- Raising Chickens 101 - Chicks, Breeds, Coops, Tips
Tips Tricks for raising chickens, building chicken coops, choosing chicken breeds + ask questions in our community forum Featured Content 2026 BYC Calendar Photo Contest 2025-06-14 00:00:00 | 2025-06-21 00:00:00
- Choosing the Right Chicken Breed: A Guide for Beginners
Choosing the right chicken breed is a decision that will have a big impact on your flock’s success By considering your primary purpose (eggs, meat, or both), your local climate, the amount of space available, and the chickens' temperament, you can make a well-informed choice that will set you up for a productive and enjoyable chicken-raising
- How To Raise Chickens
When buying or building a coop, make sure it's big enough for them (and any future additions) A good rule of thumb for space requirements is approximately 3–4 square feet per chicken inside the coop and 10 sq ft per chicken for the outside run Check out this great guide on how much room do chickens need? Chicken Coop:
- What Is The Life Expectancy of Chickens?
Chicken life expectancy, health, and other genetic traits received very little attention Chickens were simply chickens In the 19th century, people started gathering chickens and experimenting with their genes to see if they could better meet human needs and expectations
- Just a Chicken Coop | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens
There's a time skip where I admittedly forgot to take photos, but we finished the siding and painted the coop, pre-painted the boards for the run, and then erected the run and added the hardware cloth We used pier blocks as the base for the posts, which got away from us and ended up being 4x4's Not very "just a chicken coop", but it IS very
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Tips for raising chickens, building chicken coops choosing breeds Get help from thousands of community experts
- Should you wash eggs? The pros and cons - BackYard Chickens
If you've ever seen a chicken lay an egg, you may notice it looks shiny and wet That shiny substance would be the bloom It dries in just a few seconds of the egg being laid The bloom acts as natural protection against bacteria entering the egg This helps keep the eggs edible for a longer period of time
- 24 Cool Chicken Runs – Plans, Pictures, Designs
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