The Triano Farms blog
Seasonal advice on backyard chickens, coops, and sheds in New Jersey, from a builder who keeps his own flock.
How to Compost Chicken Manure and Coop Bedding for Your Garden
Why fresh chicken manure is too hot for plants, how to balance it with shavings or straw, how long to wait before vegetables, and when to clean out the coop.
Read the post →How to Keep Chicken Water From Freezing in a New Jersey Winter
Heated bases, heated waterers, rubber pans and cord safety: how to keep your flock's water liquid through a New Jersey winter, and why snow won't do.
Read the post →Backyard Home Office Shed in NJ: Making It Usable Year-Round
Planning a backyard office shed in NJ? Insulation, windows, power, mini-splits, internet, and how finishing a shed as a workspace can change permits.
Read the post →Why Did My Chickens Stop Laying in the Fall?
Egg basket empty this fall? Molting, shorter days, age and stress are the usual causes. What to feed during a molt, the truth on lights, and when eggs return.
Read the post →Ready to keep your flock safe?
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