Reasons To Keep Older Hens In Your Flock
November 15, 2023Why would you keep older hens who no longer lay eggs? There are a number of reasons, in fact, from brooding abilities to friendship and more!
Say Cheese! For Recent Reader Livestock Photos
November 1, 2023These Say Cheese contenders include cuddly chicks, winsome goats, some super hammy pigs and more, so check out this photo roundup from Hobby Farms readers!
How To Process Your Homegrown Chickens At Home
November 1, 2023You can beat inflation at the grocery store by raising and processing your own meat chickens. Here’s how to process your homegrown chickens yourself.
Shutterclucks: Chickens Editors Choose Reader Photos
October 12, 2023In the September/October issue of Chickens magazine, editors chose the best of the flock from submitted reader photos. Enjoy this gallery of beloved backyard chickens!
Can Chickens Eat Table Scraps?
October 11, 2023Here’s What To Feed & How Much You Can Give Your Birds
Flying Feathers: A Few Facts About Chicken Molting
October 3, 2023Learn more about molting, the natural process in which a chicken sheds old feathers and grows new ones, by Chickens magazine editors.
Chickens “Better Than A Soap Opera” At Cats & Cluckers
September 28, 2023Sarah Hock from the Washington-based homestead Cats and Cluckers tells us about the virtues of a life surrounded by poultry.
Chickens Convey Humble Healing At The Chicks Next Door
September 21, 2023The Chicks Next Door farm founder Annie Dye talks about her star rooster, Napolean, and the secret to the irresistible appeal of rainbow eggs.
Say Cheese! For Recent Reader Livestock Photos
September 8, 2023These Say Cheese contenders include mischievous goats, a diminutive donkey, pretty pigs and more, so check out this photo roundup from Hobby Farms readers!
The Honest Truth About 5 Popular Chicken Breeds (Pt. 1)
September 7, 2023There’s a lot of poultry information out there—not all of it true—so our resident chicken expert is sharing decades of experience about popular chicken breeds.
