How do I? - Chicken Info Database

This is a page full to the brim with information about raising chickens, sexing chickens, development in chickens, and more. It's a database with chicken information that I have gathered from experience and other resources. Hope this helps you find some information and the answers you need. If you can't find it here, then look at my FAQ page .

Raising Chickens...

Frequency Asked Questions!

Chicken Coops... pictures of my coops, and links to information about coops.

Chicken Nutrition...site helps you know what to feed your birds and what I feed my birds.

Chicken Problems...problems you an encounter with chickens. Diseases, egg-eating, and more.

My hens aren't laying as many eggs as they used to. What is wrong? Reasons and solutions for Reduced Egg Laying

The Process of Taming... want to tame your chickens? This is what I do.

A lot of people always want to know how to sex baby chicks here is a couple of links that explain the process: MSU Sexing Chicks and Chookshed Sexing Chicks.

This is a PDF file about the anatomy of poultry. Turkeys, ducks, geese, pigeons, chickens, exc. Poultry: A guide to anatomy and selected species

Need to winterize your coop for the cold weather? Or do you not know if you need to? Go to Oh the weather outside is frightful: Wintering Coops

Have questions about feathers on chickens? Learn what their use is and the different types. Feathers, feathers, feathers .

I get a lot of questions about how reproduction in chickens actually works. Here is a link that explains it all pretty well: Reproduction of Chooks

Want to know the actual structure of an egg? University of Illinois tells and shows you. Structure and Composition of an Egg

This little chicken was named DoDo. She loved getting her head stratched.

Me playing with my chickens when I was 15.

Wildthing, who liked to stand by the ashes. I think she might have thought she was looking in a mirror.
Other Information....

Chickens as hip pets... an article written in the Philadelphia Press- and I'm in it!! A guy called me and interviewed me. I am famous. :D

Chickens Becoming Popular Urban Pets

United Poultry Concern This is a site about saving chickens from being abused.

Here is the Missouri Extension Website- has information about chickens. (I have to represent good ole MO)
MU Extension

K-K, our old dog, likes to be among the chickens. I guess she just wanted to be watched as well. :-)