chicken & gardening

Hey there! I have quite a few chickens and I was thinking about taking a couple out at a time to clean up the garden etc but I wanted to know how long a chicken can be away from its flock before they have to be re introduced? All my girls would be rotated out in pairs to clean up the garden...

Can chickens forage in a garden bed that had tomato plants in it? I know tomato plants are toxic to chickens, but I recently pulled the plants out and would like to put my ladies in there to clean it up before my next crops go in. There were tomato plants in there and the roots may still remain...

Hey fellow chicken enthusiasts! I've been pondering a question that has sparked quite a debate among backyard chicken keepers: Is it better to raise chickens in a free-range environment or in a coop? On one hand, free-ranging chickens have the freedom to roam and forage, leading to a more...

Hello guys, this is my new designs i made for chicken lovers, what you think of them?

After losing one of my girls to an unknown predator, we no longer let them free range without constant supervision and extended the run by 20ft. Since they'll now be spending most of their day inside the run, I plan to build a 2ftx9ft grazing bed with removable hardware cloth top. I occasionally...

I want to grow some blue corn in the future and these two varieties caught my eye. I was originally planning to do the Hopi Turquoise but was shocked at the price ($5 for 30 seeds). I plan to buy only one pack of seeds from one of these so I'm trying to decide which one makes the most sense. How...

I want to grow corn for both me, my family, and are poultry but I'm having trouble find decent prices on trustworthy heirloom corn seeds. I want heirloom so I can seed save for hopefully years to come. So far the best place I can find is rareseeds.com. They charge $3.50 - $5 for 75 seeds...

I am a new to chicken owner. I started with 10 pullets and a young rooster. I ordered my chicks to be hatched on may 1st. So they are two months old now. How many chickens do you have right now? I have a total of 37 birds now. The breeds I have are one Barnevelder, one Bielefelder puller and a...

Hello Everyone, My name is Bleu Phoenix & have recently have fallen in love with having a backyard flock of one roo, three hens, & two chicks- all various breeds. The roo is a gorgeous white Silkie named bubba and the hens are silkie splash, Rhode Island Red, & a Golden Sexlink, and the...

With a lot of help from Back Yard Chickens in the last two years, our flock is happily thriving. With your design help, we submitted plans for our coop and received extensive direction redesigning. Here is a video of the process and build, safety measures as well as an update on my little...

I had almost my whole flock knocked out by Sudden Death Syndrome and it left me with only one 4 month old Easter egger. I do not want my remaining hen to get lonely so I am looking for two or three hens to introduce to her. Thanks

My chickens are in an enclosed run/coop. They do not free range. I noticed a "wild" chicken in my yard outside of the coop and I tracked down her owners. The owner came over to get her chicken back and the chicken had disappeared. I can't seem to catch her myself, so she's been sleeping in the...

I have one speckled pullet and I’m not sure what breed she could possibly be … any ideas? For just having got her three days ago she’s very friendly and settled in quickly.

A neigbhor is offering me forsythias plants, everything I’ve tried finding online doesn’t exactly say they’re toxic to chickens…. Ideally if not dangerous, they’ll be planted in the chicken run. These flowering shrubs can grow massive which would create a nice hideout for the chickens. Does...