Backyard Chickens

Looking for the safest chicken coop heater for winter? Here’s why I use a wall-mounted radiant panel heater with a thermostat, plus what to avoid.

Yes, you can get nearly, or even full egg production from your chickens during the winter.

Just like us, chickens get hot too! Summer heat. When it’s hot outside your chickens feel it too.

I don’t do it all the time (use Diatomaceous Earth – DE). But maybe once every several weeks or once a month…

Have you had this problem? A chicken sleeping in the nesting box at night? How did you fix it? Here are some ideas…

Here’s how I plan to keep snow (and surface wind) out of the chicken pen area during the stormy winter.

Chicken feed for winter… How much do you need? How to store it? Here are my calculations from real world experience…

They were digging holes all around the coop / run foundation sill plate. It became a problem! Here’s what I did to stop it…

It was so exciting to finally get our fist egg! Now we’re up to 6 eggs several days later. These ISA-Brown chickens are starting to produce!

I finally got around to setting up the fenced-in range for the chickens. It surrounds their coop and its attached run area.

I just opened the barrier from the chicken coop to their nesting boxes because they might begin to lay eggs in several weeks…