Mini Casa made this casa to celebrate Meyer Hatchery. Meyer Hatchery didn't make it and isn't affiliated with Mini Casa.
The blog of Meyer Hatchery, a hatchery selling chicks and poultry supplies, with posts on raising chickens. Useful for beginners starting a flock.
Starter advice for raising chicks and keeping backyard hens.
A guide to brooding chicks, covering how to set up the brooder.
Visit linkThe coop and run section, with the hatchery's DIY project plans for readers who build their own housing.
Visit linkExplains how hens can work in a garden, with natural pest control and fertilising as the main points, and gives tips for fitting chickens into a garden layout.
Visit linkThe hatchery is a women-owned business in Polk, Ohio, and its blog links the chick-selling side to the homestead. Hens are written about as part of gardening and permaculture, and posts cover regenerative gardens, the deep litter method for bedding and cutting feed waste. The writing is aimed at teachers and brand ambassadors as well as backyard keepers, and health posts such as bald spots in young chicks or hardware disease sit beside coop designs.
Read the noteStart with Caring for a Single Chick, which covers the case of one bird rather than a group, then Pros & Cons of an Elevated Coop for housing decisions. How To Be Successful With The Deep Litter Method is the next read for anyone choosing bedding.
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