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Backyard Chicken Keeping for Happy, Healthy, and Friendly Chickens

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Meet Me and The Chickens of TropicalChicki

Jessica Stewart TropicalChicki

Hello! I’m Jessica, a backyard chicken keeper living on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. On my small farmette with my husband I have 15 super friendly chickens that are my inspiration for this blog.

Moving to the island from the states, I never would of guessed that the best thing about island life would be finding the love of chickens and sharing them with the world. Chickens have truly changed my life for the better and I hope that everyone one day will get to know the love of a chicken.

I believe chickens can be just as affectionate as our beloved cats and dogs. By sharing my experiences here and I hope to inspire others to feel confident about keeping chickens.

I hope to raise awareness about how intelligent chickens truly are and to contribute to improving their treatment. Chickens deserve higher ethical care standards, far beyond what they currently receive in factory farms. Every person who chooses to raise their own backyard chickens, providing eggs for themselves, their family, and friends, helps reduce the number of chickens subjected to these harsh conditions.

My Mission

I have two main goals when sharing my experiences and all I have learned from my chickens.

To help others feel confident about raising happy, healthy, and super friendly chickens so that they too, can know the love of a chicken.

To advocate for better treatment standards for both hens and roosters, contributing to meaningful change in how chickens are cared for.

Contact Me

I’m always up for chatting chickens! Feel free to send me an email at jessica.stewart@tropicalchicki.com or send me a DM on instagram.

Meet the Chickens of TropicalChicki

Every chicken is a special chicken! I love highlighting the different personalities of all of my chickens. These sweet chickens are what inspired me to start this site in order to share what I’ve learned and spread the joy that chickens can bring.

The Speckled Sussex Ladies

Chicki the Speckled Sussex
Speckled Sussex Pecki
Speckled Sussex Poki

The Buff Orpington Ladies

Aka – The Yellows

Doughi the Orpington
Batter the Buff Orpington

The Blue and Black Australorp Ladies

Shine
Black Australorp Viper
Storm the Hen
Rogue the Hen

The Legbar Ladies

All these littles were raised by Batter. She is the best mamma!

Sugar
Candy
Cookie

My Bielefelder Lady

This sweet little lady was also raised by Batter with her Legbar sisters.

Bielefelder

Butter The Rooster

You can’t not forget Butter!

Butter the Rooster

Chickens Who Have Crossed the Rainbow Bridge

Shimmer was such a sweet little lady. She loved hanging out with her besties Viper and Doughi. She would cuddle up with them on my lap for evening pets and she had the sweetest chatter. She will forever be missed.

Shimmer

I hope you enjoyed getting to know me and the flock! For more chicken adventures, follow us on Instagram below.

Meet Shines baby chicks! 🐥 Vega, Wynni, Sparkle Meet Shines baby chicks! 🐥 Vega, Wynni, Sparkle, and Sky 🩵✨ 

Shine has been very dedicated to raising her own babies this year and I had decided if she was still broody after getting back after my trip I’d get her some of her own babies to raise.

They are all Silver Laced Wyandottes (Exhibition type) and right out of the box these little ladies have been very friendly already. 😍 As soon as I got them home I dipped their beaks in their water so they knew to drink and then carefully put each one underneath Shine. 

It’s funny the night before I decided on getting her babies I watched ‘Chicken People’ and one of the chickens they kept showing was the Silver Laced Wyandotte and my husband and I kept talking about how beautiful they were. Then when I went to see what breeds were hatching that day - the first one I saw was that same breed 😍

Welcome to the flock little babies! 🐥💞

#wyandotte #wyandottechicks #babychicks #pollitos #chicks #mammahen #happyhens
Happy 1st Birthday my sweet Bee, Candy, and Sugar! Happy 1st Birthday my sweet Bee, Candy, and Sugar! 💞 🥳  One year ago Batter and I were excitedly waiting for these sweet babies. Batter was a first time mamma and did such a good job raising these sweethearts. I wish Spice and Cookie could also be here with us today too 🌈❤️
Cookie ❤️ 5.15.24 – 5.7.25 It’s taken me a Cookie ❤️ 5.15.24 - 5.7.25

It’s taken me a few days to post this. My sweet girl looked fine all day on the camera but was found having passed away under their shade bush 😢 Unfortunately I’ve been away this week and so my in laws were watching everyone. Because she had been acting fine my best guess would be a sudden heart attack 🥺 

Cookie was one of Batters babies she raised last May and was Bees bestie. She had the biggest funniest floppiest comb. She will be missed greatly.

Rest in peace my sweet girl ❤️
Happy #Roosday! 🐓❤️ Butter loves his after Happy #Roosday! 🐓❤️

Butter loves his afternoon cuddles 🥰 Come free range time he’s business Butter looking out for his ladies!

Don’t forget to hug your roosters today! 💛

#bufforpington #rooster #orpingtonrooster #gallo #gallinas #backyardchickens #farmlife #happyhens #roosterlove
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