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.
Video: Feed Your Ruminants Right In Fall & Winter
November 21, 2022Breeding season is in full swing, and your pastures are likely full of dead grass, too, so here's how to feed your ruminants in fall and winter.
My Late-Fall To-Do List
November 10, 2014As the growing season comes to a close, I’m working hard to tidy up the garden and prepare it for winter—and you should, too!
2-Minute Fabric Pumpkins
October 21, 2014Decorate for the harvest season with these easy-to-make fabric pumpkin made from materials found around the house.
4 Spring-Blooming Bulbs to Plant This Fall
October 9, 2014Put in the work now to reap the beauty of these bulbs’ blooms in the spring.
3 Ways I Wind Down the Summer Garden
September 4, 2014After the hustle and bustle of a busy growing season, fall garden chores help me center and prepare for winter.
3 Autumn Chores for a Healthy Lawn
August 21, 2014As you begin to wrap up the harvest season, give attention to your lawn, as well.
How to Care for Molting Chickens
December 30, 2013A reader’s young laying hens are losing their feathers and laying less eggs. She’s worried about her hens but she needn’t be. They’re probably going through their first molt.
Fall Foliage
October 4, 2013Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree. –Emily Bronte
Time for Fall
September 20, 2013For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad. —Edwin Way Teale
