The only downside to raising chickens for food is having to pluck the feathers off those chickens prior to eating them. A homemade chicken plucker will enable you to become an expert feather plucker so you can make quick work of being a chicken plucker or duck plucker. There are many different chicken plucker plans, 13 of which are listed …

A homemade incubator will enable you to hatch the number of eggs you want, when you want.Hens are not always broody and sometimes will not sit on the eggs so they can hatch into a brood of little chicks. A simple DIY incubator can help solve this problem and keep your backyard farm going strong with a steady supply of …

When you only have a small flock of chickens, a big coop is not needed. Building a DIY A Frame chicken coop will meet the housing needs your fowls have while making it easy for you to gather eggs and tend to your little flock. Check out these 23 A Frame chicken coop plans and when you find one that …

Raising your own organic chickens and eggs is a growing trend, and if you want to be a part of this trend you will need a homemade chicken coop. The main thing chickens require in order to provide us with eggs is a safe environment in which to live. A homemade chicken coop can provide laying hens with the needed …

These free chicken nesting box plans will provide you with 21 DIY options for building suitable boxes for your hens to lay their eggs. Chickens aren’t very picky about where they lay their eggs  but having a few chicken nesting boxes makes gathering the eggs a lot easier for you. The wide range of chicken nesting box plans shown here …

Black and white chicken breeds are very striking in their appearance. Their solid white or solid black feathers, or combination of black and white, make for a stunning display in your backyard. Interestingly, some chicken breeds with black feathers have white meat while certain breeds with white feathers have black meat. The blackest of the black have black bone and …

Chicken coops are the places where chicken lives and lay eggs. Not only this but nurturing of eggs and reproduction also takes place here. So these coops must be constructed keeping in view the optimum temperature conditions. Some of the recycled chicken coop designs are described below which provides with the best nurturing conditions.Click on the title link for detail …

When thinking about verandah farming, a number of pointers need to be considered important. One of them is the chicken coop designs. Chicken coops are basically referred as the place where the chicken live and the egg laying, breeding and egg hatching processes take place. These places should be made comfortable and the optimum temperature needs to be maintained in …

The fact is beyond any question that poultry or chicken farming in particular is a lucrative business. However, if the owner or the keeper lacks diligence than the entire business can turn itself upside down. There are lots of risks associated with poultry and each has to be either overcome or minimized to some extent. The cute little fellows just …

Building a DIY Chick Brooder is easier and cheaper than you might imagine. So if you are considering increasing your flock, or getting started with keeping chickens, here are ten ways you can build a homemade chicken brooder and do just that: 1- Plastic Box Chick Brooder This chick brooder is made with an opaque plastic storage container of the …