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 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, shelter and some other basic needs.

Backyard Chicken – 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.

                 

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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.

Buy Chicks and Chicken Feed

Before you buy any chicks, see what breeds are available.  You can see pictures of what each breed will look like when fully grown and what each breeds are the best egg layers or meat birds.  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.  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.