Backyard Chicken

Raising Chickens Can Be Fun And Easy

  
Backyard Chicken is the only place you need to go to find everything you want to know about raising backyard chickens. 

Keeping backyard chickens can be fun, easy and rewarding if you are properly prepared and know what to expect.  Chickens make great pets and their fresh eggs are out of this world!  They cannot take care of themselves and they do need you to provide food, a hen house, a chicken run and some other basic needs.  But, you will find that they are very self-sufficient once they are no longer baby chicks.

Backyard Chicken – Keeping chickens in your backyard doesn’t have to be costly as long as you do your homework. Learn about building a chicken coop, buying chicks, integrating new chickens with an existing flock, proper nutrition, common illnesses and many other things.  You can also find supplies that you will need to have on hand for your chickens.

 

Chicken Coops

If you plan on keeping chickens you will need a chicken coop.  You can build your own, buy one locally or shop online and have it shipped to your home.  There are advantages and disadvantages to all of these options.  Keep in mind that you will need it to last for many years so don’t buy the cheapest one you can find or you may be replacing your coop sooner than you anticipated. Take a look at some popular chicken coop designs.

Common Chicken Health Problems

Chickens are normally very hearty animals.  As long as you keep their coop and run clean, you will not usually have any problems.  The most common chicken ailments that you will face are small injuries but even the best cared for flock will sometimes get sick.  Click here to read about some common chicken illnesses you may run across.

Dust bath anyone?

 

Chicken Care Basics —->>>>>> Visit The Online Library

Visit the online library at backyard chicken and find helpful articles on all aspects of backyard chickens.  Learn about common chicken health problems, including mite and lice control. Confused about which chicken breeds are best, we list the top 10 most popular chicken breeds so that you can pick the best birds for your needs.  Learn about predator protection, how to feed your chickens, how to raise chicks and much, much more.

 

Get your Free Guide To Chicken Care

Download your free guide on how to care for your flock of backyard chickens.  This is a free e-book that covers all the basics things you need to know when you are starting out.  

Have you ever wondered:  

• How much does it cost to get started keeping chickens?
• Where is the best place to buy chicks?
• Do I need a rooster to have eggs?
• How much room do you have to have for “x” amount of chickens?
• How many eggs will each hen lay?
• How long does a chicken live?
• What chicken breeds should I buy?
• Which chickens make the best family pets?
• What breeds lay blue or green eggs?

You will find the answers to these common questions and many more inside this great chicken care guide as well as on this website.

Buy Chicks and Chicken Feed

Before you run out and buy any chicks whether you intend to get them from a local feed store, a local chicken breeder or order chicks online, see what breeds are available. Find out a little bit about each breed and what that chicken breed has been bred to be best used for.  Did you know that some chickens are bred specifically to lay a lot of eggs and some are bred to grow fast to be meat chickens?  You can see pictures of what each breed will look like when fully grown.  Some chicken breeds are very fancy and have feathers that are kind of funny looking!

If you are considering buying chicks online, how many do you want?  Did you know that most chicken hatcheries require you to buy a minimum of 24 chicks!  Unless you intend to have a huge flock of chicken, you don’t need to buy such a large number of chicks.  Remember, the more chicks you have, the bigger the chicken coop and run have to be.  Find out where you can order as few as 3 chicks.   

 

Backyard chicken is the only site you need to help you properly care for your chicken flock.

 

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