The nesting material in our chicken nesting boxes was getting raked out leading to dirty and cracked eggs, so this is how I fixed the problem. Also in this video, I show my latest experiment of trying ...

It's common to see chickens being kept in Australian backyards. They can deposit their eggs in long grass, around sheltered corners or behind mounds of soil — often anywhere except their fancy nesting ...

Chicken farms in the United States are large. Approximately 95 percent of all laying hens are raised on farms with more than 75,000 birds. Most of these hens reside in climate-controlled confinement ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Introduce laying boxes or nests early before the birds reach point of lay. My suggestion would be to bring them in at 12 weeks of age if they are mobile. An ideal situation is to have permanent boxes ...