Chicken Coop Plans

Several months ago I shared my Top Ten Favorite Blogs HERE.  Im sure many of you were surprised there was not a single chicken blog on the list! But believe it or not, much as I love my chickens, I do have other interests - like cooking. crafting, DIY, healthy living, etc. - and I do follow a wide range of blogs. However, I promised to share a list of my favorite chicken blogs with you all. So here it is.

My criteria for this list is, of course, that the blog is primarily about chickens and that the blogger believes in using natural methods for the most part. I also tend to follow blogs that are well-written with gorgeous photography. These ten blogs are all top-notch, both in the information they deliver AND their delivery and appearance.

Lisa Murano is one of the very first chicken bloggers I started following back in 2010. As a breeder, she is very knowledgeable and writes on some very pertinent chicken keeping topics. Her blog Murano Chicken Farm is a wealth of great information. Recent posts have tackled Using Leaves as Coop Bedding, Getting your Chickens Ready for Winter and Bugs in Chicken Feed.

I write for the Backyard Poultry Magazine site online along with a handful of other very talented bloggers. But honestly, thats not why this is one of my favorite blogs! As far as community blogs go, I think this group is the very best line-up of bloggers (which is why I was so happy with join up with them). There is a new blog post every day and the nice thing is that it allows you to read about a wide variety of topics from various bloggers while youre waiting for your next issue of the print magazine to arrive!

This next blogger probably hadnt even been born yet when I got my first chickens back in 2009, if you can believe that! But she writes a wonderfully informative blog, with each post usually accompanied by her original artwork. She really grasps the fundamentals of chicken keeping and is able to share them concisely. The Junior Blogger over at ChickinBoots is one to watch! She represents the next generation of backyard chicken keepers and I think shes got a career as a heavy-hitting blogger ahead of her! And kudos to her mom for encouraging and enabling her!

Speaking of chicken artwork, Lauren Scheuer is one of my favorite chicken bloggers. In addition to writing the humorous blog Scratch and Peck, she draws adorable chickens which appear regularly on her blog and also in her illustrated memoir Once Upon a Flock.

So there you have it. These are my favorite ten chicken blogs that I follow: the blogs whose posts I always am excited to see in my inbox and always learn something from, am entertained by or wowed by beautiful photography. They never disappoint, and the writers behind them are talented, smart and knowledgable.

My favorite way to follow blogs is via Bloglovin. All your favorite blogs in one place, one email a day with all the updates. Easy, clean, free and no-fuss. 

I hope you will visit some, or all, of these excellent blogs. And if YOU have a favorite chicken blog, please leave the link below.  Im sure there are hundreds of chicken blogs out there that Ive never stumbled across - and I am always on the lookout for new favorites. It was so hard to choose just ten...but I think youll agree that my choices are all worth checking out!