Former GRIT Managing Editor, Kellsey Trimble, sat down with Patricia Foreman and Joe Putnam to discuss the best ways of preventing and treating common flock problems. From pests and predators to illnesses, dietary considerations, and the effectiveness of electric fences, listen as these three converse about the various issues they’ve experienced when raising poultry and […]

by Jennifer Sartell Story and photos Spring is coming! Well, not for a while, but it’s nice to think about anyway. In Michigan, the winters are long and depressing. I just read an article titled “Every State, Ranked by How Miserable its Winters Are” with Michigan coming in second to Minnesota. We even beat Alaska! […]

by Wendy EN Thomas from Lessons Learned from the Flock “Mom, I think one of the chickens was killed,” said Addy when I had asked her to let the chickens out of the coop. It certainly was a possibility. We let our chickens free range which means we trust them to go back into the […]

by Wendy EN Thomas of Lessons Learned from the Flock For some people, chickens are just chickens, a way to get food (both eggs and meat.) For others though, chickens have made a very important connection between what we eat and how it is made. When you realize, (and I mean finally understand) that it […]

by Wendy EN Thomas of Lessons Learned from the Flock> Sometimes you find genius in the most unexpected places. This week, we had a mishap in our flock where one of our chicks had gotten stuck in a cinder block and was literally pecked to death by the other flock members. I wrote about our […]

by Wendy EN Thomas of Lessons Learned from the Flock> Sometimes you find genius in the most unexpected places.  This week, we had a mishap in our flock where one of our chicks had gotten stuck in a cinder block and was literally pecked to death by the other flock members. I wrote about our […]