Have questions about caring for your new chicks? Wondering how to build a brooder box? How big should a brooder box be? Learn here about the essentials for creating a brooder box. Having an area ...

Follow these plans from 1977 to build a DIY outdoor chicken brooder. Start your chicks outside and foraging safely to keep your own pasture-raised chicks. Right now — while the ground is covered with ...

— Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed’s editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission. I’ve always wanted to raise chickens, and this spring, I finally ...

The term broody might not be an everyday word used in the average person’s vocabulary, but for anyone who owns chickens it is a well-known poultry tendency. Broodiness is a behavior a hen can exhibit ...

Is the price of eggs making you want to jump on the chicken bandwagon? Be sure you check your local ordinances regarding chickens before you make your decision. We both enjoy fresh eggs from our ...

But it’s important to know how many chickens you’d like to raise. A medium-sized chicken needs at least three square feet of floor space inside the coop (a chicken’s cage or pen) and eight to 10 ...

As some of you may remember, back in April we got our first group of five little chicks to start out our long-awaited chicken flock. Although we had only just moved into our new home days before, we ...