Raising chicks is infinitely easier than incubating eggs, but there is still much more to it than just plopping them in a coop. They need a toasty-warm mini-coop – a brooder – to nurture them into ...
This video shows how I refurbish my quail pen in preparation for the release of new quail chicks from our brooder. I'm also ...
A tiny baby chick grabs a balloon string and spins into full chaos mode. He’s fast, fuzzy, and feeling powerful.
A fire Wednesday destroyed a chicken house at Maplehofe Dairy in Quarryville, Pennsylvania. Owner Samuel Glick said he was ...
In this video, I explain how I set my brooder up and transfer newly hatched coturnix quail chicks from the incubator to the brooder.
Chalmers Elementary School unveiled a new chicken coop this week named after a pioneering Black female scientist who studied ...
Winter should be just as good a time to raise chickens as any other time of year. With more latitude on temperature and air conditioning, you can optimize a house.
"The practice of shipping chicks through the mail began in 1918 with the promise that chicks would only be shipped if they could reach their destination within 72 hours," writes Tove Danovich. "That ...
A massive fire tore through a home in a Montgomery County neighborhood early Sunday morning. Firefighters believe the flames spread quickly, engulfing the home on Philip Oaks Drive in Spencerville, ...
Choose the best heritage poultry breeds: chicken, discover a duck, get a gaggle of geese, or take home some turkeys.
Shep Rose described his plans for a backyard oasis and "lounge" at his new $3.25 million home during the Southern Charm After ...
The Poling farm had a chicken house where the adult chickens roosted on tiers of bars in the back room and the hens could lay their eggs in individual nests, ...