Articles by CIuck

1. Silkies They are soft and fluffy. Silkies are also one of the cutest chicken breeds. Most silkies end up looking more like a stuffed animal. This makes them very appealing to children! Some Silkies have “beards” which almost totally obscure their faces, while others are beardless. With...

Best chicken treats: Select fruits, vegetables and grains will keep chickens happy and ensure they are receiving a nutritionally balanced diet. Good choices include leafy greens, cooked beans, corn, non-sugary cereals and grains, berries, apples and most other fruits and vegetables. Hens love...

What is Pasty Butt? Pasty butt or chick pasting up is a common reason for a sick baby chick, most often caused by stress. This is a condition where droppings stick to a chick's vent area, preventing excretion of waste. It can also because by chicks eating pine shavings. What are the causes? The...

What is Sour Crop? Sour crop is basically a yeast infection in the chicken's crop. It often occurs because of an impacted crop that hasn't been cleared. Then yeast begins to grow and feed on the food that is stuck in the crop. How do I know if my chicken has sour crop? One way to test if your...

Chickens are very sweet animals. Here are the steps to raise chickens: 1. Getting Started Be sure you have a huge box with bedding in it. Put in a bedding (I used pine shavings), you may want to use towels the first few days because they tend to eat pine shaving, or any other wood shaving...

I just got a coop from Pennsylvania, my girls are 8 weeks old and they love it! We have them all set up with food and water, here are some pictures of my girls and their coop! The coop has a green door and green shingles to match with my house. The run is very spacious. We have 3 nesting...

The sex of most breeds of chicken cannot be determined at hatching. Usually by 6 to 8 weeks of age, the combs and wattles of male chicks will be larger and redder than those of females, as in the photo of sablepoot chicks below (male on the left and females on the right). Often the legs of males...