Follow these plans from 1977 to build a DIY outdoor chicken brooder. Start your chicks outside and foraging safely to keep your own pasture-raised chicks. Right now — while the ground is covered with ...

Is the price of eggs making you want to jump on the chicken bandwagon? Be sure you check your local ordinances regarding chickens before you make your decision. We both enjoy fresh eggs from our ...

Cleaning the chick brooder and giving the little chicks some treats.

Raising chicks is infinitely easier than incubating eggs, but there is still much more to it than just plopping them in a coop. They need a toasty-warm mini-coop – a brooder – to nurture them into ...

Setting up a brooder for baby chicks step by step.

No matter where your chicks come from, isolate new birds for at least 30 days before introducing them to an existing flock. This is especially important if birds come from another backyard flock. If ...