General Guides – DIY Chicken Coop Plans

A Beginner’s Guide to Feeding Your Backyard Chickens

John White — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 17:30:40 +0000

Backyard chickens make great pets. They are surprisingly intelligent and sociable. They are easy to care for. They eat pesky insects and table scraps, and they are a great source of food themselves, whether you raise them for eggs or meat. However, these birds need more than just table scraps and insects to be healthy ... Read more A Beginner’s Guide to Feeding Your Backyard Chickens

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Chicken Coop Cleaning: 5 Tips for a Healthier Coop

John White — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 15:01:04 +0000

While you might love raising chickens, you may not have as much affection for cleaning the chicken coop. The good news is that ChickenCoopGuides.com has a few tips for chicken coop cleaning without cutting corners or putting the health of your birds at risk. So be sure you check out this guide before you next ... Read more Chicken Coop Cleaning: 5 Tips for a Healthier Coop

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How to Train Your Dog to Protect Your Chickens

John White — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 11:54:36 +0000

Chickens kept in rural areas can be in danger from local predators. Because you don’t want to patrol 24/7, having a dog to help protect your flock can be beneficial. While certain breeds are known to be good at guarding chickens, the best dog to protect chickens is one that is well trained to the ... Read more How to Train Your Dog to Protect Your Chickens

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Chick Hatchery Guide: Get Started With Day Old Chicks

John White — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 10:22:18 +0000

Hand in hand with our previous article about armchair gardening we put together a handy list of hatcheries for those looking to start raising themselves some fine feathered friends. Believe it or not, hatcheries routinely ship chicks across the country via USPS — you just have to be willing to order a minimum number required ... Read more Chick Hatchery Guide: Get Started With Day Old Chicks

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Garden Planning For Beginners

John White — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:00:19 +0000

Why plan your garden ahead? Here you are, stuck indoors with only the memories of your bountiful summer garden. Or maybe in reality it wasn’t such a bountiful garden…those tomatoes never did really produce well. Or maybe you had wanted to start a garden – you had thought about it, talked about it but just ... Read more Garden Planning For Beginners

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Winter Poultry Care

John White — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 21:20:47 +0000

Now that most of us are starting to feel the chill of winter we’ve made sure we have a cozy warm environment for ourselves. But what about your chickens? How are they holding up? Ideally, your chickens have gradually gotten used to the cold as temperatures began to cool down throughout the fall. Overall, chickens ... Read more Winter Poultry Care

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Roosters Crow In Pecking Order

John White — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 07:13:28 +0000

Believe it or not, there’s still a lot we don’t know about roosters crowing even though, according to recorded history, they’ve been doing it since 2600 B.C. We all know about the pecking order of our chickens – certain ones are the “top” in the group and tend to get to the food first or ... Read more Roosters Crow In Pecking Order

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Busting Chicken Myths

John White — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 08:00:16 +0000

I’d like to bust some of the chicken myths I’ve heard folks tell me before. On the left are the things I’ve heard and then on the right I bust the myth with modern fact and explain why the myth isn’t the best for this particular case. ‘My grandpappy used to just dunk those ... Read more Busting Chicken Myths

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Chicken Coop Insulation and Ventilation Options

John White — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 10:45:47 +0000

Now that winter is officially here, if you haven’t already (and you really should have done by now!) you need to look at your chicken coop insulation and ventilation. This is a place where everyone seems to ‘know’ the answer and yet there are a lot of wrong answers. I’m hoping to clear up some ... Read more Chicken Coop Insulation and Ventilation Options

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ChickenCoopGuides’ Fall and Winter Checklist

John White — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 03:56:25 +0000

Whether you’re new to chicken raising or an old hand, just knowing that winter is near can be a bit intimidating . . . unless you live in Florida where that’s the only temperate time of year. If that’s the case then you can probably tune out most of the following. Many farmers fear the ... Read more ChickenCoopGuides’ Fall and Winter Checklist

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