Privacy Policy - My Chickens Guide

Last updated: April 28, 2026

Website: mychickensguide.com

Who We Are

MyChickensGuide is a backyard chicken keeping resource founded by a veterinary-trained poultry specialist based in New Mexico, USA. Our website address is: https://mychickensguide.com

Contact email:contact@mychickensguide.com

What Personal Data We Collect and Why

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our articles, we collect the data shown in the comments form, plus the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to our website (for example, in a comment or forum post), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms

When you submit our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and message content. This information is used solely to respond to your inquiry. We do not use this data for marketing purposes unless you explicitly opt in.

Email Newsletter

When you subscribe to our weekly chicken care tips via email, we collect your email address. We use ConvertKit (or your actual email provider) to manage our email list. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link at the bottom of any email.

We will never sell, rent, or share your email address with third parties for marketing purposes.

Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience and analyze website traffic. Here is what we use:

Cookie Type	Purpose	Duration
Essential	Website functionality, login sessions	Session to 2 weeks
Analytics	Google Analytics — understand how visitors use our site	2 years
Preferences	Remember your display choices	1 year
Marketing	Track affiliate link clicks (Amazon Associates, etc.)	90 days

You can disable cookies in your browser settings. However, some features may not function properly.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (videos from YouTube, images from Pinterest, affiliate product widgets, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you visited that other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.

Affiliate Links

MyChickensGuide participates in affiliate marketing programs, including the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. When you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.

Affiliate links use tracking cookies to attribute sales to our website. These cookies typically last 24 hours (Amazon) to 30-90 days (other programs).

We only recommend products we use or have thoroughly researched in our own coop.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell your personal data. We share data only with trusted service providers necessary to operate our website:

Service	Purpose	Their Privacy Policy
Google Analytics	Website traffic analysis	Google Privacy
ConvertKit (or your provider)	Email newsletter delivery	ConvertKit Privacy
Amazon Associates	Affiliate commission tracking	Amazon Privacy
Hostinger	Website hosting	Hostinger Privacy
Akismet	Spam comment detection	Akismet Privacy

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and their metadata: Retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
Contact form submissions: Retained for 2 years for customer service purposes.
Email subscribers: Retained until you unsubscribe.
Analytics data: Retained for 26 months (Google Analytics default).

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, have left comments, or subscribed to our newsletter, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.

This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

To request your data or deletion: Email contact@mychickensguide.com with the subject “Data Request.”

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service (Akismet).

Our website servers are located in the United States. If you are accessing our site from outside the US, your data will be transferred to and processed in the United States.

Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately.

Data Breach Procedures

In the unlikely event of a data breach, we will notify affected users within 72 hours via email and post a notice on our website.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with the revised date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

Last updated: April 28, 2026