Privacy Policy

This website is owned and operated by Nofo Times LLC.

BackyardChickenHQ is a reader-focused website about backyard chicken planning, coops, breeds, feeding, predator protection, flock care, and related ownership questions. This privacy policy explains what information may be collected when you visit the site, how it may be used, and the choices readers may have.

This policy is intended for general transparency. It does not create a contract, and the tools used on the site may change over time as the site grows.

Information readers provide

If you contact BackyardChickenHQ, submit a form, request a checklist, join an email list, or otherwise send information voluntarily, the site may collect the details you provide, such as your name, email address, message, and any flock or setup details included in your note.

Readers should avoid sending sensitive personal, medical, legal, financial, or veterinary information through general contact forms. Local-rule, health, and safety questions may require a qualified local professional, veterinarian, extension office, city office, or other appropriate expert.

Information collected automatically

Like most websites, BackyardChickenHQ may use analytics, hosting logs, advertising tools, affiliate tracking, and similar technologies that collect basic technical information. This may include pages visited, browser type, device type, approximate location, referral source, search terms that led to the site, link clicks, time on page, and general interaction data.

This information helps improve the site, identify broken pages, understand which chicken-keeping topics readers use, measure performance, and decide which guides should be updated or expanded.

Cookies, analytics, and advertising

BackyardChickenHQ may use cookies, pixels, scripts, local storage, and similar technologies for analytics, advertising, affiliate attribution, spam prevention, and basic site functionality. Third-party tools may use these technologies to measure visits, recognize repeat visitors, limit repeated ads, or understand whether a reader clicked a partner or affiliate link.

You can usually limit or block cookies through your browser settings. Some site features, tracking links, forms, or embedded tools may work differently if cookies or scripts are disabled.

Affiliate links and partner tracking

Some pages may include affiliate links, partner links, or product references. If you click one of those links, a third party may receive information needed to track the referral, such as the referring page, the time of click, and technical browser information. BackyardChickenHQ may earn a commission or receive compensation if a reader buys through certain links, at no extra cost to the reader.

Affiliate relationships do not give partners control over the site’s editorial standards. For more detail, see the affiliate disclosure and partner disclosure.

Email and contact forms

If you provide an email address, BackyardChickenHQ may use it to respond to your message, send requested material, provide newsletters or announcements you asked to receive, or manage an email list. Email messages may be processed by third-party email, form, or hosting providers. You may unsubscribe from marketing-style email messages through the unsubscribe link when one is provided.

How information may be shared

BackyardChickenHQ may share information with service providers that help operate the site, such as hosting, analytics, advertising, email, security, form, and affiliate-tracking providers. Information may also be disclosed if required by law, to protect the site, to prevent abuse, or in connection with a sale, transfer, or restructuring of the website or related assets.

BackyardChickenHQ is not intended to sell a stand-alone personal contact list of readers.

Third-party websites

The site may link to hatcheries, retailers, government offices, universities, extension resources, manufacturers, advertisers, affiliate partners, and other third-party websites. Their privacy practices are controlled by those websites, not BackyardChickenHQ. Review their policies before submitting personal information or making a purchase.

Children

BackyardChickenHQ is intended for a general adult audience interested in backyard chicken ownership. It is not directed to children under 13, and the site does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Data choices and updates

You may contact BackyardChickenHQ to ask about information you have submitted directly through the site. Some information, such as analytics logs or aggregated traffic data, may not be tied to an identifiable reader or may be controlled by third-party tools.

This policy may be updated as the site changes. The version posted on this page is the current policy for the site.

Contact

For privacy questions, use the contact page.