by Amanda Hepworth | Jul 29, 2019 | Chickens, Poultry, Poultry Health & Wellness, Tales from the Coop
Healthy Hen Anatomy An important part of raising chickens is by checking over your chickens periodically to double check their Healthy Hen Anatomy and make sure that everything is normal. By understanding the symptoms of things that go awry, you can be in a better... 
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 Amanda Hepworth | Mar 25, 2019 | Homestead, Summer, Tales from the Coop
Can I Raise Honeybees Around My Chickens? Have you been contemplating the addition of a honeybee hive to your yard and wondered if it would be safe to do when you own chickens? Once upon a time, I had the same question after I noticed that my garden was suffering from... 
by admin | Mar 18, 2019 | Chickens, Tales from the Coop
My Journey to Backyard Chickens Gone are the days of only seeing chickens on farms, these tiny feathered dinosaurs are steadily making their way into the hearts and backyards of people across the nation! What started my journey into chicken ownership you ask? The... 
by Meghan H | Apr 23, 2018 | Chickens, Tales from the Coop
Things You Never Thought You’d Say or Do Until Owning Chickens… One of my favorite early chickening stories is that of my then 4 year old son, Bryce, whom I had just put to bed. A few minutes later I hear the screams and I ran in expecting the... 
by Marie - Rusty Plow Farms | Apr 13, 2018 | Chickens, Coops, Runs, and Outdoor Spaces, Homestead, Summer, Tales from the Coop
Gardening with Chickens: How to Make Compost from Used Poultry Litter Happy Earth Day from Meyer Hatchery! If you own chickens and also like to garden, you may have already discovered that the used poultry manure can be a good fertilizer to add to your garden soil to...