by Liz Hessen of For the Love of Chicken Poop When it comes to adding to your flock every situation is different. Some attempts work right away, some attempts work after a very long time, some, you feel, will NEVER work..no mater how much you love very last one of them! ADOPTING CLAUDINE – We […]

by Liz Hessen of For the Love of Chicken Poop There is a lot to be said about coconut oil and its use in your daily diet. Yes, it’s extremely high in fat.  Yes, it’s all natural and doesn’t have weird chemicals. I will leave the readers to their own pros and cons for consumption […]

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 Liz Hessen of For the Love of Chicken Poop Looking back on our own chicken keeping adventures this topic is one that just can’t be stressed too much. If you are a newbie in the chick keeping world you should learn the signs of heat stress/exhaustion, how to prevent and treat it. Watermelon is […]

by Liz Hessen of For the Love of Chicken Poop Looking back on our own chicken keeping adventures this topic is one that just can’t be stressed too much. If you are a newbie in the chick keeping world you should learn the signs of heat stress/exhaustion, how to prevent and treat it. Watermelon is […]

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 […]

by Harry Hessen of For the Love of Chicken Poop   Spring is here, at least according to the calendar. Are you planning to get chicks and also build your own backyard coop for the first time? If so then you are probably just starting to gather information or have Googled every word related to […]

by Liz Hessen of For the Love of Chicken Poop After almost a week of rainy, cold, can’t-leave-the-run weather the sun came out. And the girls all came out except Carmen. Carmen? My polish crested party girl where are you….? Still up on the roost. What’s wrong? Come out and play the bad weather is […]

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 […]