Once Upon a Flock
Handmade enrichment poultry feed · crafted with care by Happy Chicks Feed
Handmade enrichment poultry feed · crafted with care by Happy Chicks Feed
Every recipe is crafted in small batches with real, whole ingredients.
Enrichment pancake feed. Whole grains, omega seeds, and black soldier fly larvae. Starter, Grower & Layer formulas.
Enrichment pasta feed with herbs, seeds, and protein. Starter, Grower & Layer formulas.
Oregano, thyme, lavender, calendula, and mint. Research-backed herbal support for your flock.
Peppermint, chamomile, oregano, thyme, lemon balm & calendula. Steep, cool, and serve — your flock's favorite water upgrade.
Premium dust bath with play sand, peat moss, DE, bentonite clay, activated charcoal, lavender, rosemary & peppermint. Premium herbal dust bath blend for natural parasite prevention.
Dried North Atlantic kelp meal. Iodine, trace minerals, and thyroid support for stronger shells and healthier hens.
Our enrichment feed starts with whole ingredients — grains, herbs, seeds, and protein — measured to the gram. Every recipe is designed to complement your flock's regular diet with genuine nutrition, not fillers.
Why Flap-Jacks deliver everything your flock needs in one cooked meal — not just treats.
Read the Science →Starters, growers, and layers need different nutrition. Here's why one formula can't do it all.
Read the Science →Oregano, thyme, calendula, and mint — the research behind our Glow Sprinkles blend.
Read the Science →Why human pasta and pancakes aren't poultry feed — and what your flock actually needs.
Read the Science →Why dehydration is the hidden threat to your flock — and how herbal water changes the game.
Read the Science →Why your hens need to roll in the dirt — and what the right blend adds to their health.
Read the Science →
Every product is tested by our own backyard flock in Avondale, Cincinnati. We don't sell anything our hens won't fight over.
Stories, games, and films fresh from the roost — where the flock makes the news.
Feeding guides, flock science, and dispatches from Avondale — hot off the coop press.
Read the Blog →
Our predator detective game — learn to read the clues predators leave behind, before they visit twice.
Play the Game →
Our coop-noir film series. Case File Nº 004: The Mystery of the Dust Bath.
Watch the Films →Happy Chicks Feed began on one thousand acres of Nebraska brushland where a cowboy professor taught his daughter that science and stewardship are the same work. That the herbs growing wild in the pasture aren’t just plants — they’re part of a system that nourishes everything it touches. That when you care for animals, you do it with knowledge, with precision, and with love.
The Happy Chicks Feed product line is not a substitute for open pasture. But every blend deliberately carries a little bit of Nebraska prairie in it.
I grew up close to the land on a Nebraska ranch where coyotes and hawks shared the same one thousand acres with chickens, cows, and horses. Here in my Avondale neighborhood, it’s not all that different.
A portion of every purchase supports the Happy Chicks Foundation — sustaining our backyard flock, the gardens that feed the neighborhood, and the baking days where community members in Avondale discover that caring for living things is its own reward.
Crafted enrichment feed, herbal wellness blends, and treats your chickens will actually go crazy for.