The other day I saw two of our chickens pecking and scratching a shallow hole in the ground.  They were making a new dust bathing area. They scooted around.  They spread their feathers.  They pecked some more.  They were working together on this one…great team work!  Notice the black chicken supervising the job.  She clucked […]

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 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 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 Liz Hessen of For the Love of Chicken Poop We took on our flock of backyard chickens for humane reasons. We knew ours would be well cared for and in return give us healthy eggs. Because all the researching, reading, asking, talking and looking, starts way before you get chicks (or should) it has […]

by Rebecca Nickols Photos by author Every devoted chicken keeper knows there are times when you wonder if your friends really want to listen to your tales of how wonderful it is to have backyard chickens, but Community Chickens understands how endearing and full of personality a chicken can be! If you were looking for a way […]

Jennifer Sartell Photos by author   A couple of years ago we went to The Grandpa Tiny’s Chicken Show. It’s a spectacular display of beautiful and rare poultry. The finest of the finest in our mid-Michigan area. At the show, I remember passing a cage among the junior entries with a Silkie in it. This […]

by Meredith Chilson Photos by author Hot, hot, hot! In the winter we shiver when we hear the wind chill is below zero, and now we are listening to reports that the heat index is above 100 degrees. We have plenty of trees in and around our small acreage, and those, plus cooler nights, bring […]

by Cheryl Long — Photographed by Jordi Sole Marimon If you have ever considered raising chickens, it’s a lot easier than it sounds. One way is to start with day-old chicks purchased from a farm store or mail-order catalog. Mail orders usually require a minimum shipment of 25 chicks, so if you just want three […]

by Rebecca Nickols Photos by author I’m sure that I’m not that much different from most chicken-keepers in the fact that I find a lot of the behaviors of my chickens interesting and sometimes entertaining. Take the dust bath, for example. For some reason, it’s just enjoyable to watch! They stop focusing on the world […]