Chicken Keeping News and Resources

Check out the latest news from a few of our favorite experts in the chicken-keeping business.

Meyer Hatchery Blog

• What is NPIP and Why Does it Matter When Buying Chicks?
• Processing Poultry: Dry Plucking, Wet Plucking, Skinning, or Waxing
• Ordering From Meyer Hatchery: Planning Your Order
• Keeping Chickens Cool When It’s Hot and Dry
• How to Successfully Hatch Eggs with a Broody Hen

Timber Creek Farm

• Homemade Chicken Feed Options
• Three Things Chickens Don’t Need For Winter (and three that they do!)
• Foot Injuries in Chickens -Methods That Help Heal
• Why Keep the Rooster with Your Flock?
• How to Avoid a Chicken Coop Fire

Cackle Hatchery Chicken Blog

• How to Water Baby Chicks
• Bugs in New Chicken Feed — What Are They?
• How to Remove Mud Balls from a Chicken’s Toes and Shanks
• Should You Deworm Your Chickens?
• Kitchen Scraps to Avoid Feeding Chickens