After a week and a half of an all-hands-on-deck situation dealing with one illness after another here at Lost Arrow, I got to spend a good length of […]
What Is Bumblefoot And How To Treat It
If you join any chicken related social media, you’ll soon notice that the term “bumblefoot” is often brought up. Bumblefoot is a fairly common chicken ailment that is […]
Common Chick Problems And How To Treat Them
As much as I love them, with chickens – it’s always something. Chickens are both outrageously resilient and incredibly fragile at the same time. When I made the […]
How To Properly Store Chicken Feed
Chicken feed doesn’t usually come in a small bag that can just be tucked away in a glass jar for storage. Most feed sold in farm supply stores […]
Why Do Chickens Sunbathe?
Have you ever walked out to see your chickens and have a mini heart attack because they’re sprawled out and you automatically assume the worst? Because let’s be […]
Chicken Math & How To Brood Chicks
It’s coming. The season where us chicken addicts have trouble entering the feed store because of that peep peep peeping taunting us with their cuteness. They’re begging us […]
Should A Rooster’s Spurs Be Removed?
If you were to ask several different chicken keepers if a rooster’s spurs should be removed, you would get a range of answers from them. Let’s first touch […]
How To Tell The Difference Between A Rooster And A Hen
The question of “hen or roo?” is one of the most commonly asked questions in chicken social media groups, in my experience. And now that I just typed […]
The Deep Litter Method & A Not So Glamorous Side Of Homesteading
In homesteading, for every picturesque scene that is shared on social media there are many less glamorous tasks happening behind the scenes. Take today for example – my […]
Birds, Bees, and Trees
Today was an unusually warm day for February in Ohio, topping out at a balmy 60F. It feels like Spring has come early, and perhaps it has, only […]