Meet Nikki of Purely Chickens. This social media star, started her chicken journey in 2004 from a school hatching project. Since then her family has grown from owning a few chickens, to having a farm that also incudes goats, geese, an array of vegetation and of course, more chickens. Nikki has two books out, an amazing chicken coop product in conjunction with Eaton Pet & Pasture and a social footprint that expands close to the millions.

The founder of Premo Guard, an all natural, poultry safe, pest repellent joined us for this adventure! He also brought along a super star in the chicken social media community. Sean (Premo Guard) & Tracey (Tracy’s Hen House) came on to talk about some pest solutions for your coop and more! We talk about getting rid of mites, lice, ticks, mosquitos, flies and even rodents! All in a natural way that will NOT harm our feather or fur friends on your farm, homestead or backyard hobby. To win a bottle for yourself follow us at Instagram.com/Blackyardhcickenz

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Meet Rai of @CovidCluckers! She is an amazing content creator who is extremely popular on social media for her "poultry post". Yes the Covid Cluckers that has been mentioned in several episodes on Eggcellent Adventures by other guest. She is spreading valuable chicken care tips all while making compelling and entertaining content with her backyard flock in Maryland. Take a listen as she and Reec talk chicken math, genetics and more!

The blue grass state called and Eggcellent Adventures answered! Meet Jen of Black Sheep Farmstead and Event Venue in Kentucky. This former city girl has made her way to some acreage and over 150 animals! She and her partner are living out their dream in a self restored farm that doubles as an event venue space for weddings, pop up shops and farm classes! Jen let us In on so many valuable homesteading lessons. This is a much listen episode of Eggcellent Adventures with Reec Swiney.

This Eggcellent Adventure took us on an adventure Down Under! We spoke with Des of Gold Coast, Queensland Australia By way of South Africa. She gave us her backstory into the chicken life. Moving from the city to a 12 acre homestead that’s still a stones throw from the city. Des is a dedicated mom and wife who also works full time and cares for her chickens & Australian cattle dogs. If you’ve ever wondered what its like to live in Australia and raise some chickens, this is the episode for you!

Yes, you saw right, we are in Scottland for this episode! Reec talks with Andi of Spam Valley Croft about her chicken adventures, drams of a big farm, converting an inheritance into a homestead (croft), and everything in between. They talk about mental health benefits and how her backyard poultry is helping with anxiety and even lawn maintenance.

Reec gets the chance to speak with Marryann Zimmerman of Mulberry Farms located in Wisconsin. She has a wide variety of farm animals including chickens, ducks, turkey, pigs and is preparing for goats. She has found a way to fund all of her kids show animals through the sale of berries that they grow on their 9 acre estate. In addition to being a wife, mom, homesteader, business woman and social media star, she is also an elected official for the school board. She is a heavy supporter of agricultural education in schools. Listen to her journey from the city to 9 acres and what's next for Mulberry Farms!

This special LIVE episode is about Ducks! They are adorable as ducklings BUT many ducks end up being abandoned because the care is so much different than raising chickens. It can be fun, if you are prepared. Reec walks through his good, bad and messy experiences with raising ducks. Take a listen if you want ducks!