chicken coop bedding, creating a wet and damp living environment for our backyard flocks.  Adult chickens are not the only ones subjected to these conditions.  Chicks too can make a wet mess in their brooder, mimicking these […]

by Melissa Caughey of Tilly’s Nest Spring is a time for wet weather including muddy runs, puddles and wet chicken coop bedding, creating a wet and damp living environment for our backyard flocks.  Adult chickens are not the only ones subjected to these conditions.  Chicks too can make a wet mess in their brooder, mimicking these […]

by Liz Hessen of For the Love of Chicken Poop I’ve hesitated writing tips, dos and don’ts about baby chicks and their care because there’s so much already written … why repeat it? Why not!   Part of our six-ring circus! Looking back on some of our chick experiences (even before the chicks arrived) I realized […]