Homestead Poultry

5 Reasons to Get an Automatic Chicken Door

Homesteaders have been using old school chicken coop doors for years and years. However, there is now a new option…

4 years ago

Cleaning the Chicken Coop Enclosure

Cleaning the chicken coop is emphasized a lot for raising a happy, healthy flock of backyard chickens, but cleaning the…

4 years ago

How to Manage Multiple Roosters

Whether you've hatched out your own chicks using a broody hen or an incubator, or bought straight-run chicks, or even…

4 years ago

8 Ways a Chicken Stays Cool

Chickens are very sensitive to high temperatures, much more so than cooler temperatures. While winter chicken keeping does pose its…

4 years ago

What is my Chicken Doing?- Chicken Behavior 101

Whether you are starting off with your first homestead flock or you have been raising chickens on the homestead for…

4 years ago

Integrating New Chickens into a Flock

Chickens form a dynamic flock that is run by their own set of rules and codes. Each bird has a…

4 years ago

5 Bad Summer Foods for Chickens

We all want to keep our homestead flock healthy and cool during the summer months! Monitoring your flock's diet during…

4 years ago

9 Summer Treats for Chickens- Beat the Heat

Chickens can handle cool weather way better than warm weather. High temperatures can cause a drop in laying or cause…

4 years ago

Types of Herbs for the Homestead Flock

If you've ever aspired to raise your homestead flock naturally, then I am sure you have contemplated all the variety…

4 years ago

Chicken Coop Cleaning Essentials

A clean chicken coop is essential to raising healthy backyard chickens. As any chicken keeper may tell you, keeping the…

4 years ago