Chickens

Bantams for Beginners

These pint-sized poultry pack a punch, cost less to raise and fit into smaller homesteads and backyards.

EGGS + CHOCOLATE = BLISS

Save Your Grass

Your yard doesn’t have to become a brownfield just because you raise chickens; you can keep a flock and have green grass, too.

15th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE!

• Incubate & Hatch Like a Pro • Maximize Egg Production • Hatchery Order Tips • Build a Better Coop • Sell/market Your Eggs • Best Breeds to Raise A d uch ore!

In The Mail

The United States Postal Service has been safely delivering boxes of day-old baby chicks and other poultry to customers since 1918.

Mean Girls

While minor aggression is normal in a healthy flock, sometimes a few members will go overboard and outside help is needed calm the situation down.

Falling Eggs

If your hens are giving you “goose eggs,” consider these points when contemplating their low egg production.

Homemade Coop

Use recycled and alternative materials to build your flock a coop on the cheep.