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Keeping a clean waterer is essential for chickens, especially in the summer when they're losing water during the heat from panting and need to drink more! Dr. Mikayla is sharing some practical tips for keeping your flock's water clean this season.

It's hot outside, and you may be wondering about some ways to keep your chickens cool when they experience prolonged hot weather. Dr. Mikayla is sharing a specific way to cool chickens down effectively with water. To learn more about how heat affects our chickens, visit us at BackyardChicken.com.

When our chickens are exposed to hot weather for an extended period of time, it can put them at risk for disease because heat stress affects all aspects of their physiology (especially their immune systems)! Dr. Mikayla explains how this can happen and some ways you can support your flock if they experience heat stress.

Keeping the chicken coop dry is always a challenge, but especially during the summer since our chickens are drinking more water and there is an abundance of FLIES buzzing in the area. Dr. Mikayla is sharing tips for coop care during the summer months.

We don't think much about the logistics when we're making our breakfast, but producing an egg requires a perfect combination of the right timing and physiological coordination. Plus, there are many factors that affect egg production. Dr. Mikayla explores some ways to help you figure out why your hens or pullets may not be laying eggs.

This summer is predicted to be a scorcher, which is great for pool-goers, but not always great for chickens. Dr. Mikayla is sharing about heat stress, how it affects chickens, and some signs to watch out for!

Heat stress is the number one challenge with chickens and other poultry during the summer. In this video, Dr. Mikayla shares exactly how chickens try to cool down when the temperature is sizzling outside, and she's giving some tips on how you can support your flock during prolonged hot weather as well!

Today, Dr. Mikayla shares the benefits of probiotics (or the good bacteria lives in the digestive system) and how they can benefit chickens. A daily probiotic is an excellent way to maintain balance, help the immune system, and prevent illness in your flock. Have you ever given your flock probiotics?

Summer is here, and with it come a few changes for our backyard chickens that can be challenging to manage, including heat stress, more water consumption, eating less feed, loud noise exposure, and LOTS OF EGGS. Dr. Mikayla shares how to use FlockLeader products when you encounter some of the challenges of summer!

There's nothing cuter than watching your kids run around and interact with backyard chickens! However, the CDC recommends that children under 5 do not handle chickens. Dr. Mikayla is sharing some safer ways for your young children to be with your flock - that way, they can still experience the many joys of chicken ownership and you can have some peace of mind.

If you treat or fertilize your lawn, you've probably wondered if some of the products for lawn and garden care are safe for your flock since they forage and eat grass, plants and insects from the garden. As we've talked about in other videos, what chickens eat can affect their health and end up in their eggs, so Dr. Mikayla is here with some tips on chicken safety and lawn care.

If you’re consuming eggs that come from your backyard poultry, what THEY eat can affect the health of your family! That’s why we’re committed to using black soldier fly larvae, or BSFL, that’s grown, dried, and manufactured in the United States for FREEDOM FLY and all of our FUNctional poultry treats.Our commitment to sourcing ONLY from the United States means our BSFL are raised and dried in a...

Here at Perdue, we take the health of our flocks and our families very seriously. We’ll never cut corners on that, even if it’s more expensive! Our goal is to provide you, your family, and your flock the safest, highest quality, and most nutritious black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) on the market. And that’s why we only use BSFL that’s grown, dried, and packaged here in the USA.

Did you know that FREEDOM FLY, our black soldier fly larvae poultry treat, has a COMPLETELY American supply chain? We’re committed to safety, nutrition, and sustainability. And that’s why FREEDOM FLY is made and packaged right here in the USA. Whether it’s the bugs, bag, or box…you can count on our commitment to 100% USA supply chain every step of the way!

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