Hen Up® Articles

  • Winter Weather Wisdom For Backyard Flocks

    By: Hen Up Welcome to the Winter edition of Chicken Confidential, our ongoing series of insider know-how and answers to frequently asked questio...
    Posted in backyard flock, Chicken Confidential, FAQ, winter

  • That’s entertainment! Enjoying and enriching your backyard flock experience.

    When you decided to start keeping chickens, there’s a very good chance that the decision was motivated primarily if not entirely by the prospect of fresh eggs every morning. And while the yard-to-table goodness of those eggs is probably still the biggest benefit of having funny feathered friends, we’ll bet you’ve fallen in love with the whole backyard flock experience. Hens are funny creatures, and just watching them go about their daily lives doing chicken things can be as relaxing as it is entertaining.

  • Ready to rock out with your flock? It’s Coopstock!

    Over the past 18 months, thousands of families across the country have discovered the joys of keeping chickens in their backyards. At the same time, the pandemic shut down concert venues large and small, leaving music fans with few options to enjoy live performances.

     

  • Hot Hen Summer? Here’s How You Can Help Them Keep Cool.

      By: Hen Up Welcome to the summer edition of Chicken Confidential, our ongoing series of insider know-how and answers to frequently asked questio...
    Posted in Chicken Confidential, chickens, FAQ, hot, summer

  • Celebrate National Coloring Book Day with Hen Up!

    Let’s get colorful! August 2nd is National Coloring Book Day and we’re celebrating with this coloring sheet featuring our funny feathered friends. ...

  • Our Top Tips to Protect Your Pretty Biddies.

    By: Hen Up It’s time for another installment of Chicken Confidential, our ongoing series of insider know-how and answers to frequently asked quest...
    Posted in Chicken Confidential

  • Hens In The House!

    By: Hen Up® Welcome back to Chicken Confidential, an ongoing series of posts that’s part FAQ, part how-to, part advice column and all about helpin...
    Posted in backyard flock, Chicken Confidential, chickens, FAQ, life stages

  • Week 1: Meet Your New Chicks

    By: Hen Up® Welcome to the first edition of Chicken Confidential, an ongoing series of posts that’s part FAQ, part how-to, part advice column and ...
    Posted in baby chicks, backyard flock, Chicken Confidential, chickens, Chicks, FAQ, start and grow

  • Three simple ways to help your ladies lay good eggs.

    By Hen Up™ Maybe you first decided to get hens so you could enjoy fresh, yard-to-table eggs every morning. But before too long, they clucked their...

  • Puffball Pointers, Part 2: Get your chicks off to a healthy start

    By Hen Up™ OK, so you’ve done all the work to get your brooder ready for your new backyard flock. (If not, be sure to read Part 1!). In mere days, ...

  • New Chicks in the Flock

    By Hen Up Organics We’ve all been there: Moving into a new neighborhood or starting at a new school. Everything’s weird and different, you don’t kn...

  • There’s no happy like hen happy: 5 signs of chicken contentment

    Here’s a Hen Up™ Fun Fact for you: There are roughly 30 distinct vocal sounds that chickens use to communicate with each other. Unfortunately, the...