One of the greatest joys of homesteading is keeping chickens. With the passage of urban ordinances allowing chickens, fresh eggs are becoming a reality for more households. Today I would like to talk about the single most important key to success with chickens; bio-security. It means protecting your flock from infectious diseases and it encompasses any precaution you take to prevent diseases from entering or surviving in your barnyard. Simply put: it’s using common sense when it comes to protecting your flock. An important key to biosecurity is buying healthy certified stock. Buchheit’s improved brooding systems are designed with...