About Yolkday

Starting with chickens means a hundred small questions at once: which breed, how big a coop, how much feed, when the first egg comes, and whether that leftover watermelon is a treat or a problem. Most answers online are a long story wrapped around a guess. Yolkday puts the answer first and shows where it came from.

Principles

• The answer comes first, in plain words.
• Every number (space per bird, feed per day, incubation days, brooder heat) comes from a university extension service, a veterinary reference or a breed authority, and each page lists its sources.
• Where good sources disagree, we show the range instead of picking one.
• Planners run in your browser, need no sign-up and show how they got their answer.
• No pop-ups, and nothing locked behind an email address.

Not veterinary advice

Yolkday is general guidance for backyard keepers. If a bird is sick, injured or has eaten something worrying, call a veterinarian who treats poultry, or your state's extension poultry specialist.

How it is funded

The site is free. If it carries advertising or affiliate links, they are labelled, kept out of the planners' answers, and explained on the affiliate disclosure page.

Corrections

Spotted a number that looks off, or a breed trait that does not match your birds? Write to hello@yolkday.com or use the contact form. We read every message. The full process is on how we check the facts.

The drawings

Every chicken on the site is drawn by us from simple shapes, and Sunny the hen is our mascot. The drawings show each breed's usual colouring; your birds may look a little different.