Chick enrichment ideas

This week by week guide to raising chickens will show you what to do and what to expect from baby chicks until they are full grown.

Oh the joy of having baby chicks. Whether you have just a few or a whole box full, you know they are the cutest. Here are some baby chick treat ideas.

Studies have shown that early enrichment creates well adjusted, clever and calm chickens that easily find their way in the environment and are less fearful to new things. All good reasons to create a stimulating, interesting and creative brooder...

Chickens love to get busy. They enjoy running around, scratching and pecking at things all the time. Now when they can't find anything that encourages those activities, they get bored. And when they do, it leads to unhealthy behavior which can cause serious health problems for your chooks...

Snowy, sub-zero winter weather, hurricanes or severe weather of any type present challenges for chicken keepers and their flocks. Whenever chickens are sudd ...

Bringing home baby chicks is a lot of fun, but depending on your brooder it’s normal to wonder if your ... Read more

After an impromptu purchase of baby chicks, I shared the process of setting up the chicks' brooder live on my Facebook page; what follows is an edited ...

Learning how to grow mealworms for chickens is a fantastic way to boost the protein in your flock's diet, and it's something you can easily do at home. While

Getting started with baby chicks isn't difficult if you are familiar with the basics.

One of the most common questions people ask me is when can chicks go outside. Chicks can go outside when they're fully-feathered.