The Chicken Chick Celebrates National Poultry Day!

We all know the age-old question- what came first, the chicken or the egg? And while this questions remains unanswered, there is a lot more to know about a chickens life cycle that we will happily clear up for you! On average, a chicken will live between three to five years (some breeds are known to live longer), and have three distinct life phases: egg, chick and chicken stage. In each stage a chicken will have differing needs to ensure they continue to develop healthily throughout

Celebrating World Egg Day World Egg Day is held on the 2nd Friday of October every year. It is a day when poultry enthusiasts all around the world will give a great big eggs-uberant shout out to the humble yet magnificent egg! Of course, we love our eggs all year round, but we are always egg-cited to celebrate our favourite source of protein and vitamin D. Eggs really are nature’s little miracles, they are full to the brim with deliciousness and are a power package of vitamins and mi

In the old days we used to put chicks or adult birds in cardboard boxes and close the lid, but that was not without problems. The boxes did not protect the birds well if there was an unforeseen accident. Boxes would get wet and fall apart during transport which would leave you in a car with chickens flapping around! Crates are much more secure way to transport your chickens and they have the added bonus of the birds being able to look out and enjoy the scenery. In this article we are going to re

Lots of producers use chicken tractors.  The concept was popularized by Joel Salatin and the structure size and shape has been modified by many people.  I used my own version when raising meat chickens in my backyard.  It’s basically an open-floored enclosure that is moved once or twice a day around a pasture. Birds live in the enclosure all the time, and get fresh pasture when the pen is moved. But that’s not exactly “free-range” poultry. If you’re looking for mo