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Which Feeder Insects are Good for Chickens? Feeding and caring for chickens can be as simple or complex as you want it to be. There are folks who will build a coop out of scrap and others who spend thousands building a henhouse. There are no wrong answers, as long as your hens are happy and healthy. This goes double for feeding chickens. Chickens can eat just about anything, with a few exceptions. Giving them things like kitchen scraps can actually be great for their diets. In the wild, chickens mostly eat insects. This fact has inspired lots of backyard...

Should I Raise Egg-laying Chickens or Just Buy Eggs From the Store? Everybody thinks homesteading is for them. We all daydream about having a patch of land, growing our produce, and being more self-sufficient. So what’s stopping most people from actually doing it? The honest truth is that self-sufficiency is a lot harder than most people realize. The initial cost, upkeep and maintenance, and sheer amount of learning you need to do to produce your own food are all huge obstacles. But are those obstacles insurmountable? In this article, we’ll talk about what it takes to get started with the...

How to Store Home Grown Chicken Eggs There are not many greater joys than keeping backyard chickens. Once you get a flock going, it won’t take long to start developing bonds with your girls. We love our chickens so much it’s easy to forget how much they do for us! We’re talking, of course, about the mountains of eggs chickens lay. But harvesting eggs from your back yard is pretty different from buying them at the store. The first question most newbies ask is how to collect and store their freshly-laid eggs. In this article, we’ll talk about just that:...

Which is the better pet - Leopard Geckos vs. Gargoyle Geckos for Beginners This article will compare two species of geckos popular in the pet trade and assess which one might be best for beginners. Both species are very affordable and plentiful. There are some differences, however, that make one or the other more suited to certain types of beginners.  Leopard Geckos Leopard geckos are always a good choice for reptile keeping beginners. They are easy to find at your local pet store or reptile show and come in an array of patterns and colors, referred to as morphs. One...

How to Prevent Baby Chicks From Pecking Each Other There’s no sugarcoating it: chickens can be downright violent. If you’re new to raising chickens, you’ll notice how young they are when they begin competing for dominance. Some of these little pecks are no big deal. But baby chicks are fragile. If you don’t intervene, chicks can easily kill each other. Why do they do this? And more importantly, how can you stop squabbles between baby chicks? In this article, we’ll talk about why chickens are so keen on hurting each other. And further, how to keep your chickens from pecking...