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About FlockYard
FlockYard helps backyard chicken and duck keepers make informed, practical decisions about their flocks. We publish beginner-friendly guides about housing, coops, feeding, eggs, behavior, health, safety, and the everyday realities of keeping poultry at home.
Our goal is simple: explain flock care clearly, honestly, and without unnecessary complication so readers can build safer housing, recognize common problems, and care for their birds with greater confidence.
How We Create Our Guides
FlockYard’s guidance draws on hands-on experience raising and caring for more than 11 chicken breeds since 2019, together with research from reputable sources, including university extension resources, agricultural and veterinary publications, established animal-welfare organizations, and experienced poultry-keeping communities.
We work to separate practical observations from established guidance, verify important safety and health claims, and update content when better information or husbandry practices become available.
Meet Brandon J.
Brandon J. is FlockYard’s virtual editorial author and contributor. He helps organize and present the practical lessons developed through FlockYard’s real flock-keeping experience and carefully reviewed research, turning them into clear, beginner-friendly guidance for chicken and duck keepers.
Brandon represents FlockYard’s editorial voice and contributes across topics including breeds, housing, feeding, flock behavior, eggs, health, and everyday backyard care. He is not presented as a licensed veterinarian, and FlockYard’s health-related content is educational rather than a substitute for professional veterinary care.
Our Editorial Principles
- Practical usefulness: Every guide should help a reader make a clearer or safer decision.
- Honest limitations: We do not present personal observations as universal facts.
- Responsible research: Important care and health information should be checked against reputable sources.
- Animal welfare: The well-being and humane treatment of chickens and ducks come first.
- Corrections: Readers are encouraged to report errors or outdated information so we can review them.
Important Care Notice
FlockYard provides general educational information and does not replace diagnosis or treatment from a qualified veterinarian. For urgent symptoms, serious injuries, medication decisions, or emergencies, contact a poultry or avian veterinarian.
Contact FlockYard
Have a correction, suggestion, or question about our editorial content? Please use our Contact page. We welcome thoughtful feedback that helps make our guides clearer and more useful.