Natural Chicken Keeping

Have you had the Chicken Addiction kick in? Have you found you have more chickens than coop?Are you looking for a quick, ea...

New to Chicks? We can help! First, allow me to direct your attention to the "Article Index" tab near the top of your screen. Th...

The other day we had somebody (a guy I consider my second son) help us clear out some scrap pieces of wood that were sitting in our hay sh...

By Guest-Writer,  Ginny Chandoha Being a chicken keeper is a daunting task if you are raising chicks yourself for the first time. You ...

Ahhh, fall! A time of beautiful foliage on the trees and fewer feathers on your birds. During the molt, chickens need a diet of higher prot...

If you missed them, please see: Crossing the Road - The Adventure of Lucille the Chicken  (Part I) ...

If you missed them, please see: Crossing the Road - The Adventure of Lucille the Chicken  (Part I) Crossing the R...

If you missed them, please see: Crossing the Road - The Adventure of Lucille the Chicken  (Part I) Crossing the Road -...

If you missed them, please see: Crossing the Road - The Adventure of Lucille the Chicken  (Part I) Crossing the Road - The Ad...

If you missed it, please see: Crossing the Road - The Adventure of Lucille the Chicken  (Part I) here!   Taking no time to regist...

Note: While the Natural Chicken Keeping blog is touted as a down-to-earth, no-nonsense chicken keeping resource, there are times that a blo...

Yes - it's been a while once again. Winter has settled in and has made no indication it is willing to release its grip on the Virgini...

This year we received a wonderful gift in the form of some outerwear from Duluth Trading Company . To be frank, with our finances the ...

So this is the beginning of our rags to rich... ermmm... not-so-raggedy... story. Back in late August my husband lost his job. Losing a j...

I have plenty of great blog posts in my head, but until I get all my illustrations done, they'll have to stay in my head. So instead,...

Well - this post would have come out much sooner, but due to a glitch with Blogger, the entire post was erased when I was trying to post i...

What a fun and crazy weekend I have had! Ever since my husband lost his job and my youngest became home-bound for fear she might catch th...

I have been seriously, ridiculously, over-the-top busy working on chicken breed artwork for GRIT Magazine 's 2015 Guide to Backyard Chi...

Fall is the best time to plant garlic - specifically just after the first frost. If you live in Australia, please flip this post upside ...

In today's episode of You Show Me Yours and I'll Show You Mine... Of course as you may know, we are hosting our first ever  Onlin...