Welcome to The Chicken Keeper!
The goal of thechickenkeeper.com is to provide information, experience reports, backgrounds, tips and tricks on the topic of species-appropriate chicken husbandry.
Practical experiences facilitate the introduction to a responsible, original and ecological way to eggs and chicken meat. We also want to convey the joy in dealing with the animals and contribute to the preservation of rare breeds, so that the image of a proud cock and the hen with their chicks remains alive even in our times. Therefore, you will find all the necessary information about chicken farming at home on this website.
On our website you will find everything you need to know about keeping chickens. Besides general information about the henhouse, you can read about the advantages of a mobile henhouse, where you can buy a hen house or how you can build one yourself. Also read, what you should not miss when setting up the henhouse and how to make the barn winterproof. We also provide information on how to design and equip the chicken run and which food is right for your chickens. Read all about young chickens and their rearing. In addition to general chicken diseases, we also explain some important chicken diseases in more detail.
With all this information you should be well prepared for keeping chickens and your chickens should not lack anything.
Have fun reading and browsing!
Your Chicken Keeper Team
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