#backyardchickens — Public Fediverse posts

Those of you with chickens, how to you feed them? Do you groe any of their food? Do you buy ready-made food? Do you mix ingredients yourself? Do you compost in the coop area? How? How often do you feed?

We still have half a bag of dry chick feed because its what the old hen is used to but we want proper food for them. Just like with the dog, I want real food for them, not dry kibble.

#chickens #backyardChickens

#backyardchickens #birbs

The new poulets (young chickens, also French word for chicken and French slang for cops, 😃) are getting used to their new humans.

Two of them are very social, they carefully approach to get a better look.

The resident older chickens are still largely ignoring the newcomers. Very different from a few years ago, when they simply tried to kill the new ones.

#backyardChickens #coops #cops

The new poulets (young chickens, also French word for chicken and French slang for cops, 😃) are getting used to their new humans.

Two of them are very social, they carefully approach to get a better look.

The resident older chickens are still largely ignoring the newcomers. Very different from a few years ago, when they simply tried to kill the new ones.

#backyardChickens #coops #cops

"About 26 billion #chickens occupy Earth, but apart from the lucky ones in backyards, most are condemned to the hellscape that is #industrialFarming."

Ian Frazier reviews #UnderTheHenfluence, #Yardbirds, and #Hatched

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/02/12/bang-the-drumstick-slowly-under-the-henfluence-yard-birds/
https://archive.ph/v4Fjl

#farms #factoryFarms #factoryFarming #CAFOs #crueltyToAnimals #BigAg #animalWelfare #poultryIndustry #poultry #backyardChickens #books @bookstodon

"About 26 billion #chickens occupy Earth, but apart from the lucky ones in backyards, most are condemned to the hellscape that is #industrialFarming."

Ian Frazier reviews #UnderTheHenfluence, #Yardbirds, and #Hatched

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/02/12/bang-the-drumstick-slowly-under-the-henfluence-yard-birds/
https://archive.ph/v4Fjl

#farms #factoryFarms #factoryFarming #CAFOs #crueltyToAnimals #BigAg #animalWelfare #poultryIndustry #poultry #backyardChickens #books @bookstodon

"About 26 billion #chickens occupy Earth, but apart from the lucky ones in backyards, most are condemned to the hellscape that is #industrialFarming."

Ian Frazier reviews #UnderTheHenfluence, #Yardbirds, and #Hatched

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/02/12/bang-the-drumstick-slowly-under-the-henfluence-yard-birds/
https://archive.ph/v4Fjl

#farms #factoryFarms #factoryFarming #CAFOs #crueltyToAnimals #BigAg #animalWelfare #poultryIndustry #poultry #backyardChickens #books @bookstodon

"About 26 billion #chickens occupy Earth, but apart from the lucky ones in backyards, most are condemned to the hellscape that is #industrialFarming."

Ian Frazier reviews #UnderTheHenfluence, #Yardbirds, and #Hatched

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/02/12/bang-the-drumstick-slowly-under-the-henfluence-yard-birds/
https://archive.ph/v4Fjl

#farms #factoryFarms #factoryFarming #CAFOs #crueltyToAnimals #BigAg #animalWelfare #poultryIndustry #poultry #backyardChickens #books @bookstodon

"About 26 billion #chickens occupy Earth, but apart from the lucky ones in backyards, most are condemned to the hellscape that is #industrialFarming."

Ian Frazier reviews #UnderTheHenfluence, #Yardbirds, and #Hatched

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/02/12/bang-the-drumstick-slowly-under-the-henfluence-yard-birds/
https://archive.ph/v4Fjl

#farms #factoryFarms #factoryFarming #CAFOs #crueltyToAnimals #BigAg #animalWelfare #poultryIndustry #poultry #backyardChickens #books @bookstodon

Here is an excellent 5-minute video about why you should raise your own chickens, only buy 100% organic pasture-raised, or not eat them at all.

https://youtu.be/bo8b_c8M22g

#SustainableFarming #OrganicLiving #PastureRaised #EthicalEating #AnimalWelfare #FarmToTable #HealthyLiving #SustainableFood #BackyardChickens #EcoConscious #OneCommunityGlobal #FoodEthics

If you are interested in raising your own chickens, or you know someone who is, it just so happens that I narrated an audiobook about that!

Raising Chickens for Beginners: The Complete Guide to Raising Backyard Chickens - Quality Eggs, Safe, Healthy and Smell-Free Coop by Otis Banks comes with a free ebook edition when you buy the audiobook.

https://geni.us/RaisingChickens

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@solarpunk @audiobooks @bookstodon

#Solarpunk #Chickens #BackyardChickens #UrbanFarming #Chooks

City explores bylaw to allow backyard chickens in Prince Rupert
#PrinceRupert #BritishColumbia #Canada #Food #Agriculture #BackyardChickens #UrbanFarming #FoodSecurity #Sustainability #LocalFood #WasteReduction #CityCouncil #EnvironmentalStewardship
https://the-14.com/city-explores-bylaw-to-allow-backyard-chickens-in-prince-rupert/

A few days late but today was the last inside day for our teenagers. They are in a makeshift isolation area in the chicken run to get acclimated to outside and the old ladies.

#BackyardChickens #Chickens #GraduationDay #Teenagers

Chicks on their 1 week birthday

#BackyardChickens #PRChickens #Chicks #pollitos #ElCampo #PuertoRico

Chicks on their 1 week birthday

#BackyardChickens #PRChickens #Chicks #pollitos #ElCampo #PuertoRico

Chicks on their 1 week birthday

#BackyardChickens #PRChickens #Chicks #pollitos #ElCampo #PuertoRico

Chicks on their 1 week birthday

#BackyardChickens #PRChickens #Chicks #pollitos #ElCampo #PuertoRico