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Backyard Chicken Care Calendar - A Year-Round Checklist
Olive Egger chicken Buff Orpington chicken Blue copper Marans chicken Our easy-to-follow year-round backyard chicken care calendar checklist will help you with everything related to your backyard...
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Has the Avian Flu Outbreak Affected Your State?
A comprehensive guide to keeping yourself informed about the HPAI outbreak. The avian flu outbreak in the United States has affected commercial and backyard flocks of over 43.5 million birds in 39...
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Avian Influenza is here: 5 takeaways
You’ve heard about highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the news unless you’ve been hiding under a rock! Wondering what this means for chicken keepers? Here are five key takeaways. Keep your...
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Meet the Peeps from My Pet Chicken: Tanya
Welcome to My Pet Chicken’s “Meet the Peeps” blog series! We lovingly call our My Pet Chicken employees, “Peeps!” You’ve interacted with us by phone, chat, and email…now it’s time to “meet” us. My Pet...
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Cold weather chickens – 8 things NOT to do to in winter
How to prepare your chickens for winter isn’t especially intuitive. In fact, many people may take steps that can actually make things more difficult for their flock rather than helping them to become...
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A Guide to Building a Chicken First Aid Kit
Owning a chicken first aid kit for your flock is a must! Let’s face it, no matter what level chicken keeper you are, there will eventually come a day that an illness or accident happens and you will...
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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...
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How to Pick the Best Chickens for Hot Weather
Picking the best chickens for hot weather is a crucial step to keeping a successful flock. We humans can head into the air conditioning or take a swim in the pool to cool off. Chickens rely on...
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Top Five Summer Treats for Chickens
Summer treats for chickens can provide mental stimulation, nutrition, and a cooling break for birds during the season’s heat. A cooling break? Yes! A fun trick for your chicken’s summer snacking is to...
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The Cross Beak Chronicles: Helen’s Story…
This is the story of Helen, my little cross beak Easter Egger. She is a survivor, to say the least, and has completely captured my heart. Helen was not expected to live very long, yet she is now three...
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Use First Saturday Lime for Chickens & Your Garden Will Thank You!
First Saturday Lime is great for the garden and chicken coop! One of my must-have supplies for backyard homesteading is First Saturday lime. Garden lime (no, not the citrus plant!) is a rock powder...
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January Backyard Chicken Checklist: 9 Tips to Help Your Flock
Start the new year off right and keep your backyard chicken flock clean and organized with our January backyard chicken checklist. Learn about chicken care tips and must-have products to help your...
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Chicken Vent Gleet: An Icky, Sticky Problem
As a My Pet Chicken Customer Service Rep, I receive health-related questions from y’all almost daily. A common question is about what appears to be a pasty butt in older chickens. In my experience,...
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Chicken Activist One-Eyed Sal: Exclusive Interview
Chicken Activist Sally Bird—or as she is affectionately known, “One-Eyed Sal”—is a Barred Plymouth Rock and an activist for change within chicken-kind, an outspoken critic of the pecking order as it...
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Small flock guidelines for FDA’s new rules
If you keep chickens and haven’t yet heard about the FDA’s recent rules and standards changes please take a moment to read them. In this post, we’ll provide some small flock guidelines and reminders to...
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Chicken Activist One-Eyed Sal: Exclusive Interview
Chicken Activist Sally Bird—or as she is affectionately known, “One-Eyed Sal”—is a Barred Plymouth Rock and an activist for change within chicken-kind, an outspoken critic of the pecking order as it...
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Chicken Consultant: Top 3 Most Difficult Questions
It’s the Chicken Consultant again! You know me…chicken chatting is my profession. That in itself is difficult enough to explain to people when they run into me at the store, at a party or simply out...
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Small flock guidelines for FDA’s new rules
If you keep chickens and haven’t yet heard about the FDA’s recent rules and standards changes please take a moment to read them. In this post, we’ll provide some small flock guidelines and reminders to...
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The grossest egg your hens will ever lay
While most of the eggs your hens will lay are going to be very normal, to start off October on a Halloween-ey note, I thought we’d take a moment to discuss the grossest egg you’ll ever see from your...
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My Pet Chickens from My Pet Chicken
I’m a customer service rep here at My Pet Chicken, which means I’ve held the hands of countless beginners. I’ve laughed at your stories. I’ve helped you troubleshoot. I’ve placed hundreds of chick...
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