Author: Tanner Barnsley
Tanner Barnsley is the pen name on Chicken Rise's backyard chicken guides: what is safe to feed a flock, breeds, coops and chicks. Chicken Rise is written by a small team under pen names; we are not vets, and if a bird is unwell, call an avian vet.
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Small Backyard Chicken Coop for 3 to 6 Hens: What I’d Build
My hot take after 8 years and 12 hens? Most coop plans online have never held a chicken through a real winter.…
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Free Range Chickens: Hours, Hawks, Dogs and Getting Them Back In
Opening the gate and letting your flock roam the yard is half the reason a lot of us keep chickens. They chase…
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How to Collect, Clean and Store Fresh Eggs (Skip the Sink)
I’ve kept a flock for eight years, twelve hens and one rooster with a bad attitude. The first thing most new egg…
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10 Genius Chicken Roost Ideas for Cozy Nights : You Can’t Resist!
Three dead hens. That’s what I found that January morning, stiff in the corner of the coop, after what I thought was…
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Rhode Island Red vs Buff Orpington: Which Backyard Chicken is Right For You?
A Rhode Island Red once put a Buff Orpington pullet in the vet. $180 later, the breeder who sold her to me…
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Can Chickens Eat Black-Eyed Peas?
I’ve got a funny story for you about the time I tried to feed my chickens some black-eyed peas. Now, being the…
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Laying the Foundation: A Beginner’s Handbook to Egg-Raising Chickens 🐣
🥚 By Tanner · ChickenRise How to Raise Chickens for Eggs From picking the breed to selling the surplus — the whole…
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To Pen or Not to Pen: Chicken Pens vs Runs
Now I ain’t no expert chicken farmer, but I’ve had my fair share of feathered friends on the homestead over the years.…
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7+ Chicken Pen Ideas to Give Your Flock Room to Roam
The Pen I Built First Was Beautiful and a Raccoon Defeated It in Eleven Days Three hundred and forty dollars. Cedar posts,…
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11+ Chicken Coop Ideas to Keep Your Flock Happy
I built a coop from a Pinterest plan that had 47,000 saves. Cost me six hens that winter. The plan had beautiful…
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Can Chickens Eat Black Rice?
Let me tell you, when I first decided to get chickens I was pumped, but I had no idea how much work…
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Can Chickens Eat Bitter Melon?
What Part of the Bitter Melon Plant You’re Actually Dealing With A fully ripe bitter melon splits open on its own and…
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Can Chickens Eat Beet Tops?
Well howdy folks, I’m Tanner Barnsley and I grew up on a small family farm in Kentucky raising chickens and growing our…
