Chicken Supports Insights - Episode 48: What Nobody Warned Me About My First Flock (Special Episode ft. McKayla)

Valley Hatchery Podcast · Oct 29, 2026 · 17m · transcript

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Is your first year with chickens going the way you expected? In this episode of the Chicken Insights Podcast, Cortney sits down with Valley Hatchery flock ambassador McKayla, who is just about a year into keeping chickens for the first time. McKayla shares how she went from being terrified of chickens to caring for a flock of 37, starting with four nearly feral pullets gifted by a friend. She also explains how getting low, moving slowly, and sitting with her flock with a few treats turned skittish birds into chickens that eat from her hand…