Is the price of eggs making you want to jump on the chicken bandwagon? Be sure you check your local ordinances regarding chickens before you make your decision. We both enjoy fresh eggs from our ...

Brooding baby chicks in cold weather — how low can you go? As it turns out, cold-weather brooding can go low indeed. Back in the 1950s, when the electric companies were promoting electric brooding as ...

Snap switches were created nearly 80 years ago to make chickens happy. The first snap-action precision switch was developed in 1932 for chicken brooder temperature control, the same year Charles F.

The first snap-action precision switch was developed by Burgess Laboratories in 1932 for temperature control in a chicken brooder. A Burgess employee purchased the electronics division in 1937 and ...

— Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed’s editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission. I’ve always wanted to raise chickens, and this spring, I finally ...

Getting started raising poultry is both exciting and rewarding in many ways. If you’re a hobby farmer or a beginner, an important key to health and growth is making sure they’re being raised in the ...

There’s a few things you need to know about chickens when you’re waiting for them to hatch, according to 6-year-old Theron Gough. One, it’s really fun to bang on nails when you’re building a place for ...

Farmex showed its new wireless brooder alarm for pheasant huts – or other portable/temporary buildings used for the purpose – at the Precision Farming show. This uses a temperature sensor in each hut ...