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101 Chicken Keeping Hacks from Fresh Eggs Daily

176 Pages / 200 Color photos Paperback

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Gail Damerow — 8 Comments

Getting Guinea Fowl to Roost Indoors at Night

Guinea fowl are notoriously independent, often preferring to roost outdoors at night. They are more likely to perch high on a tree limb or on top of the coop roof, than to sleep inside, where they would be safe from owls and other night prowling predators. Getting guineas to go inside at night is the […]

DIY Chicken Keeping from Fresh Eggs Daily

160 Pages / 200 Color photos

Posted on January 2, 2020December 17, 2020 by Gail Damerow — 7 Comments

Planning Your Spring Chick Order

When planning your next order of chicks from the hatchery, give careful consideration to how many roosters you want (if any), and the real possibility that some of the chicks might not survive. Below are some important points to keep in mind when making your ordering decisions. Sexed Chicks For many breeds you have the […]

Posted on December 25, 2019 by Gail Damerow — 1 Comment

How Much Water Does a Chicken Drink?

How much water a chicken drinks each day depends on numerous factors including the bird’s size, water palatability, feed intake, feed composition, the environmental temperature, the bird’s condition of health, and whether the bird is laying. Under normal conditions, the average chicken drinks between one and two cups of water each day. A laying […]

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Gail Damerow — Leave a comment

How Much Feed Does a Chicken Eat?

How much feed a chicken eats each week varies with the chicken’s age, breed, and strain, degree of activity, and condition of health. Other factors include the ration’s palatability and texture, and its energy and protein content. In cold weather, a chicken stays warm by eating more than it does during the heat of […]

American Serama Bantams

Cackle Hatchery® does not offer Serama chicks for sale.

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Gail Damerow — 4 Comments

Buying a Ready-Made Chicken Coop — 10 Things to Consider

Buying a ready-made chicken coop, instead of building one yourself, has several advantages. It doesn’t require any carpentry tools or skills. It doesn’t take up several weekends of your free time to put together. And you don’t need a PhD in all the features a chicken coop needs. But you should know enough about how […]

Chicken Name Generator

Click button below to receive a name for a roo and hen. Choosing a chicken name is a personal decision, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enlist a little help from technology. Our chicken name generator is an excellent resource to simplify the process. With hundreds of different names for chickens at your fingertips, who […]

Chick Sales Sheets

PRINTABLE CHICK SALES SHEETS Tips for printing: Make sure your printer settings are set to landscape orientation and that the scale is set to “Fit to Page”. Ancona Duck Austra White Barnevelder Barred Cochin Barred Plymouth Rock Barred Rock Bantam Bielefelder Black Australorp Black Breasted Red Aseel Black Breasted Red Phoenix Black Cochin Standard Chicken […]