🐣 Why We Built Backyard Chicken Planner
Backyard Chicken Planner was created to make raising chickens simpler and less overwhelming. New chicken owners often find themselves searching dozens of websites, watching hours of videos, and reading conflicting advice just to answer basic questions like "How many chickens should I get?" or "What size coop do I need?"
Our goal is to bring those answers together in one place through free calculators, easy-to-understand planning tools, and practical guides based on real-world backyard chicken keeping. We focus on helping readers make informed decisions rather than overwhelming them with unnecessary complexity.
Whether you're raising two hens in a suburban backyard or planning a larger homestead flock, Backyard Chicken Planner is designed to help you spend less time searching and more time enjoying your chickens.
🎯 Our Mission
Our mission is simple:
To become one of the most trusted free resources for backyard chicken planning by providing practical tools, honest comparisons, and beginner-friendly education.
Every calculator, comparison guide, and planning resource on this site is created with the goal of being useful, easy to understand, and practical for everyday chicken keepers.
🧰 What You'll Find Here
📊 Planning Calculators
Estimate feed costs, coop size, startup expenses, and flock requirements using our free planning tools.
🐔 Breed Guides
Compare chicken breeds based on egg production, temperament, climate, beginner friendliness, and practical backyard performance.
🏠 Coop Planning
Learn how much space your chickens need, estimate building costs, and design a coop that keeps your flock healthy year-round.
📚 Practical Resources
Easy-to-follow articles that answer common questions for both new and experienced backyard chicken keepers.
🧭 Our Approach
Backyard Chicken Planner is built around practical, beginner-friendly information. We try to explain chicken keeping in plain language, with useful examples and tools that help people make real decisions.
- We focus on practical backyard chicken keeping, not commercial poultry farming.
- We build calculators that help readers estimate costs, space, feed, and flock needs.
- We compare breeds based on real-world traits like temperament, hardiness, broodiness, and egg production.
- We avoid unnecessary jargon whenever possible.
- We continue improving the site as new tools and guides are added.
👋 Meet the Founder
Backyard Chicken Planner was created by Greg Nalley as a practical resource for people interested in raising backyard chickens. The site was built to help simplify planning decisions such as flock size, coop cost, feed expenses, and chicken breed selection.
Rather than making new chicken owners piece together information from dozens of sources, the goal is to provide clear calculators and guides that help readers plan before they spend money.
🚀 Where to Start
If you're new to backyard chickens, these pages are a good place to begin:
📌 Our Long-Term Goal
Our long-term goal is to build a growing library of free backyard chicken resources, including calculators, breed comparisons, coop planning guides, feeding guides, and practical tools for new and experienced chicken keepers.
As the site grows, we plan to continue adding helpful guides covering chicken breeds, feed, coops, egg production, seasonal care, and common beginner questions.