BACKYARD CHICKEN CARE • BREEDS • EGGS
Practical Backyard Chicken Care From Real Flock Experience
Clear, practical guidance for raising healthy chickens, choosing breeds, improving coops, feeding your flock, and solving everyday chicken-keeping problems.
Chicken Journal combines hands-on flock experience with careful research, so you can spend less time sorting through generic advice and more time caring for your birds.
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FLOCK EXPERIENCE
Raising Chickens Since 2010
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REAL-WORLD SCALE
250–500 Bird Free-Range Flock
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EDITORIAL APPROACH
Hands-On + Carefully Researched
EXPLORE BY TOPIC
Backyard Chicken Care, Breeds, Health & Equipment
Jump straight to the part of chicken keeping you need help with. These are the same five core sections already used across Chicken Journal.
Chicks, feeding, eggs, flock behavior, predators, seasonal care, and everyday backyard problems.
Compare temperament, egg production, size, appearance, climate suitability, and breed-specific care.
Flock health, nutrition, biosecurity, vaccination, breeding, seasonal care, and management basics.
Coops, feeders, waterers, incubators, brooders, fencing, ventilation, and useful flock supplies.
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DIY
Practical projects for coops, runs, feeders, enrichment, repairs, and backyard upgrades.
START HERE
Essential Guides for New Chicken Keepers
Three useful places to begin before you move into more specific flock questions.
COOP SECURITY
Build a Predator-Proof Coop
Strengthen the coop and run before predators become an emergency.
Search Hundreds of Existing Chicken Guides
Search by breed, symptom, feed, predator, egg question, coop problem, or equipment type.
CHOOSE YOUR FLOCK
Explore Chicken Breeds With a Clear Purpose
Not every good breed is right for every backyard.
Use Chicken Journal’s breed guides to compare egg laying, temperament, climate tolerance, body size, appearance, and care needs before choosing birds for your flock.
HEALTH & MANAGEMENT
Build Better Daily Flock Habits
Healthier flocks usually come from consistent basics: suitable feed, clean water, ventilation, biosecurity, observation, seasonal care, and knowing when a problem needs professional veterinary attention.
BEHIND CHICKEN JOURNAL
Real Flock Experience, Backed by Careful Research
Hi, I’m Bijaya Kumar, founder of Chicken Journal, a registered pharmacist, and a hands-on chicken keeper.
My family and I have raised chickens since 2010. Our experience with a large free-range flock shapes the practical questions I research and write about here.
- Family chicken keeping since 2010
- Experience with a 250–500 bird free-range flock
- Research-aware poultry health and management content
- Clear veterinary boundaries for health information
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