Poultry farming is a popular form of farming and animal husbandry. While some of us are learning poultry farming, there are others who have done it for some time and are willing to share their experiences and insights on poultry farming blogs.
Social media and blogs are some media that facilitate farmers’ peer to peer learning and experience sharing. In this article we focus on blogs where you can do a deep dive and learn strategies that may significantly improve your poultry farm.
Hopefully, in this list you will find useful and relevant information.
What makes good poultry farming blogs
There are a number of aspects that make a good blog, and a good poultry farming blog at that.
- The company behind is an expert in one or many areas of poultry farming
- The blog present relevant information that is easy to read, and verify
- It offers useful content freely, even if some content is paid
- It offers legitimate and relevant products and services, if any
- It openly state its sponsors or affiliates
20+ Poultry farming blogs and resources
Here’s our list in no particular order.
FYI at the time of this writing, Kukufarm has no affiliation with any of the blogs listed below. Please judge for yourself what resources might be useful for you and feel free to ignore our shortlist. NB our take on these blogs may also change in the future.
This a very detailed beginner’s guide to Poultry farming. The content is sort of focused for Kenyan audience, but you will be able to pick up tons of lessons even if you reside some place else. Details covered include business plan, coop construction, flock sourcing, and flock management.
In their own words, My Pet Chicken blog is a “how-to guides, tips, tricks, and education to help you raise a healthy and happy flock.” Here you will find articles on backyard poultry farming that will leave you well informed and feeling like a pro.
The big book project features some intensive yet quite informative articles on poultry farming. But that is not all. The big book project also offers an e-book on poultry farming, a newsletter, an online course, a learning centre, consultation and an application for writing up poultry farming business proposal. It is perhaps one of the most resourceful sites on poultry farming out there.
Backyard Chicken is unique in itself; it is a forum for poultry farmers. We can almost bet that you will not find this kind of detailed, informative and curated content anywhere. That, however, is only the half of it. Their topic specific forums are an unparalleled wealth of knowledge shared by farmers’ from their experience and insights. And guess what, you can register and participate in the forums as well.
Last time we checked Happy Chicken Coop was offering a Free ebook on how to rear layers flocks. Their insightful content caters to backyard poultry farmers on all things chicken farming.
Think of Poultry World as an international magazine reporting on poultry farming. This will be of interest if you’re curious on emerging trends and general direction of poultry farming on the international scene.
Roy’s farm covers poultry farming from various angles. It features articles on chicken, ducks, turkeys, goose, and other poultry breeds. Chicken farmers can find some fundamentals of poultry farming. For a poultry farmer and enthusiast, you will find articles that you may be hard to come across on other sites.
Agro4Africa has several articles on poultry farming with recent, relevant and verifiable information. This a resource that backyard and commercial poultry farmers may find quite informative, at no cost.
Agro4africa expertise appears to be in egg production. They offer an egg production master class which layers poultry farmers may find useful.
Self branded as “the online destination for all backyard chicken enthusiasts,’ Chickens and More will definitely tip your curiosity. It features practical information and tips that you will find handy for your poultry farming.
Poultry ABC takes on a blog format to present insightful tips and a knowledge base on poultry farming. Content on Poultry ABC can benefit all types of poultry farmers.
On farming base, you will learn of different, say even unique poultry breeds and their characteristics. In the midst of this interesting articles, you will also find practical information on poultry farming.
This is yet another gem, that shares poultry farming know-hows, how-tos, in easy to read and informative detail. If you reside in Kenya you will find practical information for starting poultry farming in Kenya.
Yes, you read that right. This blog is by a hatchery from which you can find a wide variety of poultry breeds; if you are in the US i.e. On MuCMurray’s blog you will find actionable information – including some DIYs – by which you can level up your poultry farming. For your curiosity and interest McMurray also features content on ducks, geese and turkeys.
This one is a gem especially for those of us who are into backyard poultry farming. On Know you chicken you will find content that is easy to peruse and read. While you are at it, you may stumble upon an interesting poultry farming method or some DIY project.
Just like most blogs that we list here, Treehugger contains content on other types of farming besides poultry. It’s articles on poultry are nonetheless a delight to read. They present that is easy to read and with information nuggets that are not easy to come by anywhere.
Stromberg’s Chicken is another resource that we think you will find interesting, particularly if you are into backyard farming and are looking to find practical and applicable tips and guides for that purpose.
Morning Chores features long well researched articles that are an easy read. If you’re looking to for the details of poultry farming, this might be one place to find them.
The Hens Loft offers lots of content that is easy to read and full of practical tips on raising chicken. Their mission as they put it is to answer questions you may have about raising chicken.
Bivatec’s poultry blog has content that is borderline scientific in its prose. The level of detail that each article covers is admirable, and will surely leave you feeling like a poultry farming pro.
Salt in my coffee is a gem and hosts a wealth of information on poultry farming. Blog articles feature lengthy and informative content with colorful images and vides. Salt in my coffee is written in a laid back yet direct prose which makes it an easy read. Some of the articles on this blog have a lot of reader engagement in the comments section.
Chicken journal is a unique poultry farming blog. Therein you will find articles about poultry breeds you’ve never heard of, along with tons of useful content applicable to poultry farming.
Livestocking provides content heavy blog on various livestock farming of which poultry farming is one. Their article A beginner’s guide to layer farming for instance is quite informative and an easy read. Moreover, Livestocking offers a guide on raising broilers, a dual purpose chicken farming ebook, and feed formula for high yield flock.
Agri Farming is yet another resourceful blog with practical how-to-dos for poultry farmers. Some of their articles provide detailed information. For instance on strategies for maximizing egg production, they list and discuss the best breeds for egg production.
In addition to their blog, which is packed with information on various types of farming, Agri Farming offer an Android app also named Agri Farming through which farmers can access information on farming methods and techniques.
Have you ever been curious about the different types of chicken breeds there are? Poultry keeper may be one place to get such information. You will also find some practical information on how to raise chickens, ducks, geese, turkey and other poultry breeds.
Key takeaways
- You can learn something to improve your farming and flock performance from poultry farming blogs
- Social media, and blogs are some the peer-to-peer media via which you may expand your poultry farming knowledge
- Always consult with your flock supplier and certified vets if you’re unsure about a farming practice
- We at Kukufarm are tempted to throw our hat into the ring, but we think we are not yet there
- We would love to hear what you think of the blogs we have listed.
- Additionally, feel free to share more links for poultry farming blogs that you find useful. We will happily add them to the list