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Tag: raising chickens

Posted inHomestead

Thinking of having indoor chickens? Don’t.

by Julia BaylyJanuary 19, 2022March 22, 2022

Read this before you decide to bring your chickens inside for the winter.

Posted inHomestead

How to keep your chickens happy all winter

by Julia Bayly November 11, 2021November 7, 2021
Posted inHomestead

There are good reasons to try deep litter bedding for your chickens this winter

by Julia Bayly December 11, 2020December 10, 2020
Posted inFree, Homestead

No limit to what we do for the comfort of our chicks

by Julia BaylyApril 13, 2020June 16, 2020
Posted inFree, Homestead

Before you get chicks, here’s your poultry 101 lesson

by Julia BaylyMarch 26, 2020March 26, 2020
Posted inFree, Homestead

Forget eggs, the real bonus of chickens is the entertainment they provide

by Julia BaylyOctober 21, 2019October 21, 2019
Posted inHomestead

The best egg-laying breeds of your favorite backyard birds

by Sam Schipani June 27, 2019
Posted inHomestead

If a chicken’s egg doesn’t look quite right, it could be a lash egg

by Aislinn Sarnacki April 25, 2019April 25, 2019
Posted inBangor, News

Bangor Council to continue weighing backyard chickens, Styrofoam ban after public hearing

by Charles Eichacker February 26, 2019February 26, 2019
Posted inHealth, Homestead

Salmonella outbreak linked to backyard chickens hits Maine

by Abigail CurtisJuly 25, 2018
Posted inHomestead

Picking the best breed of chicken for your backyard or farm

by Dan MacLeod August 6, 2015August 7, 2015
Posted inHomestead

You probably won’t save money by raising your own chickens, according to this infographic

by Dan MacLeod June 15, 2015June 15, 2015
Posted inHomestead

If you raise your own chickens, you should try steaming your eggs instead of hard-boiling them

by Dan MacLeod June 3, 2015June 3, 2015

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