Raising chicks is infinitely easier than incubating eggs, but there is still much more to it than just plopping them in a coop. They need a toasty-warm mini-coop – a brooder – to nurture them into ...

Brooding baby chicks in cold weather — how low can you go? As it turns out, cold-weather brooding can go low indeed. Back in the 1950s, when the electric companies were promoting electric brooding as ...

Getting started raising poultry is both exciting and rewarding in many ways. If you’re a hobby farmer or a beginner, an important key to health and growth is making sure they’re being raised in the ...

Use this guide created to learn the ins and outs of feeding, watering, brooder heat, and bedding for your first chicks. Deciding to keep chickens is an important step for most people interested in ...

On a small homestead, the most expensive mistake with spring chicks is not a fancy feeder or the wrong breed, it is bringing fragile birds into a space that is not ready for them. When you prepare ...

There’s a few things you need to know about chickens when you’re waiting for them to hatch, according to 6-year-old Theron Gough. One, it’s really fun to bang on nails when you’re building a place for ...