Small chicken breeds are ideal for raising in small backyards. With many homeowners or renters only having a mini backyard area, scaling back on the size of the animals that live in the backyard will allow you more livestock in a smaller space. Some small chicken breeds will produce eggs abundantly, some will only lay an occasional egg and some …

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 our round up of these 23 A Frame chicken coop plans we bring …

When it comes to raising chickens for food, one of the tasks that can be a bit of a hassle is plucking their feathers. I remember when I first started raising chickens on my family’s farm, plucking feathers by hand took so much time and effort. That’s where homemade chicken pluckers come in handy – they make the job much …

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 diy chick brooder by fresheggsdaily is made with an opaque plastic storage …

Baby chicks can be kept in a small coop but when chicks grow they need an extra area apart from their coop to roam freely. Chickens love to scratch and begin to grow more quickly when they find more space to play and walk. To fulfill their need one can attach a chicken run with the coop. So what is meant …

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 …

Many people are growing tired of the mad rush of city life, and are moving to smaller towns, and by employing different methods and devices, they are figuring out different ways to raise their own food like fruit and vegetables as well as chickens and eggs. With raising backyard chickens , they are hoping to fare better from not having …

When we hear the word poultry, the very first thing which flashes in front of our eyes is the chicken. And the next thing we understand we hear the word poultry is the farming of eggs and chickens on large scale. People are engaged in the poultry business for the purpose of producing eggs and chicken on mass level but …

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 we described below which provides with the best nurturing conditions. 1. Torn And Rebuilt Coop Coops …

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 …