Security for your coop and run are of uttermost importance. You will want to know if any predator is trying to break into the chicken coop. Since you cannot be there all the time, you will need to install a security camera. Cameras in the coop and run are not only for security but also […]
Chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys do not come in one standard size. Neither should their nest boxes. The differences in sizes between different types of poultry are easily recognizable. No one looks at a turkey and goes, that is one large chicken. However, within poultry of the same type, there are distinctions in body sizes […]
The tub-style pluckers offer major advantages over hand plucking or any other method of de-feathering a chicken or other birds. If not used well, automated drum-style chicken pluckers will bruise your chicken meat, making it not have that great look of a clean plucked chicken. In addition to ruining your meat, using an automated chicken […]
I have been raising chickens for a while now. One intriguing observation I have made is that they like laying at the same location. I have provided my chickens multiple laying boxes, but they seem to like one. Sometimes you will see chickens squeezing in one box while the others are vacant. Ducks on the […]
Can You Keep Ducks and Chickens Together? A closer look on how to keep chickens and ducks together, while making sure their unique needs are met
After you have been keeping chickens for a while, you may ask yourself if there is a need to add ducks to your poultry flock. This is an issue I am currently looking into. The kids want ducks. They think they are adorable. My wife says ducks are awesome and that I cannot finish one […]
