by Sarah | Oct 17, 2019 | Coops, Runs, and Outdoor Spaces, Homestead, Recipes
Festive Fall Treats for Your Chickens When you think of fall you think caramel apples, pumpkin bread, spiced apple cider, and everything pumpkin spice. Include your flock in these fun fall treats with our fall-inspired boredom busters. Enjoy making these 3 treats we... 
by Cameron K. | Oct 4, 2019 | Coops, Runs, and Outdoor Spaces, Poultry Health & Wellness
Safe Practices for Cleaning Coops Maintaining a clean coop is vital for the overall health of your chickens but it is equally important that you practice safe techniques while cleaning. Before you head to the coop, I have created a list that you may find helpful to... 
by Cameron K. | Sep 9, 2019 | Coops, Runs, and Outdoor Spaces
How to Turn 5 Gallon Buckets into Nesting Boxes Looking for an alternative way to make nesting boxes? Have you ever considered 5-gallon buckets? This is an easy way to upgrade your chickens’ space without breaking the bank! 5-gallon buckets can make excellent... 
by admin | Jul 1, 2019 | Coop Tours, Coops, Runs, and Outdoor Spaces, Homestead, Incubating, Hatching & Brooding, Poultry, Tales from the Coop
Farmstead Brooding: The Extreme Edition In this Coop Tour, Amanda and Marie from the Meyer Hatchery Customer Service Remote Team show us Marie’s Extreme Edition Farmstead Brooding inside a high tunnel. Marie sells eggs at two Farmer’s Markets in the summer, so she... 
by admin | May 27, 2019 | Coops, Runs, and Outdoor Spaces, Homestead, Poultry, Poultry Health & Wellness
Uses for Diatomaceous Earth On The Homestead Diatomaceous Earth (DE) is a fine powder made of the fossil remains of diatoms which are single-celled algae with a cell wall made of silica. That’s the long way of saying, DE is a must have on your homestead! Diatomaceous... 
by admin | May 20, 2019 | Coops, Runs, and Outdoor Spaces, Summer
Gardening With Your Chickens Gardening and chickens go together as well as peanut butter and jelly! Chances are if you’re into raising chickens, you probably also have a green thumb, or maybe you at least want to have a green thumb but maybe haven’t had much luck...