by McMurray Staff | Aug 4, 2026 | Backyard Chickens, Education, Featured, Gail Damerow, Guest Articles
Chickens make a variety of different sounds while engaging in specific activities. Continuing our interview series with Gail Damerow, poultry expert and best-selling author, we ask her for tips that might help us in translating this fowl language. Do the sounds...
by Stacy Benjamin | Jul 3, 2026 | Backyard Poultry, Education, Featured, Guest Articles, Stacy Benjamin, Turkeys
Turkeys instinctively want to roost up high with a good view of their surroundings. They often prefer to sleep out in the open and tend not to like sleeping in enclosed spaces. If you design a turkey shelter with their preferences in mind, you’ll have a better chance...
by McMurray Staff | May 4, 2026 | Backyard Chickens, Education, Featured, Gail Damerow, Guest Articles
Many beginning flock keepers are surprised and dismayed when they discover that chickens peck each other while establishing their social hierarchy. Continuing our interview series with Gail Damerow, poultry expert and best-selling author, we ask her to explain the...
by McMurray Staff | Jan 6, 2024 | Backyard Chickens, Backyard Poultry, Chicken Coops, Chickens, Education, Featured, Gail Damerow, Guest Articles
Cold stress in winter can affect a flock’s health. Continuing our interview series with Gail Damerow, poultry expert and best-selling author, we query her regarding winter health considerations for chickens. What is cold stress? “Cold stress occurs when a...
by Tom Watkins | Nov 2, 2022 | Education, Events, Guest Articles, Homesteading, Tom Watkins
I’ve been gone for work. That’s what my kids know. This was the busiest year we have had for traveling. This is both exciting and terrifying as well. I am a homebody. I want to be home with my family and dogs and chickens and cows. I want to do my chores and...
by Tom Watkins | Oct 23, 2022 | Education, Featured, Homesteading, Meat Birds, Tom Watkins
This article first appeared in the Fall 2022 issue of Homestead Living magazine. Whether you are a backyard hobbyist or a full scale homesteader, my guess is that you have at least flirted with the idea of raising your own meat chickens. Perhaps you are still in the...
