Posts by Allison Salonko

Chickens spend the majority of their day pecking and scratching at the ground, eating their feed and drinking water. No matter what the source of water is that you provide, it is good practice to...

When standing around at the kitchen window and watching your chickens pecking at the ground and spending their time doing normal chicken things, you may not realize how often they are also going to...

If you start looking into all the different types of chickens, you could be researching for a while. There are hundreds of breeds, ranging in size, temperament, appearance, and egg-laying...

Most of the time, people who are raising a backyard flock of chickens are doing so for the eggs. There are usually reasons beyond just gathering the hens’ eggs, but most of the time this is what...

Unless your property has a body of water, most people raising chickens probably haven’t thought much about whether they can swim or not. While these birds aren’t necessarily built for the act of...

It was never really thought of to take chickens swimming in the family pool or pond for fun, but many backyard flock raisers have decided to see how well our favorite egg-laying friends take to the...