Coming up with your own duck house plans and building a duck house on your own is easier and more affordable than you might imagine. As long as you provide your ducks with the shelter, space and comfort that they need, they will be happy in their new home. As these innovative plans show how to build a diy duck …
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12 Homemade Feed Recipes-Give Your Chickens An Organic Diet
If you have chickens at some point your thoughts should turn to homemade chicken feed. Chickens are healthiest and happiest when allowed to free-range and forage for worms, bugs and greens. You will have to supplement their foraging however, especially in the winter months. You do not have to resort to a bought feed, however. These ‘junk food’ pellets can …
Read More »10 DIY Chick Brooder-Keep Baby Chicks Safe And Warm
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 …
Read More »33 Homemade Chicken Coops-Build a Custom Version For Happy Hens
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 …
Read More »23 A Frame Chicken Coops For Keeping Small Flock Of Chickens
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 …
Read More »10 Free Pallet Chicken Coop Plans You Can Build in a Weekend
Save time and money by building a pallet chicken coop using one of these ideas to provide your brood with a safe place to live. Stylish and eco-friendly, you can build your own chicken coop with recycled wood pallets in just one weekend and start enjoying fresh, organic eggs within days. Look through these 10 free chicken coop plans and get started …
Read More »20+ Homemade Incubators For Hatching Chicken Eggs
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 …
Read More »13 Homemade Chicken Pluckers on a Budget
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, 8 of which are listed …
Read More »21 DIY Chicken Nesting Boxes Plans And Ideas
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 …
Read More »10 Best and Healthy Treats for Chickens -the treats chickens can eat
If you have backyard friends in your house, you must be knowing how carefully they are brought up. From their living to health, habits to the house, everything needs to be perfect, especially if you are dealing with chickens. They are very moody and tend to get irritated if not treated the way they want to be. Other than all …
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