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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Why Do Chickens Make Barking Noises?
Chickens don’t really bark. That sound is one of their named calls, often a rooster’s alarm, and what your flock does right…
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Buff Orpington vs Buff Rock: Look at the Legs First
Buff Orpington or Buff Rock? Check the legs: pinkish white on the Orpington, yellow on the Rock. Then compare size, eggs, broody…
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Buff Orpington vs Jersey Giant: A Big Hen and a Giant One
A Jersey Giant hen outweighs a Buff by 2 pounds, lays months later and needs lower roosts, while the egg counts barely…
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Buff Orpington vs Golden Comet: A Broody Breed Against a Laying Cross
The Golden Comet is a hatchery cross, the Buff a color of an old, often broody breed. Eggs, chick sexing, size, cold,…
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Buff Orpington vs ISA Brown: An Old Breed Against a Laying Hybrid
The Buff is an Orpington color, the ISA Brown a laying hybrid. Eggs, weight, feed and broody hens side by side, and…
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Buff Orpington vs Barred Rock: One of Them Wants to Sit
They’re half a pound apart and their egg counts overlap. What really splits them is broodiness: the Orpington loves to sit, and…
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Rhode Island Red vs Australorp: Close on Eggs, Not on Roosters
The two are close on eggs, so pick by summer heat, the rooster you want and the strain. Here’s how eggs, size,…
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Rhode Island Red vs Buckeye: More Eggs, or a Comb Built for Winter?
I’d pick the Buckeye for a yard with bitter winters and room for the birds to roam. I’d pick the Rhode Island…
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Rhode Island Red vs Plymouth Rock: Two Old Breeds and the Cross They Make
Rhode Island Red or Barred Rock? Egg counts, the broody split, the size gap, and why a Red rooster over Rock hens…
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Feeding Rhode Island Reds from Chick to Hen: What the Feed Tags and Guides Say
Feeding a Rhode Island Red by age, from chick starter to layer feed at 18 to 20 weeks, with each tag’s protein…
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Rhode Island Red Egg Production: What Each Source Says a Hen Lays
A production Rhode Island Red lays around 200 to 300 eggs in her first year, about 4 to 6 a week, then…
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Can Chickens Eat Frozen Peas? Yes, Plain and a Little at a Time
Frozen peas are blanched garden peas, fine for hens frozen or thawed with no cooking. Keep them plain and give about a…
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Can Chickens Eat Zucchini and Cucumbers?
I’ve had my fair share of adventures trying to figure out what I can and can’t feed my backyard chickens. There was…
