Hi, my name is Victoria Matarella and if you have landed on this page, I guess you have either just purchased some chickens or intend to get some. Well you have come to the right place. Here at Happy Chicken Coops, our aim is to provide you with the information you need to successfully raise healthy, happy chickens.

Whether as a beginner or someone who has been keeping these amazing birds for some time, we hope to help you love having these friendly birds as your pets.

If you have never kept chickens before, then before getting started the first thing you will need to check out is your Local areas Laws and Regulations on being able to keep Chickens. As some councils will not allow you to have a Rooster and have limits on how many hens that you can keep in your backyard.

Reading up on accurate information about the care of Chickens, how to house them, and what to feed them is the best way to be prepared when getting chickens.

Depending on whether you are purchasing Day Old Chickens or Pullets ready to start laying, you will need different equipment and different types of Chicken Feed.

We are here to help you on your journey, helping you to care for your chickens at what ever age. From day old chickens right through to mature chickens.

What to Feed your Chickens depending on their age.

How to Care for Baby Chickens

What types of Chicken Coops

Keeping your Chickens Happy and Healthy

Hatching out Chickens

No more are chickens just found on the farm! Keeping a small flock of backyard chickens is becoming more and more popular in suburbia and even in urban areas. It’s quite possible you already have neighbors or know someone else who has their own chickens. So if you’re considering keeping backyard chickens for the first time, congratulations!

Chickens are an enjoyable, beneficial backyard addition that are relatively very easy to care for. Some need only a small area to free-range in so are suited to suburban backyards. Aside from initial costs such as your coop and ongoing feed, they are quite affordable to keep and will save you money as you’ll no longer be buying eggs. You may even make money from selling eggs and chicken poo as fertilizer!

Before getting started the first thing you will need to check out is your local areas Law and Regulations on being able to keep chickens. Especially as some local areas will not allow you to keep a Rooster and may have a limit on the number of hens that you can keep.

Reasons to Keep Chickens There are so many reasons to keep backyard chickens – and these go well beyond the obvious appeal of having your own fresh, organic eggs. In so saying, fresh eggs every day is the top reason why most people choose to keep chickens.

There’s nothing quite like a warm, fresh, newly-laid egg. Unlike most store-bought eggs, a fresh egg from your own hen is unparalleled in its richness, flavor, texture and appearance. Depending on your breed of hen, your eggs can vary enormously in color. The freshest eggs have hard shells and yolks that are strong, vibrantly orange, and flavorsome, with egg whites that are thick. There is no better egg for poaching than a farm (or backyard) fresh egg.

Eggs produced by your own chickens are highly nutritious and you decide what goes into making them by feeding your hens accordingly. The nutritional content of your hens’ egg yolks is determined by a rich and diverse diet of quality feed as well as grasses, vegetable and fruit snacks, appropriate protein, bugs and seeds.

Depending on whether you are purchasing Day Old Chicks or Pullets ready to start laying, you will need different equipment and different types of chicken feed.