Backyard Poultry Magazine

06/26/2026

Share your grilling recipes for a chance to get featured in Countryside Magazine and GRIT Magazine!!

Got a legendary grill recipe that everyone raves about?

06/26/2026

Discover what combs and wattles of chickens, snoods and caruncles of turkeys, and facial caruncles of Muscovy ducks can reveal about poultry health.
🐔 Reading your poultry's facial tissue and appendages offers a wealth of information about the health and wellness of birds in your flock.

Discover what combs and wattles of chickens, snoods and caruncles of turkeys, and facial caruncles of Muscovy ducks can reveal about poultry health.

06/25/2026

Natural pest control methods can be both effective and safe for controlling flies in your chicken coop. 🪰 Try out these tips to keep the flies at bay in your coop.

Discover practical strategies for how to control flies around a chicken coop, from circulating air to making herbal fly sprays and more.

06/24/2026

♻️ Celebrate National Upcycling Day with this repurposed pallet project!🌿🐔 Turn a simple shipping pallet into a herbal snack bar for your flock.
⬇️ Check out the link below for materials and instructions.

You can quickly construct a herbal snack bar using a shipping pallet. We made two different gardens using pallets.

06/24/2026

Heavy duck breeds come in a variety of sizes from 2-pound Call Ducks to 15-pound Muscovy drakes. 🦆
These six super meat ducks, recognized by the American Poultry Association, are hard to beat when producing eggs and meat, and even hatching and raising ducklings. 🪿

Heavy duck breeds come in a variety of sizes and have a lot to offer with their sweet personalities and excellent egg and meat production.

06/23/2026

How many eggs does your flock average a day? 🥚

06/22/2026

Chickens can quickly destroy a garden.🪴 Luckily, there are things you can do to help. 🐔 Check out these 5 tips for gardening with free-range chickens!

Want free-range chickens and a garden? Although chickens can quickly destroy a garden, here are five things to help protect it.

06/21/2026

Happy Father's Day! 👔
🔥🍗 FIRE UP the grill this Father's Day with these 8 hacks for grilling chicken that even dad will appreciate!

Use these tips and recipes to upgrade your grilled chicken (or any poultry) and make this year's grill fest your best yet.

06/21/2026

🪿 The Sebastopol goose, a captivating breed known for its distinctive curly feathers, is a sight to behold, whether it's swimming in a pond or foraging in your backyard.
Learn about Sebastopol geese facts and history, including how breeders prioritized the visual appeal of Sebastopol geese, leading to a genetic predisposition to lower fertility rates that has continued to challenge the breed’s sustainability. 🦢

Learn these Sebastopol geese facts and how breeders prioritized the visual appeal of Sebastopol geese, leading to lower fertility rates

06/20/2026

What's the #1 tip you wish you could tell your past self before getting chickens?