Hen Up Chicken Feed is a non-GMO complete feed designed for chickens that provides all of their nutritional requirements, eliminating the need for supplements. It can serve as their only diet without supplements being necessary. Hens require at least 17% …
Weeds may seem like unwanted plants to those striving to achieve an ideal lawn, but they play an integral part in supporting local pollinators populations. Bee populations have been in decline due to pathogens (notably Varroa), environmental factors and reduced …
Simple and inexpensive Langstroth-style hive top feeder designed to quickly provide bees with sugar syrup. Featuring an accessible access area that enables bees to take in their meal faster. Build it easily to protect the feeder from robbers and elements, …
As chicken feathers are composed of keratin – just like our hair and nails are! – the best way to help a chicken go through molting is with protein-rich foods. In order to regrow feathers they need an adequate supply …
Chickens are omnivores, meaning they need both vegetables and meat for sustenance. Meat protein provides them with energy-boosting energy to stay warm on cold days as well as support during their molting cycle. Lean meats should be preferred when feeding …
Honey bee colonies rely on foraging for nectar sources to supplement their food stores, but in early spring established colonies can quickly exhaust their reserves of honey storage. Therefore, it’s critical that hives possess enough stored honey reserves until flowering …
Feeding healthy chickens requires quality feed that’s free from harmful additives. Furthermore, it should contain an optimal blend of amino acids for their optimal development. Chicken feed can take the form of mash, pellets or crumbles. Mile Four of Minneapolis …
Feeding sugar syrup to bees during late winter and early spring often does not work well; bees will simply not accept it and it may induce brood rearing when not necessary. One common method of feeding is with a “bag …
Feed accounts for 70% of the cost associated with raising chickens. Commercial poultry feed comes in either mash, crumble or pellet form and has been carefully designed to provide birds with all of the essential vitamins and nutrients required for …
Candy boards (or sugar fondant) are a simple beekeeping project designed to aid your colony during an especially long Winter. Although some recipes for candy may become complex, it doesn’t have to be. Combine dry sugar and water until the …