Have you been wondering if you should keep a rooster as part of your chicken flock? If you’re having trouble deciding if it’s best to keep a rooster in your flock there are many pros and cons to consider. Roosters are useful for protecting chicken flocks from predators and also for defending territory.
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Sometimes chickens get along just fine and other times chicken bullying can be a real problem. Try these tips on how to stop pecking and fighting in your backyard flock.
If you haven’t raised chickens before you might be thinking that you have to have a lot of land to keep them. Thankfully, that isn’t true unless you want to raise huge flocks.
There are many reasons why your chickens stop laying eggs. But it can feel frustrating when you are getting lots of fresh eggs from your hens then production seems to drop off suddenly.
When you decide to start raising backyard chickens it can feel overwhelming at first. There are so many things to think about before you start keeping chickens. But if you break it down into simple steps it makes things so much easier.