About Backyard Flock & Garden

Backyard Flock & Garden is a small, focused reference site for people raising a few chickens at home and figuring out the garden around them. We are not a lifestyle blog and not a forum. The goal is to answer a real question quickly, give you a useful tool when one exists, and link to a trustworthy source when the topic is health, safety, or toxicity.

What this site is

• Concise guides written for someone with a flock of 2–30 birds.
• Calculators and checkers for sizing coops, estimating feed, and screening plants.
• Monthly and seasonal checklists you can print and use.
• Cautious, source-backed answers on chicken health and toxic-plant questions.

What this site is not

• A veterinary service. If a bird is seriously sick, contact a poultry vet.
• A commercial-poultry resource. Our recommendations are scaled to backyard flocks.
• An affiliate-link farm. When we link to a product, we say why and disclose any affiliate relationship.

How we work

Every page lists the date it was last reviewed and the sources used. We prefer university extension services, veterinary schools, and recognized poultry organizations over personal blogs and social-media threads. Our editorial guidelines spell out exactly how we research, write, and review.

Get in touch

Found an error, have a topic suggestion, or want to point us at a better source? Use the contact page.