Archive for ‘April, 2009’

Keeping chickens is easy and very rewarding. I still love going out to the chicken ark and collecting, warm, fresh eggs. My ‘girls’ are so entertaining, too. Each one is a different character and sometimes I just stop to listen while they quietly cluck away, or watch them scratching around while the sun [...]

Chickens are social animals and like company. They also establish a hierarchy within the flock – this is where the term ‘pecking order’ comes from - which can lead to bullying and pecking. Around the time they are molting, this can be a particular problem as chickens without a complete covering of feathers [...]

We liked this review of the Chicken Coop Plans book. it’s always helpful to read reviews before you buy a product. Find out more, and buy the Building A Chicken Coop Book here.

“…If you are considering keeping chickens in your back yard, you must read this book. Whether you have a tiny [...]

If you need to keep your chickens safe and contained, simple fencing will do. it will keep them off the rest of the plot. This solution works well when you have a fair amount of rough ground - the chickens here will peck and scratch this area clean, then it can be dug over [...]

Chicken Arks and hen houses come in a range of shapes and sizes, suitable for different numbers and sizes of chicken. A good set of chicken coop plans could be all you need to get started. When you’re starting out in keeping chickens you need to ask some key questions to identify what sort [...]

If you keep your chickens in a chicken shed or run, you obviously have to feed them. They will not get access to the same variety of diet that hens allowed to peck and roam have. Thee has been much discussion about the difference in the nutritional values of eggs from hens kept in different [...]