TL;DR : Gardening with chickens has its advantages but also has its inconveniences. Advantages of keeping chickens in your garden Controlling the insect population On the plus side, it’s a lot of fun to garden with chickens. They’re always keeping […]
TL;DR : Chickens have a pecking order / hierarchy, if you don’t want chaos, there are some steps to take in certain cases. This post’s name is a bit weird, I’ll admit it, yet this is actually what I felt […]
TL;DR : We’ve had quite a few hardships trying to fight off red mites and other parasites. It took us a long time to get the situation under control. Once red mites or other parasites have set up shop in […]
TL;DR : So far, so good. We’ve encountered some diseases, like fowlpox, seen some injuries but we aren’t spending the egg money before the hen lays the eggs just yet! If you’re lucky you’ll never have to encounter any illnesses […]
TL;DR : We built our chicken coop from scratch using material we “scavenged” from our carpenter roomate and from pallets from the nearest supermarket. Ok, this was one of our biggest challenges. Chickens need a place to sleep, to lay […]
TL;DR : Owning backyard chickens is great almost no matter where you live, but it’s still a responsibility and a little work. I won’t lie, living with chickens is great, but raising chickens also means a lot of trial and […]
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