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January 16, 2023
Egg Prices are Soaring - Learn how to raise a backyard chicken flock to protect your food security.
Egg Prices have been soaring to an over 49% increase due to the lingering bird flu outbreak in 47 states, affecting over 57.8 million birds. Rising production costs, including soaring feed, fuel, and labor, also increase egg prices at the grocery store. In some states, finding eggs on the shelves can even be difficult. People […]
February 8, 2022
Introducing Jordana - Manager at My Pet Chicken
Introducing Jordana - Manager at My Pet Chicken! We lovingly call our My Pet Chicken employees "Peeps!" My Pet Chicken is very unique in that ALL employees are poultry keepers ourselves, so we offer a wealth of experience and wisdom. Here is your opportunity to see how we became "crazy chicken people." In this "Meet […]
February 1, 2022
Introducing Shannon from My Pet Chicken
Introducing Shannon from My Pet Chicken! We lovingly call our My Pet Chicken employees "Peeps!" My Pet Chicken is very unique in that ALL employees are poultry keepers ourselves, so we offer a wealth of experience and wisdom. Here is your opportunity to see how we became "crazy chicken people." In this "Meet the Peeps" […]
August 6, 2021
Herbs for Chickens -Top 6 to Grow for your Flock
If you’re growing a garden, consider adding herbs for chickens. Their benefits are two-fold, because they’re good for your birds and you! Herbs are notoriously easy to grow and maintain. They’re not picky and can be grown in almost any soil and will adapt to almost any situation (except being waterlogged). You can even add […]
July 24, 2020
Top 4 Compost Methods using Chicken Manure
It's time to clean the chicken coop again and we have 4 compost methods for using chicken manure in your garden. While coop cleaning is not the best part of owning chickens, it's definitely necessary. You are left with a pile of bedding and droppings, also known as the second-best thing a chicken can give […]
May 16, 2014
Chickens and Gardening: Top 5 ways to combine
Chickens and gardening: in some ways, these two hobbies are incredibly compatible. After all, chickens eat plant pests. Their droppings and litter can be converted into some truly fantastic compost. And there's a certain symmetry in making choices that allow you to produce eggs, fruits and vegetables on your own little family farm. Local food […]
August 2, 2013
Chicken manure benefits for the garden
There are lots of benefits to keeping chickens. One of my favorites is that, if you garden, you can use your composted chicken manure as fertilizer. But what you might not know is just how many chicken manure benefits there are. Composted manure is composted manure, right? Wrong! There are chicken manure benefits you may […]
April 3, 2013
Fresh greens mean healthier eggs
I love my flock! Watching their funny antics, getting mobbed when I show up with treats, and being adored by a few lap chickens is rewarding, but being able to supply my family with delicious, healthy eggs from happy hens is one of the main reasons I keep chickens. Hens with access to fresh greens […]
