You know there is nothing like naturally grown, organic eggs and chicken meat fresh from your own backyard in terms of taste and quality. This could actually be your marketing pitch when you begin making a small side business out of your chickens.
A Predator-Free Chicken Coop
Keep those predators from eating your chickens with these chicken coops.
Garlic, Herb, and Sugar Oven Roasted Chicken
One of our favorite meals as a family is to oven-roast one of our home raised chickens. My father-in-law salt-and-sugar brined this chicken so it was already tender and flavorful and I wanted to give the chicken a treatment that would complement that as much as possible. The solution was a twist on the typical […]
Raising Turkeys with Chickens in the Backyard
Many backyard chicken flock owners start wondering about expanding their flocks to include other types of poultry – namely turkey, geese, and ducks. One of the easiest birds to integrate into a chicken flock is for some, the turkey. Raising Turkey Poults with Chicks It’s easy to raise baby turkey with young chicks especially. In […]
Homemade Chicken Feed for Healthy and Inexpensive Backyard Flocks
With an increase in awareness of the damage of many medicated commercial feeds and genetically modified food sources, some backyard chicken owners are trying their hand at growing their own chicken feed.