How to Tell If a Hen Is Laying Eggs
See also How to Feed Your Hens for Best Egg Production, How to Get More Eggs from Your Laying Hens, and Do Chickens Lay Eggs in Winter? Are My Hens… Read more »
Category: Chickens
Butchering a Cornish Rock Hen
See also Can You Keep a Cornish X as a Laying Hen? Butchering a Cornish Meat Hen at One & A Half Years Old I wouldn’t normally recommend keeping a… Read more »
Are Chickens Vegetarians?
Do Chickens Eat Meat? By nature, chickens are omnivores. This means they will consume vegetable matter, insects, and animal flesh. With all of the different chicken feeds made with… Read more »
Hatching Chicks in Autumn
For complete instructions on hatching eggs, see my post How to Hatch Chicken Eggs in an Incubator Hatching in Spring vs Fall Most people think of cute little chicks hatching… Read more »
Too Many Chickens? Make Soup!
Not Enough Eggs? Nothing puts a damper on keeping chickens like a high feed bill, too many aggressive roosters, and a flock of unproductive hens. Yet many chicken enthusiasts find… Read more »
Egg Production Slowing Down?
Fewer Eggs in Autumn? As the days get shorter you are likely to notice lower egg production in your laying hens. It’s one of those facts of life to take… Read more »
‘Should I Keep Chickens?’
See also How to Get More Eggs From Your Laying Hens Keeping Hens for Eggs? With urban chicken websites popping up online, new products for chickens going on the shelves… Read more »
Spring Poultry Primer
Getting Started with Poultry this Spring Are you thinking about getting started with chickens or other poultry this year? Or maybe you are considering some new kinds of birds? I’ve… Read more »
Hova Bator 1602N Incubator Review
Hova Bator 1602N Incubator I recently received a Hova Bator 1602N Incubator to review for Incubator Warehouse, a hatching supply company based in Idaho. This model comes with a Gentle… Read more »
How to Hatch Chicken Eggs in an Incubator
For more information, read How to Care for Day Old Chicks. Read my Review of the Hova Bator 1602N Incubator. Hatching Fertile Eggs This guide shares step by step instructions for… Read more »
How to Care for Day Old Chicks
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12 Ways to Reduce Your Chicken Feed Bill
Feed Prices On The Rise I’m always looking for ways to provide healthy, organic feed for my flock without busting the budget. Organic feed isn’t cheap and the cost of… Read more »
Sprouting Wheat For Chicken Feed
For an inexpensive source of wheat berries or other sprouting seeds, check into Starting a Buying Club. Sprouting Seeds and Growing Fodder I’ve read quite a bit about growing fodder… Read more »
Do Chickens Lay Eggs in the Winter?
See also How To Get More Eggs From Your Laying Hens and How to Feed Your Laying Hens for the Best Egg Production. Do Laying Hens Lay All Year? Do… Read more »
How to Start a Chicken Co-op
For more information on processing chickens, check out my post How to Butcher a Chicken. What is a Chicken Co-op? A co-op is a group that works together to achieve… Read more »
Can You Keep Cornish X Chickens as Laying Hens?
To find out the fate of this pullet, visit this post. Cornish X Chickens for Meat Cornish X chickens have been hybridized for fast growth and economical meat production, making… Read more »
Losing Power in the Barn and Brooder
Barn/ Garage/ Chicken Coop Our ‘barn’ is actually a garage and chicken coop all rolled into one. We keep our lawn mowers, shovels, rakes, and implements of destruction, some… Read more »
Can You Save Money on Chicken Feed?
Can I Raise My Own Chicken Feed? This is a question I’ve asked myself frequently since I started keeping chickens. I really didn’t like buying the conventionally grown feed, knowing… Read more »
Switching to Organic Chicken Feed
Feeding Your Chickens Organic Feed When I began raising chickens again three years ago, I was struck by how much even conventionally grown feed cost. Of course prices have gone… Read more »
How to Get More Eggs from Your Laying Hens
For more information, check out my articles How to Feed Your Hens for the Best Egg Production, Do Chickens Lay Eggs in Winter? and How to Cull Your Old Laying Hens. This… Read more »