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Raising Chickens for Our Home Flock, Day 1

[This series is a diary of our experience with raising chickens for our home flock. To see all articles in this series, please visit Home Flock Series.] A man from the post office called at 8:23AM to...

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Raising Chickens for Our Home Flock, Day 3

[This series is a diary of our experience with raising chickens for our home flock. To see all articles in this series, please visit Home Flock Series.] Weather It seems like our cool/cold snap is...

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Raising Chickens for Our Home Flock, Day 4

[This series is a diary of our experience with raising chickens for our home flock. To see all articles in this series, please visit Home Flock Series.] Chick Grit Chick-size Grit Today, we began...

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Raising Chickens for Our Home Flock, Day 17

Partridge Rock [This series is a diary of our experience raising chickens for our home flock. To see all articles in this series, please visit Home Flock Series.] Today, we took all of the chicks out...

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Raising Chickens for Our Home Flock, Day 23

Buff Rock in Brooder [This series is a diary of our experience raising chickens for our home flock. To see all articles in this series, please visit Home Flock Series.] From the Brooder into the...

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How to Introduce New Chickens into your Flock, part 1

[This article is part of a series that addresses the question of how to introduce new chickens into your existing flock, along with several related questions. To see all articles in this series, visit...

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Raising Chickens for Our Home Flock, Day 34

Americana [This series is a diary of our experience raising chickens for our home flock. To see all articles in this series, please visit Home Flock Series.] Our chickens are about 5 weeks old now....

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Raising Chickens for Our Home Flock, Day 52

[This series is a diary of our experience raising chickens for our home flock. To see all articles in this series, please visit Home Flock Series.]   Rare/Exotic Chick Our chickens are about eight...

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How Warm Should I Keep my Baby Chicks?

When baby chicks hatch, they need additional warmth. Their body heat alone is not enough to keep them warm. Without additional heat, they can become chilled and stressed, and if it goes too long, they...

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My First Hatch – What an Experience

As I peered through the window at the eggs I had a flood of emotion overcome me.  The anticipation of the new chick arrival has been burning inside of me since November as I kept hearing from the long...

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