The Flock

education, leisure, home, garden, how to · EN

Ever wanted fresh eggs in your own backyard — but weren't sure where to even start?The Flock is your complete, week-by-week guide to raising chickens (and eventually ducks, turkeys, quail, and geese) at home, hosted by Dr. Gregory Archer and presented by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension — the same trusted source generations of farmers and homesteaders have turned to for research-backed agricultural guidance.Most backyard poultry advice online is scattered: a forum post here, a five-minute video there, none of it building on what came before. The Flock is different. Over three full years — 156 weekly episodes — we take you from "should I even do this?" all the way to confidently running a mature, thriving flock, covering every season, every challenge, and every milestone in between.Why listeners stick with this show:It's genuinely sequential, not just a topic dump. Episode 1 asks whether backyard poultry is right for you. By episode 52, you've built a coop, survived a winter, collected