Tips for Introducing New Chickens into Your Coop

Tips for Introducing New Chickens into Your Coop

Chicken Math is real! We keep adding new breeds and varieties to our flocks. So, how can we get our chickens to live together in harmony?  Chickens have an established pecking order, a social hierarchy that dictates daily routines and life in the coop. If you don’t...
Tips for a Great Chicken Coop

Tips for a Great Chicken Coop

Now that you have chickens, and they are ready to go outside into their coop – What kind of chicken coop do you need? You can spend as much or as little as your budget allows. While it is certainly true that chickens don’t need a mansion with automatic doors,...
Q&A:  Selecting Effective Replacement Heifers

Q&A: Selecting Effective Replacement Heifers

  A typical cow-calf rancher will replace 17% of their total herd each year, as bred heifers are added to the inventory to replace the culled cows. Meaning, a 100-head cow operation will on average need enough bred heifers to replace 17 culled cows. If you...