Strong Animals Chicken Essentials

08/26/2025

Curious about when your hens will start laying those first eggs? 🥚

Our latest blog covers the age most chickens begin laying, signs they’re ready and tips for healthy, productive backyard flocks!

I’ll never forget the first time I thought my hen, Coco, laid her first egg. I was so excited I told the whole internet about it… only to find out someone had slipped a fake egg into my coop! It didn’t crack the next morning, and I was crushed. Two days later, Coco really did lay her first egg...

08/22/2025

Ever wondered what fermenting chicken feed is all about? There’s a reason more backyard flock owners are giving it a go. Find out why!

Raising happy, healthy chickens often starts with what you feed them. One increasingly popular practice among backyard chicken keepers is fermenting chicken feed. But what exactly is fermented feed, and why might you consider it for your flock?What is Fermented Chicken Feed?Fermenting chicken feed m...

08/14/2025

Meet the Speckled Sussex! This beautiful, hardy breed is known for its friendly nature and steady egg production, even through chilly Minnesota winters!

Read the full blog to see why they might be the perfect addition to your flock 🥰🐓

If you’ve pursued pictures of beautiful chickens like I have, surely you’ve come across a Speckled Sussex! In my opinion, they’re absolutely gorgeous and on my list to add in the future. If you’re looking for a chicken breed that combines beauty, egg production and personality, the Sussex ch...

08/04/2025

Chicken Math Professor is celebrating on Stay tuned for on how to get involved!! (If you’re a vendor and want to to the please PM us!)

08/01/2025

Your egg basket might be missing its most eye-catching color. Discover the rarest egg and the quirky chickens that lay it! 🥚

When we think about chicken eggs, the first colors that come to mind are the familiar whites and browns. But the world of backyard chicken keeping quickly reveals a far more colorful reality. One egg color stands out as the rarest and most sought-after: the blue-green egg, famously laid by the Arauc...

08/01/2025

07/22/2025

Beat the heat with frozen watermelon kabob chicken treats! Perfect for hot, humid days! 🍉💧

We’re in the thick of summer and boy is it hot! The girls are constantly looking for shade and digging deep into the dirt to try and stay cool. One of my flock’s favorite chicken treats of all time is a juicy watermelon. So, in order to help them beat the heat, I made up these frozen watermelon ...

07/22/2025

07/11/2025

Summer heat is tough on your flock! Flock Fixer gives them more than just water with electrolytes, probiotics, vitamins and oregano essential oils to help them power through stress.

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07/11/2025

Check out the top 3 diseases that can impact your flock and how to prevent them naturally! 👇

The internet is full of beautiful chicken coops, elegantly feathered chickens and chicken keepers who are followed around by sunbeams and gorgeous landscapes. And, while some of these things are absolutely beautiful and out there no doubt, raising backyard chickens isn’t all rainbows and butterfli...

07/04/2025

Red, white & peep! From our flock to yours, have a happy and safe 4th of July!🎉🐓

07/01/2025

These festive mocktails are the perfect 4th of July sip! Refreshing, red-white-and-blue and ready for wherever the weekend takes you.

🍉 Watermelon cooler, anyone?
🍓 Patriotic sparkler?

Get the full lineup: 👉

Photo Credit: Sugar Maple Farmhouse Our family loves the 4th of July! Celebrating our country’s independence while hanging out with family and friends in the beautiful Minnesota summer is nothing short of amazing. Our family all heads up to my parent’s cabin in northern Minnesota and spend our d...