Pros and Cons of Raising Fall Baby Chicks Deciding what time of year to order and receive your baby chicks can be a difficult decision and depends heavily on your local climate and the resources you have available at home. This article discusses several factors you should consider when making the decision to raise chicks in the fall. Pros and Cons of Raising Fall Baby Chicks Read More »
The Fall Molt Each fall, starting when chickens are about 18 months old, chickens lose their feathers and grow shiny new ones in preparation for winter. Read to find out what to look for and what to expect as the molting season approaches. The Fall Molt Read More »
Are you taking the right steps to keep your animals warm this Winter? With Winter upon us, it is important to consider the animals in your care that will be exposed to the cold, ice and snow. Are you taking the right steps to keep your animals warm this Winter? Read More »
Preparing for Winter Unlike us, chickens don’t need sweaters to stay warm in the winter (but wouldn’t that be cute)? Lisa Steele shares important tips to keep your flock happy and healthy in cold temperatures. Preparing for Winter Read More »
The Ins and Outs of Molting Season What can you do to help your flock through molting season? Lisa Steele talks about how quality nutrition can make all the difference for your girls! The Ins and Outs of Molting Season Read More »
Latest Trends in Chicken Keeping By Lisa Steele, Blue Seal Brand Ambassador The excitement around backyard chicken keeping doesn’t appear to be abating any time soon. Certainly not if you take a look at the vast number of “chicken centric” blogs, social media accounts and the like. Consider the million followers of Fresh Eggs Daily each month on Facebook, Instagram, Latest Trends in Chicken Keeping Read More »
Feed ‘Em Right From the Start: What and When to Feed Your Chicks Learn what and when to feed your flock all the way from chicks to hens. Feed ‘Em Right From the Start: What and When to Feed Your Chicks Read More »
NutriVantage® For Poultry For Commercial Poultry Operators After observing the benefits NutriVantage Nutrition Optimizer has shown in multiple other species we took advantage of an opportunity to work with an integrated layer operation in Iowa during summer to see if added Nutrivantage would benefit layers as well. Continue reading to learn what was concluded from this study. NutriVantage® For Poultry For Commercial Poultry Operators Read More »
Coop, Sweet Coop: How to Set Up a Home for Your Chickens Chicken coops come in all shapes and sizes. No design is perfect, but all good chicken coops do share some common characteristics. You can buy a prebuilt coop or a coop kit that you put together yourself. You can also build from scratch, or you can even convert a garden shed or other outbuilding into a perfectly serviceable coop. Coop, Sweet Coop: How to Set Up a Home for Your Chickens Read More »
Why are my chickens losing feathers? As the leaves start to fall from the trees, so do the feathers from your chickens. The cold weather triggers the chickens “molt” where they shed their old feathers and gain new, glossy feathers. Why are my chickens losing feathers? Read More »
