Why Hens Stop Laying One day you have a flock of hens merrily clucking away, producing farm-fresh eggs to beat the band. The...
How To Build A Nipple Bucket The nipple bucket is a simple system that will deliver clean water reliably to your flock and make the...
Deep Littter: Clean Your Coop Once A Year Over the years I’ve met many one-time backyard chicken keepers. I always try to understand what exactly caused them...
Dual Vs. Single, What Side Are You On? Information paralysis is common among first-time backyard chicken keepers, and for good reason. Ask anyone who’s cracked open a...
Breeding The Mille Fleur Old English While browsing through the show cages at the 2015 Connecticut Poultry Breeder’s Society show, my eye was caught by...
Chicken Agility At The CT Poultry Breeders Show Thanks to a reader’s tip, I made my way over to the Connecticut Poultry Breeders Association’s spring show. Upon...
Hidden Health Problems: Mites And Lice It’s inevitable. Someday, no matter how careful you are or how clean you keep things, you’re going to find...
Something For Everyone At The Little Rhody Be sure to see the photos in the slide show, and enjoy! Back in 1962, a group of like...
How To Feed Chicks Feeding programs can be simple or complicated, it all depends on the application. Large layer and grower operations buy...
How, And How Not To Light Your Coop Don’t Suddenly Change Your Chicken Coop’s Lighting I got a call from an old friend today with a chicken...