Articles by mrskenmore

My husband and I were very excited when we finally made the decision to keep backyard chickens this spring. We live down the road from a poultry farm and get to hear the roosters crow every day so the thought of having our own small flock didn't make sense to us when we first moved in. I don't...

My husband and I were very excited when we finally made the decision to keep backyard chickens this spring. We live down the road from a poultry farm and get to hear the roosters crow every day so the thought of having our own small flock didn't make sense to us when we first moved in. I don't...

I finally convinced my husband this past spring that getting chickens would be a good idea, luckily for me- 8 months later and he agrees :) We started off with a trip to the feed store in search of the perfect chicks. We wound up with a black sex link, a barred rock and an EE. They are the most...