Chick enrichment

Studies have shown that early enrichment creates well adjusted, clever and calm chickens that easily find their way in the environment and are less fearful to new things. All good reasons to create a stimulating, interesting and creative brooder...

Bringing home baby chicks is a lot of fun, but depending on your brooder it’s normal to wonder if your ... Read more

Snowy, sub-zero winter weather, hurricanes or severe weather of any type present challenges for chicken keepers and their flocks. Whenever chickens are sudd ...

Bored baby chicks can start pecking and getting into trouble. Here are some of my favorite boredom busters for the brooder.

Oh the joy of having baby chicks. Whether you have just a few or a whole box full, you know they are the cutest. Here are some baby chick treat ideas.

Learn everything you need know about raising baby chicks with tips on brooders, temperatures, feed, water, health, safety and more.

These 7 herbs for baby chicks will help you raise a healthy homestead brood naturally! Each herb has powerful benefits and nutrition!

Keep your chickens from getting bored with our ideas for enrichment activities to help prevent aggressive behavior.

After an impromptu purchase of baby chicks, I shared the process of setting up the chicks' brooder live on my Facebook page; what follows is an edited ...

As chicks get older and bigger, they need more space and activities to provide chick enrichment. Here's how to add a brooder expansion and toys!