If you’ve gone through the fun of breeding rabbits and helping them start families of their own, you may have seen this odd phenomenon where the mother or father will eat their babies! It’s alarming, though not uncommon in the wild. Why would rabbits eat their babies? How do we prevent this? I looked into […]
Can You Have Just One Chicken? Health And Happiness Questions Answered
Chickens are great, but they need a flock to be happy and mentally healthy. When some get sick or attacked, chicken keepers will sometimes find themselves with only one chicken on their mini-farm. Is this OK? Will your fowl survive? Can you have just one chicken? I didn’t know the answer, so I researched and […]
Do Chickens Blink? And Other Common Eye Questions
I love spending time watching how chickens interact. But as I was watching them, I noticed they didn’t blink their eyes. They stayed open all the time. But then, at night, I’ve seen them closed. Was I missing something? I needed to know the answer, so I researched the question: Do chickens blink? This article is […]
How To Milk A Chicken (A Real Question With A Real Answer)
I’d never thought about milking a chicken before, but I was surprised at the number of people who asked about it. I dismissed it out of hand at first, but then my mind started spinning. Was it possible to get milk from a hen? If so, I needed to know how to milk a chicken. Chickens […]
Do Rabbits Run Or Hop? How Fast And Other Common Questions
When we were thinking about getting rabbits in our home, our kids had a lot of questions. One of the biggest ones was: Do rabbits run or hop? Rabbits don’t run; they hop. Their powerful back legs and agile front feet help them to burst into motion to escape from predators. Everything from their toe positions […]
How To Trim A Rabbit’s Nails Without Force (And Other Trimming Questions)
Rabbits are cute and fun to own, but cutting the nails is one of my least favorite parts of being a bunny dad (especially when the rabbit is nervous). Not only do you need to know how to cut the bunny’s nails, but you also need to do so in a way that doesn’t traumatize […]
Why Is My Rabbit Scratching The Floor? + Other Q’s
When your rabbit scratches the floor, it’s a little alarming at first. Sometimes, they’ll go at with a huge amount of energy! Usually, it’s nothing to worry about, but I did want to talk more about the question: Why is my rabbit scratching the floor? Rabbits typically scratch the floor because they either want attention, are […]
Can Chickens Eat Rice Krispies Cereal? (Critical!)
Chickens are well-known for their habit of eating anything they can fit in their gullets, but not everything is good or safe for them. I’d often heard cereals are yummy for your fowl friends, but I only had Rice Krispies when I first looked into this. I didn’t want my hens to have issues, so […]
What Did Chickens Eat Before Commercial Feed? (Natural Feeding Explained)
One day I was spreading out the feed for my chickens, and I started to think about how people did this all before commercial chicken feed. It’s such a staple of my hens’ diet; what would they have without it? I started to wonder: What did chickens eat before commercial feed? Before commercial feed, chickens free […]
How Many Eggs Are In A Chicken At One Time?
Whenever people hear that my family keeps chickens at our home, they always ask me a bunch of questions (which I love!). Most of these I expect, but some are questions I’d never expect. And that’s OK because these are great questions. Here’s one: How many eggs are in a chicken at one time? Chickens don’t […]