Want to select the best chicken Breeds? Use the tool below or check out all our chicken breed selector tools to choose the perfect breed for your backyard farm. How to Choose the Best Chicken Breed Choosing the best chicken breed for your backyard farm depends on your goals, climate, and the space available. Here’s […]
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People choose chicken breed based on a wide range of criteria. Below are a few tools you can use to help decide which breed is best for your backyard coop. Best Chickens Based on Number of Eggs Select the number of eggs you prefer each week to see the best breeds. Best Chicken Breeds Based
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Find the best cold hardy chicken breeds and heat tolerant breeds using our tool below. Looking for more suggestions on raising chickens in the winter? Read Do Chickens Need Heat in the Winter? How to Keep Chickens Warm in the Winter How to Keep Chickens Cool in the Summer Explore Chicken Breeds Based on Temperature
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Use the tool below to search for the best chicken breeds based on how many eggs they lay. Tips for Raising Chickens and Getting More Eggs Want to get started with Chickens? Explore: 5 Things to Know Before you get Chickens Raising chickens for eggs can be a rewarding and enjoyable experience. Here are some
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Wondering how many eggs you can expect from your chickens each week and year? Use this calculator to estimate your egg production and help you choose how many chickens you want in your flock. Read more details below about some specifics including egg production over the year and egg production over the life of a
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When you are starting to plan your homestead, one of the first questions will be what animals to include. Of course it’s possible to homestead without animals, but animals can form an important role as a source of food, pest control, fertilizer and so much more. Chickens are often the easiest or first animal to
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We’ve been raising Pygora goats on our homestead for well over a decade. Pygora’s are a fantastic breed that are versatile and an excellent addition to a homesteading. Since getting our first Pygora’s we’ve milked them, collected and used their fiber, rotated them through areas to clear weeds and enjoyed spending time with them in
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Finding the best chicken coop bedding is important for the health of your chickens and the ease of cleaning your coop. Below you can see suggestions on which bedding is best, what to consider when choose bedding for your chicken coop, and how to manage the bedding in your chicken coop. It’s important to note
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Are you raising Baby Chicks for the First Time? Are you looking for a no-nonsense course to get you started and avoid mistakes? GOOD NEWS! This course is for you with everything you need to know about how to raise baby chicks. In this course I’ll walk you through: What do you Get in this
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In nature, baby chicks are raised by their mothers and kept warm by the mother hens body heat. When you raise chicks away from their mom, it’s very important that the chicks are kept warm right from the start. In this article I share our experience keeping baby chicks warm and raising them for the
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