Learn How To Raise Your Own Chickens
Chicken Coop Run – Giving Your Chickens Room To Run And Be Chickens
When building a chicken coop, run room is necessary. Chickens are like any other animal. To remain healthy and happy, they need room to move around and be chickens. Any good coop will give the chicken places to roost, places to scratch, and plenty of room for individual space. Crowding too many chickens into a small space will increase the stress level on them. This leads to pecking and obvious signs of dominance display. This leads to injuries on the chickens and only adds to the stress levels. If you want a healthy contented flock, you need to plan the… Continue reading
Raising Chickens – Backyard Chicken Farming – 3 Tips to Get You Started
If you’re interested in raising chickens backyard chicken farming might be for you. Backyard chicken farming is becoming more and more popular all over the world, and is taking off in major cities around North America. You no longer need a ranch to raise your own chickens and reap the benefits of the fresh, delicious eggs they produce. Here are three tips to help you get started raising your own chickens.
1) Hens are easier to deal with than roosters.
Hens are the egg producers, so they’re obviously what you want to focus on. Hens are quieter, smaller, much less… Continue reading
My Chicken Coop Plan – Ancona Chickens?
In previous articles I wrote about such breeds as the Rhode Island Red, the New Hampshire Red, and Australorps. In todays article we will examine the Mediterranean bred Ancona which you might also want to include in your chicken coup plan.
The original Ancona was bred in Italy. It was developed near the city of Ancona for which it is named. For those of you who must ask, the Ancona is not related to the Anaconda! Although……. the Anaconda would love to munch on a few Anconas!
But I digress. The Ancona is a mixed breed… Continue reading
Wyandotte Chickens and Fresh Eggs
Wyandotte chickens are great birds for someone looking to raise chickens for the first time. They are attractive birds with great personalities and egg-producing capabilities.
Full-grown, the males will weigh in at approximately nine pounds. The females will grow to about seven pounds. The bantam varieties, however, are much smaller, at about forty percent of the size of the larger birds.
This soft-feathered breed is available in a wide variety of colors. White, blue, black, and buff are just a couple of examples. There are even gold and silver-laced varieties. Although many people consider the laced varieties to be the… Continue reading
Build A Chicken House For Your Chickens
If you are search for ways how to build chicken houses, then here are some important tips to know. Remember that there are plans that need to be carried out in order to build the correct chicken houses. Remember that a hen house is not just any ordinary chicken houses. Not all designs would be best for your chickens.
Many people have tried to build a chicken house and most of them have committed the same mistakes as I did.
The very first thing that you have to remember when building chicken houses is their safety. There would be several… Continue reading
Candling Chicken Eggs – Candling Duck Eggs : chickens eggs
What is Egg Candling?
Egg Candling is the process of using an illumination source to determine whether or not the eggs you have are fertile. For this, all you really need is a flashlight and a dark room, although if you want to get really precise and well-lit, you should buy an egg candler. For candling duck eggs, candling chicken eggs, and candling quail eggs, the procedure is pretty simple:
What to Do- How to Candle Chicken Eggs
For chicken egg candling and duck egg candling, just hold the beam of the flashlight behind the egg while you are in… Continue reading
Chicken House Plan – Chickens in My Backyard?
While looking for a workable chicken house plan, there are a few other factors that you will need to consider.
In My Backyard
Although you may want to raise chickens for many reasons, you will need to check out how realistic the idea really is. First and foremost you need to make sure that your town even allows for raising chickens. Not all towns do! You will need to check out your local ordinances and regulations regarding raising chickens.. You may have to get special permits to meet health and/or zoning regulations. You do not want one of the local… Continue reading