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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 in Northern California. On my farm with my husband I have 21 super friendly chickens that are my inspiration for this site.

I found the love of chickens when I moved to Puerto Rico many years ago. 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.

Chicken cuddles are good for the soul 💞 I used to Chicken cuddles are good for the soul 💞

I used to volunteer with a group that had hippotherapy horses and have seen how animals have an impact on people. I know from my own life just how much of an impact animals have had on my own mental health and the chicken is no different than your dog or cat. They want to engage with us and some even want to sit and just enjoy life together. Chickens tend to get an awful label of being ‘livestock’ as if that makes them something to ignore, to eat, to abuse, to use, to not have veterinary care, etc. To me the chicken is no different than your other pets and deserve to be treated kindly ❤️

Have you hugged your chicken, cat, horse, dog today? Who’s your snuggle bug? 🐓🐴 🐈‍⬛ 🐕 

#chickentherapy #petchickens #backyardchickens #chickenlove #chickens
Little rooster Helios is learning to crow! 💛 Thi Little rooster Helios is learning to crow! 💛 

This sweet boy is one of the two rescued roosters and he and his brother Moonbeam are the absolute sweetest. All they want is love and to give love 😍

They are learning from head rooster Butter!

#roosters #gallo #rooster #roosterlove #backyardchickens
Viper 10.25.22- 1.15.26 🖤 Rest in peace my sweet g Viper 10.25.22- 1.15.26 🖤 Rest in peace my sweet girl 🌈 

Viper was one of my main lap chickens, bestie to Doughi and Batter, and even though she was the smallest of the chickens, wasn’t afraid to tell the other chickens where her space was 🥹

Love you forever my sweet girl ❤️
Is there anything sweeter than a mother hen with h Is there anything sweeter than a mother hen with her baby chickens? 🐥💞

Batter has raised two clutches and is the resident baby chick mamma 💛 

#motherhen #babychickens #backyardchickens #petchickens #cutechickens
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