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 ...

This story is from J.M. Jones and submitted as part of our Wisdom From Our Elders collection of self-sufficient tales from yesteryear. I would like to share my father’s method of raising chickens when ...

Winter should be just as good a time to raise chickens as any other time of year. With more latitude on temperature and air ...