Saving the Planet by Addressing Biodiversity Loss
Biodiversity refers to all living things globally and has been declining alarmingly fast in recent years due to hazardous human activities, including land-use changes, pollution, …
Home Basics: 3 Suggestions to Make Your Home More Comfortable
For many of us, our home is our favorite place on earth. And why not? It’s the place where we relax, rest, and sleep after …
Can Chickens Swim As Well As Ducks?
Since ducks, swans, and penguins can swim, some people would assume that it means chickens can swim, too. After all, they have roughly the same …
How Does Chicken Breeding Happen? Reproduction for a Small Chicken Farm
For those who are planning to start a small chicken farm in their home (or are just curious to know how it works and stumbled …
Why Pet Chickens Aren’t the Same As Other Mammal Pets
Most people assume that chickens belong in a farm or in the wild, but very few ever think of turning these birds into domesticated pets. …
How to Tell the Difference Between a Rooster and a Hen
It’s easy to spot the difference between a hen and a rooster. A hen has a smaller comb and waddle while roosters have relatively large …
The Chicken Cloaca: How Chickens Poop and Reproduce (And Why Chickens Don’t Technically Pee)
If you’ve ever seen a chicken’s body, you might wonder where all its excretory holes are. For humans, it varies according to sex: men have …
Is That a Chicken?! What Baby Chickens Are Called
By now, most of us already know the different names of chickens according to sex. A fully-grown male chicken is known as a rooster, which …
Chicken Anatomy Explained: How Chickens’ Ear Colors Can Predict Egg Color
Yes, chickens do have ears – just not in the way we think ears would look. Ears are an important part of the body, and …
Flight of the Chicks: Why Chickens Fly and Other Things
Why did the chicken need to cross the road when he could have easily flown across? Yes, unlike what a lot of people thing, gallus …