The Chicken Chronicles: The World’s Dumbest Chicken
Entertaining, Yes. Smart, No I know a lot of folks love their chickens and think they’re smarter than we give them credit for. Sure, they’re entertaining creatures and I get… Read more »
Category: Chickens
The Prepper Project - Chicken Breeds
The Best Chicken Breeds for Preppers Very cool announcement - I’m writing articles for The Prepper Project, a website dedicated to helping others prepare for the possibility of economic collapse… Read more »
A Tale of Two Roosters
Replacing My Rooster Earlier this year my rooster, Del the Delaware, fell ill. It was obvious he would not survive much longer, so I put him down. Since then there… Read more »
Raising Meat Chickens
Cornish Cross vs Heritage Chickens There are a lot of misconceptions about Cornish Cross (or Cornish X) chickens. I’ve heard them called Frankenbirds and GMO chickens…they are neither. I guess… Read more »
Easter Egger Chickens
Easter Eggers, Ameraucanas, and Araucanas are chicken breeds that lay eggs with colorful shells. Gather Easter Eggs right from the nest when you raise them!
The Chicken Chronicles: Livestock or Pets?
Chickens as Livestock? Or Chickens as Pets? Earlier this week I discussed my chickens as livestock. You can read about it on “Butchering an Injured Chicken.” Keeping chickens for… Read more »
The Chicken Chronicles - Butchering an Injured Chicken
For complete tutorials on butchering chickens, please see my post “How to Butcher a Chicken.” Butchering An Injured Hen One afternoon I went out to the chicken coop to lock… Read more »
How to Butcher a Chicken
How to Butcher a Chicken A Step by Step Tutorial Do you want to know how to butcher a chicken? I butcher my home raised chickens so that my family… Read more »
Culling the Flock
Butchering Old Hens Monday morning I butchered some of my old hens. The oldest hen in my flock was one of the unlucky ones. She was an Ameraucana from my… Read more »
Getting “Used” Chickens for Free
Free Chickens Are you interested in getting some free chickens? ‘Used’, or ‘pre-owned’ chickens, might not be as hard to find as you might think! I have taken in free… Read more »