Getting Chickens Ready for Winter: Molt, Light, Records
September is molt season — the worst time to make winter decisions from memory. What molt looks like, the real pre-winter jobs, and the light question.
September 18, 2026
The August Hive: Stores, Space and the Wind-Down
August decides a colony's winter. Reading the end of the flow, stores before harvest, and why taking too much is the classic error.
August 20, 2026
The Spring Kindling Schedule, Written Down
A rabbitry runs on dates: bred, palpated, nest box in, kindled, weaned. Keep them on paper and the year plans itself; keep them in your head and it doesn't.
May 21, 2026
The First Hive Inspection: What to Look For
A new colony's first weeks decide the year. What a spring inspection is actually checking, how to keep it short, and the four lines that make next May legible.
May 14, 2026
Setting Up the Brooder: The First Three Weeks
Chick losses cluster in week one and almost all of them trace to heat, draught or wet bedding. How to set a brooder up properly, and the daily line worth keeping.
April 23, 2026
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