Chickens

Chickens is dedicated to all chicken enthusiasts. It's your best resource for all things poultry, including nutrition, health and wellbeing. Each issue of Chickens magazine also contains inspiring stories from fellow chicken-keepers. Get to know about different breeds of chickens, new poultry products, DIY projects and a lot more.

Chickens

BREEDS you need

Chicken Toe Injuries

The Fall Audit

Birds of Prey • Hawks, eagles and owls can decimate your poultry within a few hours, so take precautions to protect your flock.

Design DETAILS • Home is where the heart is, and that saying also applies to the chickens in our lives.

Across the Pond

Under the Weather • As daylight fades and temps drop, backyard flocks face new seasonal challenges.

Croque MADAME

ONE COOL Coop • The Fisher Farmette is a lovingly evolving work in progress.

BIRDS OF A Feather • OK, so they don’t allow chickens to fly well, but chickens’ feathers provide other important functions: protection, body-temperature regulation, beauty and more.

General Store • Bring the chickens inside with rooster, hen and chic(k) décor.

Finding Fence • Keep your chickens corralled with modern fencing options that are designed for free-ranging and coop situations.

Wing Tip • Bumpy eggs could mean chickens have too much calcium in their diet.

Feeding for Layers • If you’re wondering about what you should be feeding your laying hens, don’t overthink it.

Shutterclucks Winner!

More on Molting

SHELL CONSTRUCTION • If your ladies are laying eggs with thin shells, investigate what you are — and are not — feeding them.

Goose or Gaggle • If you’re thinking of adding a single goose or a gaggle to your flock, this is what you need to know.

Chicken Scratch

LAST Squawk