Articles by Beekissed

You really need the right breeds/birds, the right rooster or dominant hen, the right place, the right dog, the right perimeter fencing(if in town), the right hideouts/duck and cover places, and the right attitude. Right breeds/birds~birds that are docile, slow-moving, overly fat, used to being...

There's not much about holistic poultry care out there and what there is is hidden deep among many old books, articles, etc. and most is taken from what is good for other livestock and even humans, then applying it to chickens to see if it works there too. It can take years upon years to slowly...

Here's a brief synopsis of a few treatments for those puzzled about how to treat for such things and still have eggs and meat you would want to eat. There are a few treatments that you can keep in your arsenal that can help if your flock gets mites but I can tell you that we kept chickens for...

Here's something that works and works well if you follow through and do it with attitude: When is the last time anyone saw one rooster holding another as he walked around doing his daily chores? That doesn't even compute in his brain case. Chickens respond to chicken behaviors, not human...

I free range so that they have fresh soils under their feet all day and aren't living on and eating the soils of runs that are contaminated with high loads of feces. If you cannot free range, paddocks that are movable are an option. If those are not an option, doing deep litter in the run and...